Container gardening
Planning Plant Fun
There are many ways to be creative with your plants in the spring. Consider growing flowering annuals in unusual or recycled containers.
Read MorePlanting Pots and Boxes
Read 6 tips for growing plants outdoors in pots and widow boxes. Hear how to be successful with container gardening.
Read MoreProven Winners For Cape Cod
See two containers that were filled with flowering annuals. Most are long-blooming selections from Proven Winners.
Read MoreMeet Lobularia Frosty Knight
Frosty Knight is a long-flowering variety of alyssum with variegated foliage. A plant from Proven Winners, it flowers all summer and fall.
Read MoreWhen Can I Plant…Mid-Winter FAQ's and Some Fun
As the days thankfully get longer and lighter, we all get spring fever. When the phone rings at the garden center it’s often someone who is anxious to focus on the growing season ahead. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions that we are hearing. Q. How early can I plant new shrubs…
Read MoreContainers in Winter
As you look out onto your deck or yard this winter you might be wondering if those container plants that you never did anything with will survive the cold. Perhaps they are perennials or shrubs you intended to plant but never got into the ground. Or maybe they are shrubs that you want to stay…
Read MoreGrowing Evergreens in Containers All Year
Learn which evergreens can be grown in containers outside all winter. Find dwarf conifers to fill pots and boxes.
Read MoreFresh Color For Your House
It’s a cold, wet New England day and snowflakes are mixing with the rain drops…a sign of the winter ahead. Such weather, combined with the shorter days, can make our spirits sink. Fortunately, there’s a perfect solution: colorful houseplants, for the beginning of that time of year when we need cheering the most. Here are…
Read MoreInstant Garden Improvement
Are there places in your garden that could use more color? Sometimes our customers say that they like their landscape but that the gardens are “missing something.” Others express the need for bright colors, but say that there isn’t much space left for planting or enough sun for most annuals or perennials. For all of…
Read MoreFront Porch or Back Deck Creativity
Use a grouping of colorful pots on your front porch or back deck. Put five or more containers together and plant with flowers.
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