As flowers fade, snip them off with scissors to keep the plants looking neat. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.
Position Sun or partial shade. Trailing rosemary is great cascading over a wall. Trailing rosemary for walls, or dwarf varieties for containers, are propagated by rooting stem cuttings rather than from seeds.
Crop Rotation Group Allium (Onion family) ● Soil Average garden soil with excellent drainage. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.
Feeding Mix a light application of a balanced organic fertilizer into the soil prior to planting. Position Full sun to partial afternoon shade. Space plants 12 inches (30 cm) apart in all directions.
Feeding Mix a standard application of a balanced organic fertilizer into the soil prior to planting. Position Full sun. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.
In early summer, drench plants with a high-nitrogen liquid fertilizer to support vigorous growth. Feeding Mix a light application of a balanced organic fertilizer into the soil prior to planting.
Companions Buckwheat, Marigold, Nasturtium, Chinese Cabbage, Cabbage, Lavender and Dill. Position Full sun. Try different types, including curly varieties, many of which are blushed with red.
Position Sun or partial shade. Spacing Single Plants: 16' 4" (5.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 16' 4" (5.00m) with 16' 4" (5.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Plant in mid-fall or early winter when it's not too cold for a little root growth to help...
Notes Individual geranium plants produce new flower clusters every three weeks when older blooms are snipped off. Position Full sun to partial shade. When growing geraniums in containers, use a coarse potting soil that drains well.
In clay soil, grow in raised beds or rows. Try growing different varieties from seed to explore differences in bulb color, size and shape. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.
Feeding Mix a standard application of a balanced organic fertilizer into the soil prior to planting along with a generous helping of well-rotted compost. Position Full sun. Large varieties may need wider spacing, or you can grow them in 14-inch (35cm)...
Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Harvesting Pull individual plants as you need them in the kitchen. With perennial bunching varieties, lift clumps in spring or fall and replant some...
Feeding Mix a standard application of a balanced organic fertilizer into the soil prior to planting. Heliotrope cannot tolerate cold temperatures. Harvesting Snip off spent blossoms to keep plants looking neat, and to prolong flowering.
Notes Fruit size varies with variety. Harvesting Harvest when sound holow if tapped hard. Wipe clean and store indoors. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.
In clay soil, grow in raised beds or rows. Try growing different varieties from seed to explore differences in bulb color, size and shape. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.
Tall varieties can form a colorful hedge that attracts bees and other pollinators, and mix well with tall herbs like dill and fennel. Harvesting Cosmos make good cut flowers. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant...
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Moist, well-drained soil with a near-neutral pH. Healthy pear trees will bear for decades. Semi-dwarf and standard pears make excellent landscape trees in large yards.
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Moist, well-drained soil with a near-neutral pH. Healthy pear trees will bear for decades. Semi-dwarf and standard pears make excellent landscape trees in large yards.
Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Position Full sun to partial shade. Fertilize established petunias monthly from midsummer to fall.
Position Full sun. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Where summers are long and warm, make a second sowing for autumn harvest.
Feeding Mix a light application of a balanced organic fertilizer into the soil prior to planting. Zinnia varieties that grow more than 24 inches (60) cm) tall require 18 inches (45 cm) between plants.
Companions Winter Field Beans, Hairy Vetch and Winter Peas. Or, gather the immature seed tops and dry them for arrangements, and then pull up the plants. Increase spacing to 8 inches (20cm) apart when growing wheat with other cover crops.
Notes Prune in spring or summer to shape plants, and watch for thorns. Oranges grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock may be grown in containers. Feeding In spring and summer, feed with a balanced organic fertilizer.
Feeding Fast growth is encouraged by mixing a balanced organic fertilizer into the soil before planting. Nicotiana is a warm-natured flower. Very tall varieties benefit from staking.
One small stem tip with four to eight leaves is plenty for one or two cats to enjoy. Notes Pinching back in late spring helps to keep plants bushy and full, and it delays flowering.
Companions Echinacea, Oats and Monarda. Pull up plants when blooms become scarce. Notes Well-pleased plants can grow quite tall and may need staking. As flowers fade, snip them off with scissors to keep the plants looking neat.
Capinera] Host Plants: On Crops: Corn, tomatoes, peppers (rarely) Where Found: Most of North America, South America and Mexico Description: The larvae of a nocturnal moth, corn earworms are usually muddy brown caterpillars, although some may be green,...
