Calhoun County Gardening – Winter Outdoor Pottery: Creating Stunning Seasonal Pots with Texture and Variety
Calhoun County, AL – Winter outdoor pottery, urns, and containers do not have to be dull. You can remove some annuals from your summer pots and add dwarf shrubs, and miniature topiaries to the pots. The secret to an interesting outdoor winter pot of plants is to stagger the heights of each selected item. You […]
Calhoun County Gardening – Enhance Your Landscape: The Vibrant Role of Annual Flowers in Your Garden Design
Calhoun County, AL – When you have planted your basic shrubs and trees in your landscape diagram, what next? The next important landscape selection for planting is your perennials. However! You cannot neglect annual flower seeds mixed amongst the shrubs, trees, and perennials. Why? Because the splash of colors that annual flower seeds yield are […]
Calhoun County Gardening – Prepare for Spring: Root Your Favorite Plants Indoors Before the Big Freeze
Calhoun County, AL – Before the big freeze this season be sure to take cuttings. Why? Because most plants will easily root in water indoors in a sunny location. I have included some photos. I root rosemary stems. I keep a journal about the date I placed the rosemary. After 30 days the rosemary grew […]
Calhoun County Gardening – Ornamental Beans: Lilac Blooms and Purple Pods for Gardens and Decor
Calhoun County, AL – I grow after the last frost and ornamental bean that produces tiny lilac-colored blooms. After the blooms the purple seed pods appear, dangling and lovely. Once the beans are planted they quickly in direct sunshine grow upward to 15 feet vines. The vines are loaded with tiny blooms that look like […]
Calhoun County Gardening – Mastering Angel Trumpet Cuttings: Heritage Tips for Rooting and Winter Care
Calhoun County, AL – To start I have to say (1) use only the woody, sturdy stalks because the green/limber top pieces mold quicker in the water in the mason jar, (2) no short pieces, as you see in the photo my cuttings are almost the height of the jar, but most people say at […]
Secrets to Growing Stunning Bearded Iris: Planting Depth, Dividing Tips, and Bloom Boosting Tricks
Calhoun County, AL – I have several colors of Bearded iris: Plant the rhizome so that the top is just above the soil or barely visible. Planting too deep can result in few or no flowers. The taboo to not plant too deep & not cover the top of the rhizomes seems like an oxymoron. Most gardeners are […]
Calhoun County Gardening – Hardy Outdoor Potted Plants: Surviving Freezes
Calhoun County, AL – What Plants In Pots Outdoors Survive Freezes? By Betty Clark 10.28.24 . . . The following plants have survived blackberry freezes since 2019. I am zone 7b. Inside pots outdoors I grow albo hostas with lady ferns in twin gray pots. The hostas & ferns die back but return every spring. […]
Calhoun County Gardening – My Favorite Harvested Seeds: A Guide to Tall Blooms and Vibrant Colors for Your Garden
Calhoun County, AL – I am sharing my favorite seeds that I harvest yearly. Castor Beans are seeds that can grow to over 7 feet tall in hot weather. Castor Beans produce wine/bronze stalks with leaves contrasting nicely with red, yellow, and orange flower colors. Orange Tickseed can grow in the sun to over 9 […]
Calhoun County Gardening – Creative Garden Art on a Budget: Uncovering Hidden Gems in Salvage Yards and Flea Markets
Calhoun County, AL –I seek out garden art in out-of-the-ordinary places. Such as I go to salvage yards where you can find iron and metal objects. I found 3 cattle panels that I used rebar to stand the panels vertically. I paid $5.00 for each iron cattle panel. Compare that to retail prices at the […]
Calhoun County Gardening – Winterizing Garden Spaces: Preparing Pots, Raised Beds, and Soil for a Healthy Spring
Calhoun County, AL –October is a wonderful month to organize your gardening areas. The cooler temperatures help gardeners with a boost of energy! The priority in October is to monitor the frost dates for your location. This is a good month to clean out summer annuals that have dried, inside your pots. I use a […]
