5 Easy-Care Houseplants
Looking for easy-care houseplants to to add personality to your home or office space? We've got five suggestions—and all are easy to care for whether you're a beginner or more experienced.
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Garden Solutions For January
Welcome to our new series of blogs that will offer solid solutions for questions you may have. The most common questions in January are about dormant care and freeze protection. Our gurus have gathered timely information to share with you about these important winter care topics.
January Garden Tasks
Winter provides gardeners the chance to reflect, recharge and plan new projects for the coming year. It's much easier to visualize and plan for seasons ahead while our gardens are fairly bare, making January perfect for pruning!
Winter Rose Care
Winter is an important time of year for roses. If you provide your beauties with a little TLC now, you'll have healthy, happy plants through the coming seasons. It's time for dormant sprays, pruning, and feeding. Read on about the basics for each task and resources for more information.
Freeze Damage
When you have done everything to prepare your plants for a freeze, there can still be damage. Maybe the freeze was deeper and longer than expected. Maybe the freeze warning came too late. When you have a freeze-damaged plant, what should you do? Read on to learn the dos and don'ts to help your plant survive and thrive after it freezes.
December Garden Tasks
December is when our gardens are calm. Many trees are bare of leaves, and plants not dormant are content and undemanding. Also quiet are diseases, pests, and weeds. In fact, they are so quiet they are nearly defenseless, which means now is perfect to prevent them from coming back. For December, we will focus on prevention through drip, mulch, and winter pruning.
November Garden Tasks
November gives us a comforting, quiet change in our gardens and yards. To keep everything in good health, there are a few tasks we can do in November with irrigation, dormant care to control disease and pests, and planning for all the brand new bareroot fruit trees and roses we get to bring home in winter.
Cool-Season Veggies
Each month provides a fresh chance to add veggies in your garden, either by plant or seed. November is no exception—and this month presents a special window for certain veggies that you can get started right now. Read on to see what's prime to plant in November.
Japanese Maples
Japanese Maples are a garden favorite because of their graceful and elegant branching habit. Available in a variety of sizes and forms, including upright, weeping, broadleaf, and laceleaf, they provide year-round interest. Read on to learn why they are local favorites and how to care for them.
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