This article and video is about Knockout Roses Fall care and pruning. What should your Fall cleanup include? Should you prune Knockout Roses in the Fall or in the Spring? I answer these questions and cover everything needed to get your roses ready for Winter. Every year in Fall there are lots of questions regarding...

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How to treat Black Spot on Knockout Roses in 3 steps, plus solutions to prevent Black Spot from taking over Knockout Roses. Includes video. Black Spot on Knockout Roses is not a fun topic, but it is a necessary one! In this article — and in the included video — I use examples from the...

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Enjoy this garden tour of our front yard foundation garden beds in Fall. These easy-care foundation plantings provide beautiful color year round. Includes video! My final Fall Garden Tour for this season? The foundation garden beds in our grass-free front yard. Below are several images of the garden beds, and at the end of this...

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Enjoy this Fall garden tour of one of the side beds in our front yard! In mid-Fall, this bed features color and texture from drying Little Lime Hydrangeas, Piglet grasses, perennials plus several evergreens in varying shades of green. This time of year, when many perennials have finished up for the season, there is still...

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Gardening doesn’t stop with the end of the growing season. I can’t seem to say goodbye to the season’s final flowers because gardening is therapy for me. It’s mid-November, the end of the growing season. The steady freezing temperatures at night will be here any moment. We’ve already had one or two below-32-degree nights. I...

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How to grow annual geraniums — also known as pelargoniums — including watering, pruning and taking cuttings for new plants. A complete geranium care guide! One of my fondest memories is when I was a young child taking piano lessons, and the wonderful woman teaching me had a giant picture window where she placed all...

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Join me as I share photos of my June garden, including Red and Yellow Twig Dogwoods, Roses, Geranium Rozanne, Astilbes, Dianthus and more. What is Six on Saturday? Anyone who loves to garden can participate in Six on Saturday. We all share six photos of what’s happening in our gardens that week. You can see...

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Should you deadhead Knockout Roses? If you do, you’ll enjoy nearly constant blooming throughout the Summer and possibly into the Fall season. Please note: I may use Knock Out Roses and Knockout Roses interchangeably in this article. Although the official name is Knock Out (two words), there are many who use the word Knockout (one...

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