Plant maintenance

Learning to grow iris is not hard. In fact they are one of the easiest flowers to grow once you learn how to properly care for them. Brief Background I don’t know about you, but I love growing Irises in my garden. I’ve had the regular ones and the re-blooming ones which are really cool …

Chrysanthemums, commonly called mums are certainly the star of the fall garden, however understanding how to grow mums is crucial to long term gardening success.  

Removing the spent blooms from a plant is known as deadheading. Today I am going to share with you how to deadhead dianthus.  

The White House ought to have an allergy-free landscape! The oldest Obama daughter, Malia, age 10, has allergies, as much of the world now knows, ever since all the talk about them getting a dog, and needing an allergy-free dog. What the Obama’s may not understand though, is that any dog that runs around in …

What a great way to lead the nation by planting a vegetable garden, but not just any vegetable garden, an organic one! The first steps have been taken, but there is a long way to go and the Obamas’ may just be the ones to get the job done.