Recent content from Nancy Rose
Don't throw in the trowel
With a few quick fixes, you can perk up your veggies and flowers and keep your garden looking good until the weather stops you cold.
Embracing garden shade
Instead of turning your back on a shady corner, turn it into a sweet retreat by using made-for-the-shade plants that pop.
Older isn't always better
Heirlooms are hot commodities in many gardens, but these tried-and-true plants, while popular, aren't always the best choice.
Catalogs plant big ideas
Now that it's garden catalog season, you can shop with abandon - and caution.
Hints of spring
A number of shrub willow species (Salix spp.) bear fuzzy silver-gray catkins in late winter or early spring. These showy catkins appear on male plants and often stay in the cute "kitty" phase for several weeks before a burst of yellow pollen-bearing stamens cover the catkins.
Evergreens spruce up landscape
Though often overlooked, evergreens are the workhorses of the winter garden, adding color, structure and interest, blocking wind and creating a year-round screen.
Top seeds
Even if you're a veteran seed starter, here are some new plants you might want to try inside later this winter or right in the garden, come spring.
Polka-dot plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Will arborvitae trees or other evergreens, grow in the shade?
Frequently asked gardening questions and tips about how and where to grow evergreen trees, such as Arborvitae.
