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Hydrangea Check Up Time - National Garden Bureau

Hydrangea Check Up Time

Planning and Design, Plant Care & Maintenance
Take time for a Hydrangea Check Up Are Your Hydrangeas Blooming? Every gardener I talk to, especially in the northeast and New England, is doing a happy dance this season: their hydrangeas are in full bloom. Despite temperature fluctuations, the sudden freezing temperatures of November 2019, and the wacky late spring weather we had (hailstorms,...
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Victory Garden 2.0 Summer Maintenance

Plant Care & Maintenance
Summer Maintenance Tips for Your Victory Garden 2.0 “When the pandemic hit, I decided to plant a vegetable garden.” I’ve heard this from consultation clients and Plantrama listeners for the past three months, and my response is always the same. “Congratulations! You made a terrific choice.” I recognize that the stress of the COVID crisis...
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The Best Time To Prune Your Hydrangea - National Garden Bureau

Hydrangea Pruning on Your Mind?

Plant Care & Maintenance
When to prune your Hydrangeas so they bloom this season. The Best Time for Hydrangea Pruning It’s unavoidable. A few warm days, birds chirping, snow melting, and crocuses sprouting can only mean one thing. Time to get those pruners out and do a little trimming. When it comes to hydrangeas, however, incorrect pruning is the...
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No Gift Giving Anxiety when you give Amaryllis Bulbs this holiday season - National Garden Bureau

Amaryllis Bulbs – The Ideal Gift

DIY Crafts & Gifts, Winter Gardening
As gardening season winds down for many across the U.S., it’s time for giving season to begin. Fortunately, you can still choose gifts with a gardener’s touch. One of our favorites is a potted amaryllis bulb. Giving shouldn’t cause you grief. There is something inherently stressful about choosing a gift—especially when you’re shopping for someone...
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Storing Dahlias for Winter

How-to, Plant Care & Maintenance
Tips on Storing Dahlias for Winter Storing Dahlias for Winter Dahlias tubers can be enjoyed for years with proper handling in the fall. Follow these easy tips from National Garden Bureau member American Meadows on how to dig and store your dahlias tubers. Native to Mexico, dahlias won't survive the freezing temperatures that many North...
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Winter Care for your Hydrangeas - National Garden Bureau - #Hydrangeas

Preparing Your Hydrangeas for Winter

Winter Gardening
Tips on Preparing Your Hydrangeas for Winter Getting Your Hydrangeas Ready for Winter If your hydrangeas live in a cold climate, late fall weather is the perfect time for them to harden off, you can use this same time to prepare them to make it through the coming winter. Exactly what you do depends on what...
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Winter Rose Care - 10 Tips To Keep Your Roses Healthy this Winter - National Garden Bureau

Winter Rose Care

Flower Gardening, Winter Gardening
Rose Expert, Chris VanCleave, the Redneck Rosarian, gives 10 care tips to keep your roses healthy through the winter season and have them ready for the next growing season... "Fall is a great time to take stock of the gardening year behind us. What worked and what didn’t. What should be changed or should remain...
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Five Fabulous Finds for Fall - National Garden Bureau

Friday Five – Five Fabulous Finds

Container Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Plant Care & Maintenance, Vegetables
Fall is transition time in the garden.  It's time to properly overwinter your containers, harvest fall crops and make your own Hoop House for extending your growing season both this Fall/Winter and next Spring.  It's also a time to gain some gardening knowledge and fun facts. Enjoy the season and these five fall finds! How...
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Water-Wise Gardening

Plant Care, Plant Care & Maintenance

Landscape watering is one of the biggest uses of water for the average homeowner. However, it is possible to dramatically reduce your water consumption, lower your water bill and still have a beautiful, productive garden. Just follow these eight steps: Add organic matter to your soil. Soil is essentially a collection of mineral particles of…

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Composting: Making Humus

Plant Care, Soil, Compost and Mulch

An important ingredient in improving your growing substance is the micro life–bacteria, fungi, and other tiny organisms– which live on the surfaces of organic material. Acting as an elaborate food chain within a pile of yard and garden waste, they decompose it as they eat and reproduce. Pile some moist carbon material (dried, brown materials…

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