by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Dec 19, 2019 | Blog
With the holiday season upon us, here are a few suggestions for the gardeners, nature lovers, first-time homeowners and others who love working in their landscape. In general, the more expensive a tool is the better it is. There’s no real value in buying inexpensive...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog
In the gardening world, there’s some discussion about fall clean up of the landscape, as in do it or not do it. The tradition has been to cut back perennials, pull annuals from the ground, and remove leaves from garden beds and the lawn. Why do fall clean up? It...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog
If summer has taken its toll on your pots of ornamental flowers, change them out for fall splendor. Garden centers are filled with Tuscan kale, tangy mustard and colorful chard for beautiful edible containers, and ornamental cabbage for looks. “I like bolder colors,...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Aug 20, 2019 | Blog
When it comes to fall, we think of the colors trees and shrubs give us. Then there are the ever-present mums. But other late bloomers call this their time of year in the Indiana landscape, too. Here are five. Japanese anemone In 2016, the Perennial Plant Association...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | Jul 5, 2019 | Blog
The weather has been nothing, if not challenging. We all dodged raindrops in May and June trying to plant our veggies, pot up containers and other work in the garden, even mowing the grass. All that rain resulted in lush growth, large plants and tender leaves. The sun...
by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp | May 21, 2019 | Blog
By next April, garden centers, online retailers, landscape professionals, nurseries and neighbors will no longer be able to sell, propagate or share winter creeper in Indiana. Winter creeper is probably the most popular landscape plant on a list of 44 plants that will...
