Potentilla

When autumn arrives, your Gold Drop will continue its golden-hued brilliance when the foliage assumes a pleasing copper hue to close out the season. In fact, Gold Drop is very hardy overall, and almost thrives on neglect.

When you notice the first scattering of delightful pink flowers with yellow centers, you'll be pleased. Your Pink Beauty Potentilla's foliage turns a lively shade of yellow-green in the fall, continuing to accent the pink blooms that will persist until...

This plant excels in urban conditions. For best results, prune about a third of the branches to the ground in late winter. It is not particular to soil type or pH levels. Happy Face should only be grown in full sunlight.

Happy Face is a hardy shrub once established, tolerating both drought and salt. In choosing a Potentialla variety, it's hard to go wrong with Happy Face Pink Paradise. Potentilla has always been a popular plant among gardeners.

Beautiful dark-red blossoms. A great flowering plant for gardens and borders.

Here are some tips on how to care for Potentilla:Water Potentilla shrubs during prolonged dry spells. This Native American shrub grows wild in boggy soils.in late spring as the flower buds begin to swell, or fertilize it with a complete fertilizer.At...

They are also virtually pest and disease free. I have been known to take advantage of this trait by placing a rock or brick on a low lying branch to help the process. It is a wonderful addition to any Northern garden.

There is no reason to wait for spring - fall is a perfect time for planting! They were all lovely the following spring, and most of them are still fighting it out.So procrastinators, take heart.

Carefully lift the root ball and wrap it with wet burlap.Dig the new planting hole two to three times wider than the root ball but the same depth. Plants are tough, thriving into Zone 2.

Grows well in sun or partial shade. Low grower gets up to 24'' tall and has a spreading habit making it work well as a border plant or as a ground cover. The Fire Flames Potentilla produces red blooms with a dark red center all summer long.

Plants grow 24'' tall and 18'' wide. The plant forms an attractive mound of strawberry like foliage. Rich in color and flower production, this super perennial provides lots of flowers with heart shaped raspberry petals and deep red centers for most of...

If the plants begin to look ragged, set the mower blade as high as it will go and mow it down. It's best to refresh the plants this way a couple of times each year. Instead, use it as a lawn replacement in areas with light foot traffic, in rock gardens,...

Cut back to healthy wood 6 inches below that point. Prune them early in spring before their new canes emerge and while their old ones are easily accessible. Keep scraping until you find green tissue.

* A tea is made from the dried leaves. * The bark of older stems is shreddy with long thin strips. The habit is variably upright to sprawling or prostrate, but stems are often ascending especially those stems with many long branches.

* A tea is made from the dried leaves. * The bark of older stems is shreddy with long thin strips. The habit is variably upright to sprawling or prostrate, but stems are often ascending especially those stems with many long branches.

Perfect for those without a lot of hand strength. The Flexrake Classic Ratchet Pruner gives you more leverage and a clean cut to clear out branches up to 3/4 in. Face those yard and garden chores with a compact, powerful tool that's easy to slip in your...

In my own garden, pearslugs and the larvae of some nondescript small moth, can be a problem but insecticidal soap seems to work fine to keep them under control. Full sun is best, but many will tolerate part shade.

The deeper soil areas are located over support columns and I-beams, and are planted with grasses and some herbs.The AEP Rooftop Garden is a valuable project for learning about new ways to conserve energy and natural resources.

I'll just have to move to a 85° tropical island in New England. And she has to replant new pre-chilled tulips every year. Those give the back of the house a lush feeling. I wish I could find truly cold-hardy gladiolus, or palm trees, or canna lilies...

Size and flower color depend on variety.) – Hardy in zones 4-8, give this one full sun for purple foliage varieties and part shade for golden types. Many dogwoods can also add winter interest with bright red or yellow stems.) – The Black Lace variety...

Surrounding conifers with boxwood is another design idea often seen in formal gardens.It is not necessary to shear boxwood, especially if you are using them in a natural setting such as a wildlife garden.

Every traditional Japanese Garden tenet has been followed to make an authentic garden. Within the concise stroll, you'll find all sorts of interesting perennials and evergreens of all different shapes, sizes and colors.

St. John's Wort ( Hypericum perforatum ) Hans/Pixabay An identifying characteristic of St. John's wort is cross-like shape arrangement of its leaves around the stem of the plant. That's how you can identify this wildflower, by the tiny deep-purple floret...

I've seen recipes for wood sorrel sauces to accompany seafood, wood sorrel tarts, wood sorrel smoothies and more. As a highly astringent herb, it can be used treat illnesses such as diarrhea and thrush.

How likely is it that someone from the mountains of southeast Kentucky would find a plant from her childhood growing in the mountainous beauty of Alaska? I still am.Silverweed is native to Eurasia, but can be found in various places in North America growing...

At night the mountains reminded me of huge chocolate mounds topped with melting whipped cream. There is little humidity compared to Kentucky, and there are no bugs, just tiny little mosquitoes (the only tiny thing I could find there).

Bathe my soul and wash my heart...""Nature is lying down to her winter sleep. Although many of the themes in his diverse writings are quite serious--he explores ethical aspects and other issues related to mass production, atomic weapons, Nazism, and development...