Growing Lavender Where Drainage Comes First
Choose a lavender type suited to local winters and summer humidity. Use a container with a clear drainage outlet where garden soil stays wet.
GROW YOUR OWN WAY
Flowers and Pollinators.
Create a welcoming patch of color with flowers suited to your space and local pollinators.
Using Verbena to Add Lightness to a Border
Confirm the exact verbena because low annual forms and tall perennial forms differ greatly. Plant according to the mature outline rather than the nursery pot.
Growing Penstemon in a Sheltered Sunny Bed
Choose a species or cultivar for your local climate. Avoid burying the crown, and leave a gap between the stem base and mulch.
Planting Liatris for Upright Summer Flowers
Plant healthy corms or young plants at the recommended depth. Match the species to the soil rather than assuming every blazing star prefers identical conditions.
Growing Columbines in Gentle Light
Select a type suited to local summers and plant without burying its crown. Allow the airy stems to rise above lower neighboring foliage.
Growing Coral Bells for Flowers and Foliage
Place the crown at soil level and avoid covering the growing point. Afternoon shade can help many varieties in a hot exposed garden.
Growing Lungwort in a Spring Shade Border
Choose a suitable Pulmonaria and allow space for the mature leafy clump. Plant at its previous depth away from the driest tree roots.
Growing Japanese Anemones With Room to Spread
Check local suitability and planting behavior before choosing a variety. Set a young plant where spreading roots will not immediately crowd delicate neighbors.
Growing Hardy Geraniums as Border Companions
Select a true hardy Geranium with the light and moisture preferences that fit your site. Leave enough room for its eventual ground covering spread.
Growing Dianthus Along a Sunny Border
Choose a garden pink or other Dianthus suited to local conditions. Set it at its original depth and keep adjacent mulch clear of the leafy base.
Growing Snapdragons During a Cool Season
Choose dwarf or tall varieties to suit the space and plant sturdy young plants at their recommended spacing.
Growing Pansies Without Keeping Roots Soggy
Plant during the season recommended locally and choose pots with open drainage holes. Space plants for their developed width, not an instant packed display.
Growing Scabiosa in a Sunny Flower Patch
Confirm whether the chosen pincushion flower is annual or perennial in your climate. Plant at its original depth and avoid crowding it with broad foliage.
Growing Sea Thrift in a Free Draining Edge
Choose an Armeria suitable for your region and place the crown level with surrounding soil. Keep vigorous ground covers from growing over the compact cushion.
Growing Creeping Phlox on a Gentle Slope
Choose Phlox subulata or another appropriate creeping type and check local requirements. Space young plants so each can root into the slope securely.
Growing Bellflowers Without Losing the Border
Check the species, local suitability and spreading habit before planting. Low edging bells and tall border bells need different amounts of space.
Growing Bachelor Buttons From Seed
Sow cornflower seed in the locally suitable season and thin seedlings to the packet spacing. Avoid burying seed beneath an excessively thick layer of compost.
Growing Strawflowers for Lasting Color
Choose the desired height and sow or transplant after frost according to the seed instructions. Harden indoor seedlings gradually before setting them outside.