As our journey in the garden progresses into summer, I will continue with even more perennials for pollinators, one last time. This is episode three after all, and everything seems to work best in the form of a trilogy, right? In hindsight perhaps I should have…
Make Your Garden Look “Hellaciously Good” With Heleniums, Helianthus, AND Heliopsis
We are moving into the later part of summer when all of the spring and early summer perennials have finished up and it is time for those mid to late summer bloomers to take front stage. Keeping the show going in our gardens can be tricky, especially if we are prone to only do our shopping in the spring months and focus on what is in color at that time…
I often refer to myself as a “plant enabler”, a sort of legal dealer that tries his best to hook his customers up with the best plants for their landscapes. Plants are easy to get addicted to, believe me, and running a garden center means you are surrounded on a daily basis by treasures that beckon you to take them home, plant them, and watch them flourish - even if you are out of room, just ask my poor wife. If I jump in a time machine to some 30 years ago, I can see…