February is a good month to think about what you want to do in the garden for the upcoming year and then do the proper research. With a mild winter this year we are all starting to get excited about the spring season, which is just a few weeks away. To prepare, here is a … Read more
With February being our Houseplant Month, where we highlight the beauty and health benefits of having houseplants in your home and office, it seems only fitting that I highlight my favorite houseplant at this time. My indoor houseplant highlight this February is Ficus lyrata, or commonly known as Fiddle-Leaf Fig! Personally, I have had a … Read more
THIS FEBRUARY, I’M HIGHLIGHTING MAHONIA BEALEI I chose to highlight Mahonia for a personal reason. We have one planted in our landscape in front of the store. This Mahonia came with us when we moved here from our old location on Forest Hill Avenue. We potted it up in a large wooden box and it … Read more
ONE WINTER MONTH DOWN, ONE MORE MONTH TO GO AND THEN IT’S SPRING And, what a winter month January turned out to be. It has been a long tine since we have had a winter blast like we just experienced the last 10 days of January. As of this posting of this blog, Spring is … Read more
TO PRUNE OR NOT TO PRUNE? – THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION! It seems that every day I get customers asking about pruning. For some reason, people see their plants, especially deciduous ones, differently this time of year. Or, having to spend so much time cooped up in the house because of the winter cold and … Read more
THE GARDEN IN WINTER IS A MUCH DIFFERENT PLACE THAN ANY OTHER TIME OF YEAR When the last of the leaves are raked and composted, and the flower beds are tidied and mulched for the winter, most gardeners retreat to the warmth of their favorite chair and surround themselves with garden catalogues and stare out … Read more
ONE WAY TO SHAKE OFF THE DREARY WINTER BLUES IS TO DO A LITTLE GARDENING – INDOORS Again, Happy 2026 to all of you. I am excited about 2026 and what this year has in store for us gardeners. I mentioned this earlier this month: 2026 is our nation’s 250th birthday. Let your creative juices … Read more
LET’S ALL MAKE 2026 A REMARKABLE AND MEMORABLE GARDENING YEAR One HUGE event for 2026 that will help all of us make this year memorable is that it marks our nation’s 250th birthday. With this HUGE celebration, the horticultural industry, along with the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, is asking all the garden clubs to … Read more
STOP MULCH VOLCANOES I probably write a blog on mulching every year. It is very important to mulch your trees and shrubs correctly. Their health depends on us doing the right thing when it comes to mulching. Yes, it is late December but mulching is done year round. And, poor mulching techniques is done year … Read more
Common names for the Helleborus perennial are CHRISTMAS ROSE, LENTEN ROSE, OR WINTER ROSE. Hellebores are a genus of bushy, clumping, flowering perennials in the Ranunculaceae family native to Europe. It is now mid to late December with winter being officially here. Hellebores are just getting “warmed” up in the garden at this time. Hellebores … Read more
