Prime Time for Pre-emergents

By Neil Sperry • August 23, 2022

I want to make this as understandable as possible. Let me put it in bullets in a logical sequence. I’m going to try to keep it simple (only way I …

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Gardening This Weekend: August 25, 2022

By Neil Sperry • August 23, 2022

This is the last e-gardens of summer (next week will be September), so these are a bit of a wrap-up of things you’ll want to get done. PLANT• Leafy and …

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Warning of the Week: Red Oak Trunks

By Neil Sperry • August 16, 2022

Actually, this same information applies to other thin-barked trees such as Chinese pistachios and red maples. And the preventive measure is non-negotiable. You’d better read it! When someone asks me …

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Devil of an Ivy

By Neil Sperry • August 16, 2022

I grew up with this plant. And we have three of them in the house as I type this. I have them growing beneath one of the 50-foot benches in …

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Gardening This Weekend: August 18, 2022

By Neil Sperry • August 16, 2022

Here, friend, are this weekend’s most timely – the critical – gardening responsibilities. Scan through to see which apply to your landscape and garden. PLANT• Cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and …

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Simplifying your gardening

By Neil Sperry • August 9, 2022

I take gardening questions for a living. On the radio. Via my newspaper columns. Right here in the e-gardens Q&A. Out on the street. I’ve decided that there are several …

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Obedient plant shines in the summer

By Neil Sperry • August 9, 2022

I mentioned in the tease that we don’t have a lot of perennials that relish summer conditions. Obedient plant (Physotegia virginiana), however, does. Perhaps that’s because it’s native to a …

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Gardening with rock stars — succulents

By Diane Morey Sitton • August 9, 2022

Pearl-like leaves that dangle in clusters; star-shaped rosettes; wavy foliage that resembles aquatic plants tossed to and fro by the current. Succulents know no bounds when it comes to exotically-shaped …

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