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I saw this shrub in the landscape recently in all of its glorious fall color and thought “Wow! This is gorgeous!” ’Quick-Fire’ Hydrangea is a great addition to the Fall garden…and one of the things I like about is that it can tolerate hard-pruning. This means for all of you are afraid to cut back your shrubs…this [...]
We planted this white pine in the front yard in 1991. It’s nearly twenty years later — seems like yesterday the tree was a seedling and the children were in diapers. I love how the trees have changed the character of the house and garden over the years. And how they mark the passage of [...]
If you are interested in attracting hummingbirds to your garden, you can do it by planting this native wildflower. Looking rather delicate, this wildflower can withstand the heat of July….or will stand proud and tall (2-3′ tall) in a foot of water. But this plant prefers consistently moist, average garden soils. They will look their [...]
Hard to believe but I have encountered people who don’t like the scent of lilacs. I am not one of those people.
Hostas are the work horses and heroes of many Minnesota gardens. Generally easy to grow, and shade-tolerant hostas come in infinite variety of sizes, shapes and colors. If you think hostas are ordinary, you haven’t seen some of the giant glowing leaves of ‘Orange Marmalade’, or the striking texture of the ‘Krossa Regal’ or ’Hadspen Blue’. Spring is [...]
The unusually warm March weather has me all excited about getting out into the garden. Just today I noticed the first signs of my wild geraniums, little nubs of green peeking out of the mulch. Planted two seasons ago from bare-roots, these have performed really well in the partly shady spot near the front steps. [...]
Here is a deciduous shrub anyone can grow almost anywhere! Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) is a tough little guy, grows to 3 1/2 feet by 3 feet. Yellow flowers smell sweet to humans and bees. Tolerates shade, has good red fall color. Great for erosion control and in mass plantings.