Archive for April 2009
Video: Getting to the roots — April 28, 2009
When you shop for perennials, how do you know which plant is the best value? Our video tells you what to look for on your next trip to the garden center.
Aphids — April 28, 2009
Orange, green, yellow, red, brown, black or covered with a waxy white or gray coating — there are all kinds of aphids out there.
Fernleaf bleeding heart — April 21, 2009
Unlike old-fashioned bleeding heart, which usually goes dormant in the summer, fernleaf bleeding heart blooms from midspring to fall.
White clover — April 21, 2009
This low, 4- to 12-in.-tall spreading weed has white flowers and roots wherever stem nodes touch the soil, but it also spreads by seed.
Container design tips — April 14, 2009
There’s more to beautiful containers than just the right planting and care. Design plays a role, too.
Anthracnose — April 14, 2009
When anthracnose strikes after a cool, wet spring, you’ll find irregular dark blotches on leaves.
Soaker hose tips — April 7, 2009
Soaker hoses are a gardener’s best friend. Just set them in your flower garden once in spring and don’t move them again until you put them away in fall.
Eastern chipmunk — April 7, 2009
You’re looking out your window and you see it — a striped rodent feasting on your birdseed.
