Rose of Sharon

Breathtaking large blue flowers are adorned with lacy centers to create anemone-like blooms. Each stem of this hardy...

Purses and Totes Turned Planters

by Lisa Watters-Lain, Arizona's Garden Gal Unusual containers are gardening fun. Heading to a thrift store to hunt...

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener When you think of small evergreen shrubs, do you have an image...

This thornless, heat tolerant blackberry is a prolific producer of deliciously sweet and juicy, deep blue-black berries -...

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Wet dog, funky socks, musty books, and the ever-present smell of teenage...

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener . . With questions about pruning flooding into the garden center, there’s...

Winter is the season to plant evergreens that look good no matter the weather. Local evergreens brighten our...

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Once you've tried digging the first planting hole in a mountain garden...

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener If you make a daily pot of coffee, you have a fabulous...

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener There is a seemingly cavernous void in the living room when the...

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener There is a seemingly cavernous void in the living room when the...

Does your living room feel so empty! Now that the Christmas tree is gone, the house seems so...blah....

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardenerGenerally, the best time for planting trees is late winter through early spring.Typically...

by Ken Lain, the mountain gardener The days grow short as we move into the last of the...

Here is a list of the top 10 evergreen trees that stand up to mountain wind, winter cold,...

By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener This is the season when decorated evergreens dominate living rooms and sparkle...