Wondering how to care for your clematis in late summer to keep it strong, healthy – and most importantly, ready for even bigger blooms next year? With its stunning blooms and climbing habit, clematis can quickly become the star of any garden trellis, arbor, or fence. But by late summer, clematis plants start to slow …
Did you know that what you do to your azalea bushes right after they bloom can play a huge role in just how well they flower next year? Azaleas are one of the most beautiful flowering shrubs you can grow in your landscape. When they bloom in the spring, their colorful flowers can light up …
Looking for the best way to fertilize your clematis this spring and get it to flower bigger and better than ever? If you want your clematis to fill up with flowers this year, the best thing you can do is to give it a good start in early spring. And one of the best ways …
Wondering what to do with the lavender plants in your flowerbeds, garden or landscape this spring – and whether or not you should prune them before or after they come out – or even at all? As it turns out, pruning lavender in the spring is one of the best things you can do. Not …
It’s time to boost your peony bushes with a little spring care – and get them to bloom bigger, brighter and better than ever! It’s easy to see why so many gardeners love peonies. Their flowers are not only beautiful, but wonderfully fragrant as well. Peony bushes produce some of the most intricate, colorful and …
Spring might seem like a great time to cut back some of those unruly shrubs in your flowerbeds, but for some plants, early spring trimming does more harm than good – which is exactly why you need to avoid pruning a large majority of the bushes in home landscapes! Many flowering bushes set their buds …
Looking for some of the best climbing perennials to plant this year in your landscape to add big interest to fences, light poles, arbors, pergolas and more? Nothing adds color and beauty to an outdoor structure like a flowering climbing perennial. They truly are the perfect way to provide a canopy of shade underneath pergolas …