Plants
Plant Shopping Checklist
In advance of shopping for plants, here’s a checklist that will help you make the best choices. Find perfect plants for your yard and garden!
Read MorePlants Make People Happy
From stimulating our creativity to improving our health, plants and gardens make us happy. Today, opportunities to laugh.
Read MoreWill My Fall Mums Live Through The Winter?
We answer your questions about growing the chrysanthemums commonly called hardy mums: garden planting, winter survival and promoting fullness
Read MoreThe Wild and Wonderful August Garden
Holes, Hornworms, Weird Vegetables and Aphids It’s August, and all kinds of interesting things are showing up in our gardens. From the weird to the wonderful, here are some of the things our customers are noticing in their gardens. Holes in the Hardy Hibiscus! If your hardy hibiscus leaves are looking like lace, you’re seeing…
Read MoreSummer Planting
Many people wonder if they can plant in mid-August or if they should wait until fall. While those who live in areas where summer temperatures are in the triple digits might need to wait for September, here on Cape Cod it’s actually desirable to put plants in the garden in the summertime. Our temperatures aren’t…
Read MoreAnnuals and Perennials To Know And Grow
While there are hundreds of annuals and perennials, this post highlights several that do especially well in this area. Annuals For Flowers All Summer Perennials that do well on the Cape and Islands. Whether you need flowers all summer (annuals) or problem solving plants, we’re here to help!
Read MoreGarden Design and The Leaf Stack Challenge
In early September the Plantrama Podcast started the Leaf Stack Challenge. The idea is to collect an assortment of foliage that are different shapes, sizes, colors and textures, and pile them up…then take a photo and post it as you wish with the hashtag #leafstackchallenge. Why? Because it’s a fun activity that can open our…
Read MoreWhen Do I Cut Plants Down In The Fall
“Is it OK to cut my perennials back and do my garden cleanup now?” “Can I trim my roses back in the fall?” “When is the best time to cut down my ornamental grasses?” These are questions our customers ask at this time of year. Truth be told, in most situations you can get away…
Read MoreWhat Happened To My Grasses?
Ornamental grasses (some of our customers call them “beach grasses”) took a hit this past winter. We’ll never know whether it was the rollercoaster temperatures early in the winter or the very wet conditions we had in March, but many people found that their grasses were dead this spring. Some clumps have a few, feeble…
Read MoreTaking Time To See
On this early June morning I went out to the front porch with a cup of coffee and my phone. But instead of checking my email, or sending a text to one of my sons, I put the phone down on the arm of the Adirondack chair and watched the landscape. The sun was just…
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