Potting & Planting Hibiscus

You just got your first exotic hibiscus plants, and now your first decision is whether to keep the hibiscus potted or to plant it in the ground. Hibiscus are tropical plants, so if you live in a place that freezes in the winter, the answer is an easy one - keep your hibiscus in pots that can be moved to a warm spot during winter freezes. If you live in a warm place that rarely freezes, and just barely hits 32° one or two nights per year at the most, then you have the option of planting your hibiscus in the ground. There are good reasons to keep them potted, such as being able to move them around, but we have also found that hibiscus do very well when planted in the ground in warm climates.

Iris JENNIFER STOUT

(Ron Mullin 2010) TB iris, 36" (91 cm), ML.  HM 2012, AM 2015!
Flowers: S. pale violet becoming darker purple at midrib; F. pale violet at edge becoming more intense at heart; beards yellow orange in throat, light violet at end; pronounced fragrance. Read more...

20 + Plants That Attract Hummingbirds

Bee Balm. Not only does this plant attract hummingbirds, but the colors are just absolutely gorgeous!

Continuous Blooms For a Cut Flower Garden

Every year I pant a few raised garden beds filled with annual flower for a cut flower garden and just yesterday I ordered more seeds. My thoughts are to eliminate the vegetable garden all together this year or making it extremely small.

Winter Bloom for Your Garden

For those of us in hibernal denial, however, there’s another outlet: find plants that actually bloom in winter.
Some of these misfits are well known: the Christmas rose (which rarely blooms at Christmas, and in any case is not a rose, but a hellebore, Helleborus niger) and the Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis) are planted to provide winter bloom.

Lupinus

Lupinus, commonly known as lupin or lupine (North America), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus includes over 200 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur in North Africa and the Mediterranean. Seeds of various species of lupins have been used as a food for over 3000 years around the Mediterranean and for as much as 6000 years in the Andean highland (Uauy et al., 1995), but they have never been accorded the same status as soybeans or dry peas and other pulse crops.

25 Gorgeous Shade-Tolerant Plants That Will Bring Your Shaded Garden Areas to Life

Do you have a shaded area in your yard that it seems like nothing will grow?
I feel your pain because I have the same problem spots in my yard. But don’t worry because today I am going to bring you a list of plants that will grow in the shade.
It is my hope that after you read this list, you’ll get a few ideas on what you can plant in those trouble spots to still bring beauty to your yard even in the shade.