Wordpress Author Best Shade Loving Shrubs for the Garden My work as a landscape consultant often puts me in a place where I have to answer questions on which plant to put where. And shade loving shrubs are high on that list. Many home gardeners can easily c... Oct 28, 2021
Wordpress Author Preparing the Garden for Winter If you are like me, you have a large chore sheet for the garden, before winter sets in. Besides my 70 some maintenance customers, I have a large 1 acre (so far) garden to prepare for the cold months. ... Oct 21, 2021
Wordpress Author Creating A Meadow Garden in Your Landscape I have mentioned the meadow garden many times now. Why do you think that is? I love the native prairie and the application of prairie into the landscape is not an easy one for most homeowners. But you... Oct 14, 2021
Wordpress Author Sunflowers or Silphiums - Plant Look-A-Likes One of the things that comes hard to me is when I am with folk who do not now their sunflowers from their silphiums. Or any plant look-a-likes that may happen. I often get to help lead native plant wa... Oct 7, 2021
Wordpress Author Aster - October Plant of the Month Aster is our October Plant of the Month. When it comes to fall flowers, asters and goldenrods really outshine everything else. But because asters come in shades of purple, white, blue, and even pink, ... Sep 30, 2021
Wordpress Author Best Native Plants (not cultivars) for the Landscape Deciding what native plants to add to your landscape can be a daunting challenge. From landscape designers to botanists, homeowners are pressured into adding natives into their landscapes, often witho... Sep 23, 2021
Wordpress Author Growing Pawpaws Recently, my wife showed me a video of a Michigan gardener attempting to describe growing pawpaws. As I have some experience in this myself, I was dumbfounded by his lack of knowledge on the subject o... Sep 16, 2021
Wordpress Author Fall Garden Preparation for Spring Planting Fall is the perfect time to begin garden preparation for spring planting. The weather is warmer, the soil drier (typically), and you can evaluate how this year’s garden has produced. Next spring howev... Sep 9, 2021
Wordpress Author Blazingstar - September Plant of the Month Blazingstar is our September Plant of the Month. These perennials are one of my all-time favorite flowers, because the first one I learned to identify bloomed around the time of my birthday, in Septem... Sep 1, 2021
Wordpress Author Fall Webworms While most pests are winding down in late summer and autumn, fall webworms are just getting started. Many people get very upset when they see big webs of caterpillars in their trees (and shrubs) in la... Aug 26, 2021
Wordpress Author Armyworms in the Garden But what are armyworms? These moth caterpillars are so called because they gather into groups or “armies” while feeding. At least, the fall armyworm does. There are 3 common species of armyworm in the... Aug 19, 2021
Wordpress Author Fruit Tree Guide - Growing Apples Growing apples is often the vision of nearly every homeowner. Even those who do little or no gardening enjoy having an apple tree or two. Picking fresh, homegrown apples is a treat beyond words. I mys... Aug 12, 2021