Looking for a few simple secrets for how to best fertilize your potted geraniums to perk them up and get them blooming big again? When it comes to brightening up patios, porches, balconies, and decks, few plants can compete with the colorful blooms of potted geraniums. Not only are they beautiful and easy to maintain, …
Looking for the best fertilizer for your hanging baskets to keep them blooming strong and bright all summer long? There’s nothing quite like the beauty of a hanging basket filled to the brim with blooms. Whether overflowing with petunias, calibrachoa, begonias, marigolds or other flowering annuals, a well-maintained basket can turn an ordinary porch or …
Looking for the secret to fertilizing marigolds to keep them blooming big, strong and bright all summer long? Marigolds are one of the easiest and most rewarding flowers to grow, but if you really want them to shine all season long, proper fertilizing is the key. Although marigolds are annuals that only grow for a …
If you want bigger, brighter impatiens that bloom nonstop all summer long – the secret all begins with knowing how and when to fertilize! When it comes to adding gorgeous color to the shadier locations of your home and landscape, it doesn’t get much better than growing impatiens. Impatiens produce hundreds of small blooms and …
One of the easiest and most effective ways to make your vegetable garden grows and performs better this year is to plant zinnias in it. Yes, Zinnias! Zinnias are gorgeous, easy-to-grow annual flowers known for their bright, bold colors and long-lasting blooms. They come in a wide range of size and colors – and do …
Looking for tips on how to get your gladiolus to bloom big this summer with stunning flowers that soar high into the air? Gladiolus, or “Glads”, as many gardeners call them, are classic flowering perennials that resemble long swords, which often gives the plants the nickname “sword lily” as well. But whatever you call them, …
If you are looking to create a few incredibly unique and stunning planters for your patio or deck – that also happen to be extremely low maintenance and pest proof – you need to try your hand at growing ornamental peppers! Ornamental peppers really are the perfect choice for flower pots. Not only do they …
Wondering how to save seeds from all of those beautiful marigolds growing in your flowerbeds, garden or pots and containers to plant again next year? Marigolds are one of the most beneficial of all flowering annuals to plant all around your landscape. Not only do they produce loads and loads of big, bright beautiful blooms …
Lantana are one of the most beautiful flowering plants to grace the late summer / early fall landscape – especially when you can keep them blooming big and strong! With their multiple clusters of tiny vibrant blooms, lantana add interest and color to all kinds of garden spaces, flowerbeds and even pots and containers. Their …
Did you know that one of the easiest and best ways to keep your marigolds blooming big all summer long is to simply deadhead them on a regular basis? It’s true! The simple act of removing fading marigold flowers can help your plants stay healthier, brighter, and most importantly, loaded with colorful blooms the entire …