How to Prune Roses (VIDEO)
Andy Krieger, Your Garden Helper, demonstrates how to correctly prune roses. This keeps your rose bush shaped, increases blooms, and minimizes disease.
New and Truly Improved!
Susan Martin of Walter’s Gardens recently gave a roomful of eager gardeners the insider scoop on some fresh perennial intros that trump the old ones. We at My Garden Insider value Susan and Walter’s insights as they are the leading grower of bare root perennials in the…
A Hot and Juicy-Leaved Trend…. Mixed Succulent Containers
Succulents appeal to our appreciation of nature’s diversity and adaptability, but also to the time-crunched schedules and space limitations.
Coral Bells are Hot!
National Garden Bureau Proclaims 2012 Year of the Heuchera. Heucheras are all-American, literally. Different species hail from the islands off the California coast to the highest mountains in the Rockies to the Gulf of Mexico. With this diverse range of habitat, these plants are able to find a niche in everyone's garden.
Iris species are easily recognized by their unique flower form and distinctive sword-like foliage. This is a flower so captivating that it has been the subject of lore and legends that span thousands of years of human history. The name "Iris" comes from the Greek word for rainbow. In…
Littleleaf Linden (Tilia cordata)
A beautiful, easy-care tree with glossy, heart-shaped foliage. The dark green leaves provide a wonderful backdrop for dainty yellow, fragrant blooms in summer and shade to yellow themselves in autumn. An excellent choice for summertime shade and an attractive silhouette in winter.
New Zealand Flax (Phormium Hybrid)
Phormium are excellent for bringing a bit of architectural form to gardens and containers. Their striking leaves may be stiffly upright or gracefully arching, depending on the variety selected. The wide range of varieties offers foliage colors in variegated greens, yellows, reds and…
Heirloom Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
As a result of large-scale agricultural practices, very few of the tomato varieties that exist ever find their way to the market and or the dining table. The fact is, tomatoes are available in a fascinating array of colors, tastes, shapes, and sizes. Many older varieties, known as…
- What's New?
MAY
16
MAY
15
MAY
14
MAY
13
- Growing Greener
- Into The Kitchen
- Whaddya Thinkin'
- Digging Deeper
- The Gardener's Library
- Show Me How
- The Inside Scoop
- The Garden's Edge
