Watering a New Tree or Shrub: Deep and Rare Beats Little and Often
There’s no universal number of days between waterings for a newly planted tree or shrub, and any answer that gives you one is guessing.
Echinacea purpurea: Hardiness, Drainage and Dividing
Echinacea purpurea goes by several names gardeners use interchangeably: Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, and sometimes Purple…
Anacis verticillata: Hardiness, Drainage and Dividing
Anacis verticillata is hardy from USDA zone 3a to 9b, tolerates clay, sand and shallow rocky soil as long as drainage is good, and blooms through spring…
Why Broccoli Heads Open and Turn Bitter in Summer
Broccoli heads pop open and turn bitter in summer for one reason: heat. Once temperatures climb past the range broccoli tolerates well, the plant rushes…
Tree Roots and Foundations: What Is Real and What Is Not
The mental image of a root snaking under a slab and cracking it like a fist is mostly wrong.
Starting Broccoli Seed: Six to Seven Weeks, and Out Before the Last Frost
Sow broccoli seed indoors six to seven weeks before you plan to set the plants in the garden, and get those transplants outside two to three weeks before…
Moving an Established Tree or Shrub, and When Not To
Moving an established shrub means digging the new hole first, cutting the cleanest possible root ball while the plant is dormant, resetting it at the…
Baptisia australis: Hardiness, Drainage and Dividing
Baptisia australis survives across USDA zones 3a through 9b, holds its ground in clay soil as long as water drains away rather than sitting, and blooms…
Asclepias tuberosa: Hardiness, Drainage and Dividing
Asclepias tuberosa is a low, clump-forming perennial known almost as often by its common names, Butterfly Milkweed or Butterfly Weed, as by its botanical…
Broccoli Spacing: What Closer Rows Cost the Head
Utah State University Extension puts it plainly: broccoli can go in at the standard 12-18 inches between plants with rows 2-3 feet apart, or you can…