Perennially Yours Blog
Watering gardens in the fall is NOT an option – it is essential – especially if it has been a season with little rainfall. Hydrating thirsty roots before the winter lockdown (created by frozen soil) may well be the difference between life or death. A thirsty, stressed plant is at a major disadvantage against Old…
Allow me to introduce you to a fabulous resource, Gardening Products Review. Monica Hemingway is the editor and a good friend of mine. With oodles of new gardening products hitting the market every month, it’s hard to know what is truly great and what is bunk! Gardening Products Review provides honest, unbiased reviews of a…
Fall is an ideal time to give acid-loving shrubs a dollop of Holly-tone (4-3-4). The gentle, slow-release, organic fertilizer not only provides plants with a light snack before winter bedtime, it also helps to lower soil pH (it contains elemental sulfur), making many nutrients more accessible to roots. The recommended application of Holly-tone is twice…
Sedum ‘Pure Joy’ and Lemonjade’ Sedum is one of the most popular fall blooming perennials. I bet many of you reading this have ‘Autumn Joy’ strutting its stuff right now in your garden. Forgive my frankness, but I put ‘Autumn Joy’ in the same category as daylily ‘Stella D’Oro’… far too overused and ho-hum boring,…
The presses are rolling and pre-orders have begun! My new book, The Right-Size Flower Garden: Simplify Your Outdoor Space with Smart Design Solutions and Plant Choices, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. The hardcover, 192-page, four-color book retails for $18.95. The book is scheduled to be available on February 16, 2015, if not sooner.…
Thank you !!That was one of the most informative, plain spoken lectures we have had in my 20+ years in our garden club. As a gardener with a lot of shade, I have always been drawn to interesting leaves , glad I am on the right track! You gave me some ideas for more plant…
Your program was one of the hits of 2014, and we thank you for your generous willingness to help us bring quality programming to the Botanical Garden. Maja Britton, New Jersey Botanical Gardens
As many of you know, I have the pleasure of speaking on Proven Winners’ behalf at many events. The company is always working on breeding better plants and helping gardeners have more success and fun in the garden. One of Proven Winners 2015 goals is to produce more how-to gardener videos. To help them decide…
On Your mark. Get set. BUY! September plant sales are an incredible opportunity to stock up on perennials, shrubs, bulbs, trees, tropical, hard goods…yadda, yadda, yadda. I feel like a hawk soaring over fields, scanning for any small movement, and then darting in for the catch. In my case I’m seeking 50% off sale signs…
Fertilize your lawn! If you’ve already made the terrific decision to go organic with your lawn, BRAVO! If you haven’t, now is the time to do it. And what better way to jump-start your lawn’s performance next spring than by applying Espoma’s Fall Winterizer sometime in the next eight weeks. This 8-0-5 fertilizer is a…
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