(ARA) – Too many choices for your garden? Don’t know where to start? Or what to buy? This spring we have a secret for you: Plant petunias. Lots of them. Petunias are one of the toughest, most versatile flowers you can plant, and they don’t require a green thumb for you to grow them. You…
Read More Petunias Add PenacheWisteria is a woody, deciduous climber that is very invasive. It is known for its vigorous growth as well as its fragrant eye-catching flowers. Depending on the variety, the flowers come in a large range of colors, including red, lavender, white and blue. Although some gardeners avoid Wisteria due to its invasive nature, if you…
Read More Guide for Planting WisteriaWhether you call them Hydrangea Macrophylla, House Hydrangea, French Hydrangea,, or Mopheads, growing Hydrangeas in the home garden can be an enjoyable experience. They are lovely, whether used as single plants or in mass, such as in a hedge, or border. Growing Conditions for Hydrangeas Hydrangeas grow best in partial shade to full sun. They…
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Tips for growing butterfly bushes in your garden. Butterfly Bush planting and care.
Buddleia, also known as, ‘butterfly bush’, is one of the most beautiful and easiest flowers to care for. The blooms may be purple, white, pink, or red and appear in late summer. The leaves are gray-green and range from 4-10” long and are 1-3” wide. Even though butterfly bushes are an easy plant to grow,…
Read More Planting and Care for Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)(NC)-As soon as you can dig the soil in your garden, you can start thinking about your color choices and planting pansies as a garden border, full beds or in containers. Whether it’s an array of color and shape or a specific color treatment to complement a certain theme or holiday, pansies are the hardy…
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