Perennially Yours Blog
Don’t let summer heat keep you from having more gorgeous, lower maintenance gardens. Now is the time to create a plan for making this happen. You can even buy some of the recommended perennials, shrubs and evergreens at late summer and fall sales. For the months of July and August I am offering a special…
One of my friend’s put it well….my eyes are bigger than my hands. In anticipation for the June open house, I fully intended to divide everything that had outgrown its space in the gardens. What a joke! Despite my best efforts, I only made it through a little more than half of my collection. So…
The summer months are actually a terrific time to start planning for fall garden tweaking and makeovers. And of couse, you can still keep planting in the summer as long as you are around to keep the new arrivals watered in as their roots get established. When I used to install gardens, I was in…
The Weed Hound Weeder. I love this nifty, easy to use, back-saving weeding tool! It almost makes me want more weeds in my lawn. GASP! The Weed Hound makes quick work of dandelions, plantains, and other broad-leafed lawn invaders. Simply position this light-weight, steel tool over a weed, step on a lever at its base,…
Echinacea ‘Tiki Torch’ Sun. Grab your sunglasses! This glowing orange coneflower outshines the rest of the ‘coneheads’. It is the darkest orange coneflower yet with 4” to 5” wide blooms. Standing at 36” tall, it blooms in July and August. Hardy to Zone 3, it was one of five top-rated newer coneflowers in a field…
Knowing that summer calendars fill quickly, I wanted to give a heads-up about a terrific fundraiser on August 7th in Schroon Lake (NY). The annual Schroon Lake House and Garden Tour is a fundraiser for the Schroon Lake Public Library. The tour showcases some of Schroon Lake’s most beautiful gardens and homes, including quaint bed…
The big ‘Filene’s Basement Sale’ is fast approaching in the gardens of Perennially Yours. I was thrilled to see many of you at the May open house, eyeing many of the goodies to be potted or bagged on Thursday and Friday, June 16 & 17 from 9:00 – 5:00 p.m. I will wait until the…
Registrations are rolling in for the ever-popular Fine Gardening Institute scheduled for Saturday, September 17 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at The Factory Eatery in Ballston Spa. This A – Z program covers the tricks of the trade for designing and caring for low-maintenance perennial gardens. Topics include design techniques for ever-blooming gardens; top…
June 7 Design Tips for Knockout Gardens lecture at Kinderhook Reformed Church. Kinderhook, NY. Fundraiser. 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. $15 per person. Registration required. Directions to lecture at church web site, www.kinderhookreformedchurch.com. For more information and registration, please contact Maureen Mooney at 518-210-6079 or clara44@fairpoint.net . June 10 Book signing at Shades of Green Nursery,…
You were recommended by Tower Hill Gardens as one of their best speakers! I looked at your web site and saw that you offer a great selection of classes, and you certainly have a lot of terrific testimonials about your programs. We are exploring a new format for our Spring Gardening Mini-series….Julie Francke. Meijer Gardens,…
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