This is the time of year, most of us become disillusioned with our lawns. Water, aerate, water, reseed, water, fertilize, then repeat and that doesn’t include the mowing. It’s a never ending cycle. Customers send emails wanting to know how they can forget the grass and have something that is just not as time consuming. [...]
Greenwood’s Best 8 Perennial Plants: Autumn Brilliance Ferns Heliopsis Summer Sun Snowcap Shasta Daisy Heuchera Autumn Leaves Russian Sage Little Spire Achillea Strawberry Seduction Pineapple Sage Salvia May Night Greenwood’s best 8 perennial plants are great basic perennials for starting a garden. Check out our other perennial plants. Related articles Small Backyard Plant Ideas [...]
Greenwood’s Best 8 Sun Garden Plants: Achillea Strawberry Seduction Heuchera Southern Comfort Liriope Big Blue The Fairy Rose Veronica Royal Candles Apricot Drift Rose Provence Lavender Petiolaris Creeping Hydrangea This selection of sun garden plants is our choices for beginning a colorful long blooming sun garden in most zones. Check out more plant selections [...]
Greenwood’s Best 8 Flowering Plants The Fairy Rose Pink Velour Crape Myrtle Bloomerang Reblooming Lilac Knockout Double Pink Rose Nishiki Dappled Willow Nikko Blue Hydrangea Spilled Wine Weigela Pinky Winky Hydrangea These flowering shrub plants were chosen for their blooming length as well as the other special qualities that they bring to the [...]
Best 8 Drought Tolerant Plants: Potentilla Gold Drop Evening Primrose Sundrops Yucca Color Guard Dragon’s Blood Red Sedum Sedum Autumn Fire Blackeyed Susan Kew Red Lavender Barbecue Rosemary Plants that are drought tolerant still require regular supplemental watering to fully establish a strong root system. Once established, they can grow and flourish with little [...]
Greenwood’s best 8 deer resistant plants are: Arctic Fire Dogwood Yucca Color Guard Juniper Sky Rocket Nellie Stevens Holly Rosa Rugosa Red Euonymus Burning Bush Red Barberry Old Fashioned Lilac Please note: Deer resistant plants is a relative term. If deer or other wild animals are not getting food from their usual sources, they [...]
This year we will see how new gardening trends are directly related to the economy and weather factors. The United States is seeing one of the largest shifts in how people garden and how homeowners are landscaping their yards. With smaller yards, American gardeners are becoming more creative in the limited space that they call their own. While the rest of the world has [...]
Foundation plants are shrubs and bushes used for planting along homes and building to soften their look, enhance curb appeal and tie it to the surrounding landscape. Some considerations to keep in mind when choosing these shrubs are: – Style/Color – Size – Scale – Seasons The style of your house should be one of the biggest factors in selection foundation [...]
If you have wooded areas around your home, you may be looking how to plant your woodland spaces with colorful plants that bloom in early spring. Spring really brightens up wooded areas with lots of colors just bursting out a big “Hello!” I think that is what sparks us to want to add color to shaded areas. The artist [...]
Small backyard plants are smaller sized plant varieties that grow in tighter spaces. Small sized gardens can be used effectively to enhance bland foundations, corners, and entrances as well as add color, fragrance and interest to patios and other sitting areas. Small gardens use small scale shrubs and perennials. Anchor shrubs should mature around 3 to [...]
