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Dianthus is an amazing plant that will really wake up any landscape. They bloom heavily in the spring, on into the summer and if you deadhead them (remove the spent flowers after blooming) they are likely to bloom again even into the fall. They love full sun and do well in zones 4 through 9. … Click here to read more…
A few days ago I gave you some landscape design strategies in this post, and today I have a few more ideas for you. At the nursery I decided to dig out an area where we could set our small pots. Great idea, but that left me with a mountain of dirt that you can… Click here to read more…
What does it take to create a nice, attractive landscape planting? What is the number one thing that many people do wrong? The secret to an attractive landscape design is you have to be bold and daring. Take off your “conservative” hat and toss it in the fire pit! What do most people do wrong?… Click here to read more…
Your yard should have a sequence of color starting in spring and taking you on a journey of color and joy throughout the year. I’m going to start by showing you a few things that will really wake up your yard in early spring. Lynnwood Gold Forsythia. A lot of people don’t like Forsythia, but… Click here to read more…
Welcome to Mondays with Mike McGroarty. I started doing these videos for my Backyard Growers, but realized that a lot of other people will like them as well. This is a bit of a documentary of what we we have going on at Mike’s Plant Farm here in wonderful Perry, Ohio. May 27th, 2013. Mulching… Click here to read more…
Excellent question and here’s my definitive answer; “It depends.” There are a lot of different kinds of so-called burlap being used to ball trees today and there’s no way for me to know what kind of burlap your tree has on it. I often like to leave the burlap intact when planting trees because it… Click here to read more…
‘Fireworks’ Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’) PP18504 This is why I love plants! Like most mornings I grabbed a cup of coffee and headed to our sun room to read and enjoy my coffee. As the sun was coming up I looked outside and through the porch railing I see this spectacular display of red… Click here to read more…
Techny Arborvitae, also known as Mission Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis ‘Techny’ This by far my favorite Arborvitae! It has a beautiful dark green color, it grows very dense, it’s a medium fast grower. Some say it’s a slow grower and compared to a lot of other Arborvitae it is slower growing. However, you will hear me… Click here to read more…
Emerald Green Arborvitae-Thuga occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ Hardy in zones 3 through 8. All pyramidal Arborvitae are not created equal! Some look similar but they grow and perform over time very differently. There are two upright, pyramidal Arborvitae that I really like because the look great, and over time they perform exactly as you expect them to. They are very different… Click here to read more…
The Canadian Hemlock is one of my all-time favorite upright evergreens. I use them in many of the landscapes that I do, including my own. They grow nice and full but are still easy to maintain at just about any given height you choose. In a landscape planting as I used this one, I like… Click here to read more…
