Plant of the Week: Hydrangea ‘Vanilla Strawberry’
Hydrangea ‘Vanilla Strawberry is this week’s Plant of the Week. In our gardens and those of our customers’, there has not been a better blooming hydrangea. Hydrangea paniculata, aka the Panicled Hydrangea, is native to Southeast Asia. However, it has been cultivated and grown here in the United States since the 1860’s. We use a […]
March Tips & Tricks
March is the start of spring cleanups and gearing up for the garden year, so it is often the busiest time of the gardening year. While it is true, that if you put the garden to bed just right in the fall, spring chores are less, it is also true that a landscaper’s work is […]
5 Shrubs with Great Winter Interest
Planning for winter interest is not a regular as it should be with landscape designers. Here in the Great Plains, we need to think more about 4 season interest, with our long winters (3 months). Gardeners especially begin to get cabin fever around mid-January, longing for the first greens of spring and the first flowers […]
How To Grow Hydrangeas
We all love those beautiful, large flower clusters that bloom bright pinks and blues. Some of them have just a hint of color or are creamy white. But no matter what color they bare, hydrangeas look gorgeous next to their full, bright green foliage. To plant these beauties can be a trick at times, but […]
