Rose of Sharon

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

Pesky Black Knats Seek Refuge Indoors

The timing was perfect! A couple of weeks ago we dispersed the final applications of plant food and...

The festive plants of the holiday season are yearly highlights for this gardener. These specimen plants are found...

Well, here we are wrapping up another year of local gardening advice. I like to think of my...

Done are the columns on live Christmas trees, keeping the cut tree fresh, and all other holiday plants....

Now that the house is divested of its festive holiday façade, back to its ordinary self, and seeming...

This year’s gardening season kicks off in March with cool season vegetables. Since seedlings take up to eight...

Another New Year so another pruning season has begun. Proper pruning and the correct planting process are equal...

A fruit tree needs to be 5-7 years old from seedling stage before producing its first crop, becoming...

Have you noticed the flower buds swelling on fruit trees? I was grateful to see that snow shower...

Bare-root roses have become the retail trade’s signature sign that spring is just around the corner. This week...

Garden Alert! Because our last storm was disappointing at best, plants need water ASAP! The system delivered inadequate...

We know that the better the soil the larger the harvest. Once you have tried digging your first...

Spring break at the Lains’ casa is a chance to wrap up spring gardening tasks and to kick...

The country around the Quad-Cities is full of wild mammals. However, judging from the comments of customers coming...

If you are looking for a lilac to plant this spring the timing couldn’t be better. The moisture...