Garden Tour Favorites I loved sharing my top five favorite flowers with visitors to my garden on the Mary Lou Heard Garden Tour this past Saturday. As I chatted with dozens of the visitors, many ‘oohed’ and ‘aahed’ over the same plants which luckily were blooming on cue for the tour. So here’s some more […]
What to Do in the Garden: May
Get Ready for Summer! The May garden is a beautiful sight to behold: flowers blooming, veggies growing, and lots of green growth on trees and shrubs. But the hot weather of summer is right around the corner and May is a great time to plant heat lovers and get the garden ready for those hot […]
Roses Still Blooming? Time to Prune!
Don’t Skip Pruning Those January Blooming Roses It’s the end of January and some of my roses are still blooming! I’m not the only one, many of the roses in the neighborhood are blooming and my neighbors have lots of questions about when to prune their roses when they won’t stop blooming! Dormancy for Roses […]
What To Do in the Garden: January
Pruning, Planting and Protecting, Oh My! January is a very busy month in California and other mild winter gardens! So put away those holiday decorations, oil up those pruning tools and get outside in the crispy January air! Here’s what to do in January: Pruning Roses don’t really go dormant in mild winter areas, but […]
Roses: Top Tips
Roses! Keeping them in tip top shape. Fame, a grandiflora Roses, favorites in the garden and the vase, take a little bit of attention to keep them blooming and looking their best. Here are some tips to keep them the showpieces of your garden: Fertilizer: Feed after each bloom cycle with a fertilizer that promotes […]
Roses: Plant Bareroot Now! Cheap and Easy!
What is a ‘bareroot’ rose?It’s a dormant rose bush which has been dug up by the grower, soil removed from roots, canes trimmed, usually packaged in sawdust in a plastic wrapping. Why plant bareroot roses?1. Selection: Many more varieties are available during bareroot season both at your local nursery and online. 2. Easier to Plant: […]
8 Simple Steps to Perfectly Pruned Roses
‘Joseph’s Coat’ rose Although roses in Southern California never really go dormant, this is the time of year to give them an annual pruning. It’s tough to do since many plants are still blooming! Pruning, while sacrificing a few blooms now, will result in a healthier plant and, therefore, better blooms in the coming year. […]