Dazzling Dahlias Bring Color all Summer Long
Dahlias are excellent additions to East End flower gardens, in the ground or in containers. The plants bloom nonstop all summer until frost shuts them down; they reach their peak in many gardens in August and September…
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Start a Garden this Year!
Never tried gardening before? There’s nothing mysterious about it. Anyone can garden, and I believe everyone should, even if the garden is just a couple of plants in flowerpots.
Welcome Spring
In flower gardens and landscapes, spring begins with bulbs. Here on the East End some of the earliest — and most welcome — color in our landscapes and gardens comes from bulbs.
Viva Magenta: Drawing From Nature And History
Another year over, and a new year begins – with a new color from Pantone! Let’s all welcome Viva Magenta 18-1750, a brilliant red which represents a vibrant and exciting change from the past few years.
The Garden in Fall
Gardening is a rewarding and even healing activity, and also gives us the benefit of fresh-picked food, beautiful flowers and soothing greenery, not to mention time spent in the fresh air instead of in front of a screen.
Wee Trees
Flowers bless the world with their colors for just a short time – most perennials bloom for only a few weeks and annuals are gone in fall.
Paradise Fall
Transitioning your outdoor space for the cooler months requires a little bit of forward thinking, as well as an eye for design.
Easy Care Grasses
Ornamental grasses are super easy to care for. They adapt to different soils, they don’t need much in the way of fertilizing and watering (unless they’re in pots) and they lend texture to the garden all summer long.
