Blooms are great, they are the driving force behind gardens and often the reason we purchase a plant. But as experienced gardeners we know that a successful garden also relies…

Homeowners often want to know an easy way to dramatically improve their landscape. One of the easiest things we can think of is to remove invasive plants.  1)    Removing invasive…

The Eastern Tiger swallowtail is a gorgeous butterfly, no debate there. Their host plants include trees and shrubs, a great reminder to gardeners that a pollinator garden is more than…

You’ve come to the conclusion that your landscape needs the attention of a professional designer. Before you meet with your designer there are a few things you should know or…

Our landscapes are evolving from entire streets of cookie-cutter yards dotted with a few shrubs and a tree to personalized landscapes with generous planting beds and multiple trees and shrubs.…

There are gardeners that focus on one or two types of plants and strive to collect as many varieties of that plant as they can. They are plant collectors. With…

Confession, we are checking the progress of our pollinator plants each day. While some are lush and starting to bloom, others have barely broken the surface of the soil. Worry…

Gardening for pollinators doesn't have to be difficult or confusing. In fact, you can have a stunning pollinator garden with three simple plants. What you want is to have a food…

Take a walk around a park, nature preserve, or your neighborhood and you are apt to see a plant that was introduced with good intentions that has now become wildly…

It’s time for me to address the elephant, or shall I say the two-inch insect in the room.  The cicadas are coming, and they’re coming in droves! After spending years…