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To fill your garden with blooms without attracting the attention of visiting deer, consider planting diervilla, also known as ...
June is always a very busy month for a gardener. Whether it is planting, sowing, watering, feeding, or weeding, the to-do ...
Prune the white ones — mostly — before they flower, and the blue, and rarely pink, ones soon after they flower as you can get to it. The latter are what I call, generally, soft wooded ones, and the ...
The National Botanic Garden of Wales helped put Carmarthenshire on the map and its Great Glasshouse, designed by modernist architect Sir Norman Foster, was once the largest single-span glasshouse in ...
Spring has arrived, which means it's time to get out to your garden and start growing, but there are a few things you need to do in preparation. Whether you’re growing flowers or vegetables, remember ...
Emma Fell, head of horticulture at Hillier, recommends Photinia fraseri “Red Robin” for our list of fast-growing shrubs.
Gardens can wither away in a Southern summer, which is why we need reliable flowering shrubs. These easy summer-blooming ...
Here’s what to prune in your garden this spring, including perennials and shrubs. Learn simple tips to refresh your garden ...
Hydrangeas have long been a staple of Southern gardens, and it’s no wonder why. These beloved flowers, with their unique ...
The bigleaf hydrangea can grow well in both acidic and alkaline conditions. For many cultivars, soil pH determines the color ...
New blooms and flowers only grow on old wood. If you wait until late summer or even fall to prune, you could be removing the ...
Ask UW-Extension horticulture educator Lisa Johnson your questions about your yard, garden and plants. Send questions to ...