by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Jan 20, 2024 | Blog
It’s a new year and if you’re like a lot of gardeners, you’re looking for new plants to try in your Indianapolis landscape. Fortunately, there are organizations that trial plants throughout the country in All-America Selections gardens. Horticulture experts evaluate...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Nov 27, 2023 | Blog
The holidays are upon us and if there are gardeners in your life, here are a few suggestions. Garden gifts for children Give youngsters a packet of seeds they can plant in spring. Something fun like red green beans or sunflowers. Make it something they like to eat,...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Jul 22, 2023 | Blog
One way to keep perennials and annuals blooming in summer is to cut off the dead flowers, called deadheading. Rather than snipping off the whole stem, you only remove the section with the dead flower. Many annuals and perennials have a main stem and side shoots. When...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | May 26, 2023 | Blog
We’ve all heard about a kitchen garden and know it as a plot outside the backdoor that grows some of the food we eat. Frequently called a vegetable garden and occasionally potager, it is separate from our Indiana gardens or landscapes with ornamental plants. New...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Apr 23, 2023 | Blog
For those of us who can’t make it to the tropics this year, these new tropical plants for your Indianapolis landscape will create the mood. Tie-dyed Poison Dart Frog Caladium If you love caladiums and are bored with White Christmas, Cardinal or other everyday...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Mar 19, 2023 | Blog
It’s spring and pansies come to mind as the plants of the season in the Indiana landscape. Although pansies may be top of mind, there are several other cool-season plants to add to the mix in your containers or landscape. Plants for the spring season make good...
