What fertilizer should I use when seeding my lawn? If you are not concerned about preventing crabgrass, we suggest using Greenview’s Starter Fertilizer or Fall Lawn Food. Both will promote root growth of the new grass seedlings. If you are concerned about preventing crabgrass, apply Greenview’s Seed Starter plus Crabgrass Preventer. This product “knows” the […]
Disease Control
I have a tank pump sprayer that I use for lawn weed killer. Is it okay to use it for insecticides and fungicides as well? The answer is yes and no. If you are willing to wash out the sprayer with soap and water, and then ammonia and then rinse it, the answer is yes. […]
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Gardening Dictionary – HIJKLM
Any loose, usually organic material placed over the soil – such as ground bark, sawdust, straw or leaves – is a mulch. The process of applying such materials is called mulching. A mulch can serve various functions. It may reduce evaporation of moisture from soil, reduce evaporation of moisture from soil, reduce or prevent weed […]
Weigela
Old-fashioned Weigela Weigela Description: Weigela is a small deciduous shrub that grows best in a sunny location with moist soil. The flowers are long and are trumpet-shaped. In fact, they are a part of the Honeysuckle family! This plant is considered mostly allergy free and causes little or no allergy problems in most people. Photo […]
Iris sibirica, Siberian Iris
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Care of Raspberries
Planting Set raspberry plants in early spring. Prune the canes to within six inches of the ground at planting time for best results. For home garden plantings, a single hedge row at one end or along one side of the garden is desirable. Space new plants 3-4 feet apart in the row. They will fill […]
Rhodos & Azaleas
Dig the planting hole at least 3 times larger than the root ball and about 1 1/2 times as deep. Remove and discard excavated soil if it is hard and compacted clay. Mix pre-moistened sphagnum peat moss and ordinary good topsoil at a 1:1 ratio. NOTE: If you purchase topsoil, do not use discount store […]
Thuja, Arborvitae
Description: Graceful sprays of fern-like evergreen foliage is blue-tinged with green above and silvery-blue underneath. It has a spreading, globose growth habit, making it a good choice for foreground plantings and group plantings.
Hibiscus, Rosemallow
Selected out of thousands of seedlings by the hybridizing team at Walters Gardens, Inc., ‘Jazzberry Jam’ PPAF absolutely has it all! This plant delivers everything you ever wanted in a hardy hibiscus. Fabulous 9 inch wide, deep magenta flowers with a red eye have delightfully ruffled, overlapping petals. They bloom for several months from midsummer […]
Blueberry Festival
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Phlox paniculata, Garden Phlox
From master hybridizer Jan Verschoor comes the very first double white Phlox paniculata hybrid. The individual flowers of ‘Tiara’ can be either double or single, and the petals unfurl like a rose bud making even the single flowers appear double. The flower panicles are borne atop relatively short plants from mid to late summer. The […]