How Thristy Are Your Plants?

Click to Enlarge There was a great Southern Living feature that I need to run because it had so much great information on plants and their water  needs.   Pamela  Crawford, an expert on growing beautiful flowers while saving water, money and time, ranks nine popular plants according to their individual water needs.   Teetotalers -- those stalwarts never [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:35:02-04:00July 27th, 2013|GardenWise in Southern Living|Comments Off on How Thristy Are Your Plants?

Phlox ‘Miss Lingard’ is GardenWise

A Sophisticated Lady As we approach April, you  should  already be thinking about your summer flowers, and beautiful  Phlox  'Miss  Lingard'  is a  mid-summer  GardenWise  favorite!   With a spectacular  clump-forming habit, 'Miss Lingard' has  spikes  of sweetly scented,  refined pure white flowers that are disease resistant, so you won't have to deal with that powdery mildew mess you sometimes get with other types of Phlox. Phlox [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:36:10-04:00June 12th, 2013|Gardening Tips|Comments Off on Phlox ‘Miss Lingard’ is GardenWise

DC’s GardenWise on Shade Garden Favorites

  One of my all time favorites, and a recent top choice by  GardenWise as a "must-have" Fall 2013 garden favorite, is Toad Lily (Tricyrtis.)   As I earlier wrote, Toad Lily, with its  beautiful orchid-like white flowers, purple flecks and graceful arching growth habit, compels anyone who gazes upon it to stop and take a closer look. Better Homes & Gardens lists Toad [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:36:57-04:00May 16th, 2013|Gardening Tips|Comments Off on DC’s GardenWise on Shade Garden Favorites

Larkspur is a Late Spring Garden Beauty

Larkspur - A Late Spring Bloomer If you didn't sow Larkspur seed in October for flowering in late spring 2013, no worries.  You can buy the plants at your local gardening center.  Larkspur (Delphinium consolida,) which symbolizes an open heart, tends to be a bit fussy, and I've not had much luck in the DC-area.  But if you have [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:38:01-04:00January 14th, 2013|Gardening Tips|Comments Off on Larkspur is a Late Spring Garden Beauty

Phlox ‘Miss Lingard’ is GardenWise

Phlox 'Miss Lingard' is a  GardenWise  July  favorite!  With a spectacular clump-forming habit, 'Miss Lingard' has spikes of sweetly-scented, refined pure white flowers that are   disease resistant, so you won't have to deal with that powdery mildew mess you sometimes get with other types of Phlox. Phlox comes from the Greek for "plant with showy flowers" and "flame,"  and 'Miss Lingard' delivers with a gorgeous eye-catching [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:38:20-04:00January 2nd, 2013|Gardening Tips|Comments Off on Phlox ‘Miss Lingard’ is GardenWise

Look Ahead to Fall Day 3

Dwarf Burning Bush is GardenWise This week, GardenWise is looking forward with our five favorite  Garden Delights, in no particular order, for Fall 2012.  Yesterday we marveled at the Toad Lily, and Monday we fell in love all over again with Pink Muhly Grass.  Today is day  three of our series, and we're showing off the Dwarf Burning [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:38:48-04:00September 20th, 2012|Gardening Tips|Comments Off on Look Ahead to Fall Day 3

Look Ahead to Fall Day 1

Pink Muhly Grass For the next week,   GardenWise is looking forward with our five favorite Garden Delights,     in no particular order, for Fall 2011. Today it's all about one of my favorite Fall show stoppers -- Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaries.)  It reaches about four feet high and three feet wide, with a nicely cascading, fountainous habit of cloud-like foliage.  It also has   [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:38:54-04:00September 19th, 2012|Gardening Tips|Comments Off on Look Ahead to Fall Day 1

Larkspur Flowers are July Favorites

Larkspur Flowers are Colorful If you didn’t sow Larkspur seed in October for flowering in late spring, no worries.  You can put it on your end of summer to do list. Larkspur (delphinium consolidate)is not the easiest to grow and maintain as it tends to be a bit fussy. But if you have success, Larkspur flowers will [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:39:30-04:00June 14th, 2012|Gardening Tips|Comments Off on Larkspur Flowers are July Favorites

Go Grass-Free in June Woth Unique Groundcovers

A Fragrant Ground Cover Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum) is a shade garden delight, and the perfect groundcover for adding fragrance to your garden space while reducing lawn areas.  It's fast growing, insect repellent, low maintainance, quick to establish, and it isn't prone to invasiveness, though you do need to keep it in check.  Sweet Woodruff has white spring flowers [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:39:32-04:00June 8th, 2012|Gardening Tips|Comments Off on Go Grass-Free in June Woth Unique Groundcovers

A Fragrant Groundcover is GardenWise

Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum) is a shade garden delight, and the perfect groundcover for adding fragrance to your outside space while reducing lawn areas.  Easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soils, it's fast growing, insect repellent, low  maintainance,  quick to establish and it isn't prone to invasiveness -- though you definitely  do  need to keep it in check.   [...]

By |2017-10-11T11:39:47-04:00May 11th, 2012|Gardening Tips|Comments Off on A Fragrant Groundcover is GardenWise