Gardening tips for southeast Wisconsin by Heritage Hill Nursery
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Wisconsin Gardener’s Tips for August 2024
August is an ideal time to separate perennials like Hostas, Irises, and Daylilies in your Cedarburg garden. Carefully dig up the plants, ensuring you don’t damage the root ball. Use a small knife or spade to separate them and replant in different areas. Additionally, tackle those weeds! Perennial weeds can produce thousands of seeds that may hinder next season’s growth and are tough to eliminate.
Wisconsin Gardeners’ Seasonal Monthly Tips for June 2020
Just when you think Winter is never going to let us out of its grip, the sun appears, the ground thaws, the snow quits falling (we hope) and we look at the calendar and it is June. Well, it is that time of year again and we want to see if you are prepared for the...
Wisconsin Gardeners’ Seasonal Monthly Tips for May
With so many new varieties of plants out there, it’s hard not to impulse buy. However, it’s important to remember that some plants will give short-term color while others will add interesting appeal throughout the season. Take the time to research a prospect before...
Wisconsin Gardeners’ Seasonal Monthly Tips for April
For most of us in Wisconsin, spring always seems to be long overdue. Some years, it feels like we move from winter right to into summer, causing yard work to get behind. Forego the unneeded stress and headache of trying to get everything done on your own...
Wisconsin Gardener’s Tips for November
Water plantings, especially new ones, thoroughly before ground freezes. Protect plants from rodents and rabbits with hardware cloth, or animal repellent spray such as Natures Mace (can be purchased at Heritage Hill Nursery). Plants especially favored by rabbits...
Wisconsin Gardener’s Tips for October
How to know when to water your plants in the fall Take a walk through your planting beds and see if there are any open areas that you may want to add plants for the next season. Sales are currently going on at the nursery and fall is the perfect time for those late...
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...