garden Archives - Garden Sanity by Pet Scribbles https://www.petscribbles.com/tag/garden/ Gardening is my sanity Mon, 15 May 2023 15:47:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.petscribbles.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png garden Archives - Garden Sanity by Pet Scribbles https://www.petscribbles.com/tag/garden/ 32 32 Lavender Phenomenal: best lavender for heat and humidity! https://www.petscribbles.com/lavender-phenomenal-the-best-lavender-for-heat-and-humidity/ https://www.petscribbles.com/lavender-phenomenal-the-best-lavender-for-heat-and-humidity/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:15:00 +0000 https://www.petscribbles.com/?p=13579 lavender blooming in foreground and background of photo

Lavender Phenomenal is one of the hardiest evergreen lavenders around. It handles heat, humidity and rough Winter weather with ease! Learn why you will love this lavender! A few years ago, I wrote an article here about how to harvest lavender the easy way. A reader asked what type of lavender I had in my...

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How to prune Stella D’Oro Daylilies, including spent flowers and seed pods. Also how to remove seed pods and prevent them from developing during the blooming season. Helpful images and video included. This article will show you how to prune Stella D’Oro daylilies and answer many of the common questions surrounding pruning and deadheading these...

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Today I’m sharing a photo and video collage of what’s blooming in my zone 7, Southern New Jersey garden. I’m doing this to encourage you to do the same and find the good in your garden — after a season of heat, humidity, tropical storms, floods and whatever else Mother Nature has thrown at us...

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A mini garden shovel makes gardening easier. Read why this is such an essential gardening tool, especially for women. I love this shovel! If you had told me in my 20s — or even my 30s — that I’d be in love with a petite garden shovel, I would have laughed my head off in...

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]]> https://www.petscribbles.com/shovel-love-being-petite-in-the-garden-has-its-advantages/feed/ 0 Verbena bonariensis: garden must-have or invasive weed? https://www.petscribbles.com/verbena-bonariensis-why-this-perennial/ https://www.petscribbles.com/verbena-bonariensis-why-this-perennial/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:40:00 +0000 http://209.236.127.209/~petscrib/?p=43 Verbena bonariensis in the garden

Verbena bonariensis: a must-have garden perennial but sometimes considered an invasive weed. Learn more here before adding this self-seeder to your garden so you’re prepared! This article includes planting and seasonal care info plus plenty of photos. I love this easy-care plant! I can’t believe I haven’t yet blogged about Verbena bonariensis – being that...

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Leopard’s Bane is an easy-care, early Spring-flowering perennial, blooming non-stop all season. The charming yellow flowers will put on a show every year! These are dependable bloomers and benefit our early pollinators too. When most people think of yellow color in the Spring garden, Daffodils come to mind. But that just means that most people haven’t...

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]]> https://www.petscribbles.com/little-leo-leopards-bane/feed/ 2 Helene Rose of Sharon: Non-Stop White Ruffled Flowers! https://www.petscribbles.com/helene-rose-of-sharon-trial-and-error-and-success/ https://www.petscribbles.com/helene-rose-of-sharon-trial-and-error-and-success/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2019 23:20:18 +0000 https://www.petscribbles.com/?p=13818 Helene Rose of Sharon with lovely non-stop white ruffled blooms

Helene Rose of Sharon is a lovely Summer-flowering perennial shrub with non-stop white ruffled blooms. Helene is more compact and produces little to no seeds compared to traditional Rose of Sharon plants. Learn why you will love having Helene in your garden! I need to come up with another category of plants here on Pet...

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]]> https://www.petscribbles.com/helene-rose-of-sharon-trial-and-error-and-success/feed/ 0 Pinky Winky Hydrangea Care — Your Ultimate Guide https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-prune-pinky-winky-hydrangeas-the-easy-way/ https://www.petscribbles.com/how-to-prune-pinky-winky-hydrangeas-the-easy-way/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:00:20 +0000 http://www.petscribbles.com/?p=8068 Pinky Winky Hydrangea Care, Your Ultimate Guide

Pinky Winky Hydrangea Care – Your Ultimate Guide to successfully grow and enjoy your Pinky Winky hydrangeas. Includes how to prune them the easy way! Pinky Winky Hydrangea is an easy-care Summer flowering shrub and a fabulous shrub for beginner gardeners because of how trouble-free it is.  New pruning video! I have added a video...

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The 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show was filled with colorful flowers and plants. Here are my best photos for garden ideas from the Flower Power themed show! I attended the Philadelphia Flower Show for the first time this year and found so many garden ideas! This year’s 2019 theme was Flower Power, and the amount of...

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]]> https://www.petscribbles.com/2019-philadelphia-flower-show-garden-ideas/feed/ 4 Geum Perennial Flowers For Your Garden https://www.petscribbles.com/geum-perennial-flowers-for-your-garden/ https://www.petscribbles.com/geum-perennial-flowers-for-your-garden/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:40:00 +0000 http://209.236.127.209/~petscrib/?p=187 Geum Perennial Flowers for your Garden

This Geum Perennial Flowers Gardening Guide will provide you with the information you need to enjoy growing Geum in your garden. Easy-care perennials that are so pretty! These pretty orange flowers bloom their hearts out in our garden every year! They are Geum perennial flowers and I planted them years ago in our backyard. Because...

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