Wisconsin Gardener’s Tips for September
WINTER IS COMING! Start getting your plants ready for winter. Stop adding fertilizer to perennials, shrubs and trees. Keep your perennials deadheaded so that the energy goes back into the plant and not into seed production. The same is true with shrubs if they are the...
Season Tips – Wisconsin May Lawn & Garden Tips
Early May Shrubs, Care & Planting Spring is a good time to prune out any frost damage to your shrubs, trees and other plants, which may have occurred from the harsh winter. In spring, you can prepare your yard for summer landscaping by thinning or removing...
April Yard & Garden Tips for Wisconsin
Prepping Your Lawn In April This is a busy month - there is so much to do! Below are some tips to get your lawn off to a great new start! If you couldn't rake the lawn at the end of last month, due to the weather, rake the grass as soon as the soil is...
Best Fall Tips
Top Landscape Tips for Fall Autumn is the perfect time to assess your landscaping needs and fill any gaps that exist. Here are the top fall gardening tips from gardening experts at First Editions® Plants: - Take inventory: Decide what, and where, your landscape is...
October – Preparing for Winter
Winterize Your Plants! Prepare your garden for cold weather to come by winterizing plants. Many of your prized garden stars survive winter without extra care on your part, but taking time to winterize paves the way for a healthy, productive garden next spring. For...
Wisconsin September Gardening Tips
Fall ... a Good time to Plant! Come autumn, many of us gardeners are tired and worn out, and welcome winter’s respite from watering and weeding. But experience nags us to plan ahead for something to welcome the coming spring with perky flowers that save us from the...
August Tips for Wisconsin Gardeners!
Savor Summer Color in the Midwest August Garden Tips Stock your patio and garden with plants that continue to flower as the temperature soars. Annuals: Heat-lovers include verbena, Diamond Frost Euphorbia, Portulaca, and zinnia. Tropicals: Mandevilla, brugmansia,...
July Tips for Wisconsin Gardeners
July - Perennial Garden Ideas By Steven A. Frowine, The National Gardening Association Perennials return each year to provide splashes of color and texture to garden beds and borders. Here are some basic garden layout tips and techniques used by professional garden...
June Gardening Tips
All About Serviceberries Planting and growing the Serviceberry is relatively easy, as the most that it will demand is regular watering and a good supply of mulch. The tree lasts for many years, and encourages insects into the garden, helping pollinate fruits and...
May Gardening Tips for Wisconsin Gardeners
Keep Perennials Healthy by Dividing May brings May flowers and everything else green and growing. However, no matter how warm gets now, early May is still too soon to plant most annual flowers such as impatiens, begonias, coleus, marigolds and so on. Most perennials,...