by Carol | Nov 14, 2018 | Garden Pests, Garden Tips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Garden Tips, Shade Plants, Spring Gardening
Designers List of Shade Plants for Root Weevil Resistance Root weevil disfigure so many shade garden plants and can make a garden look ravaged. It’s disappointing to see hosta and other plant leaves looking all chewed up. Can we design a shade garden with beauty and...
by Carol | Apr 22, 2015 | Garden Pests, Garden Tips, Gardening Green
Last year I wrote a blog about a serious new insect problem for landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. It was serious because rhododendrons and azaleas make up a large percentage of the plants in most gardeners landscape. The easy way to control the insect was with a...
by Carol | Mar 18, 2015 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Spring Gardening
Spring Hydrangea Pruning A lot of my clients have asked me to help them with pruning their hydrangeas. This blog addresses mophead hydrangea pruning. Hydrangea pruning is simple and easy once you know the rules. There is a link to a pruning video at the end of this...
by Carol | Feb 20, 2012 | Garden Tips, Spring Gardening, Winter Gardening
Garden Tips: Top 5 Early Spring Garden Prep Tips Here are my Top 5 garden tips for things to do January to early March: Cut back deciduous (gets dead looking in winter) grasses to 2″ tall stubble. Fountain grass, switch grass and japanese silver grass are just...
