Tag: planting

Winter Dormancy Begins In Autumn

UNITED STATES—Autumn is for planting . . . but not much else. While it is important to get certain new plants into the garden...

Summer Is Not For Planting

UNITED STATES—Autumn is the time for planting. Cooling weather slows plants down so that they do not mind disruption so much. Increasing rain (hopefully)...

Summer Vegetables Like Warming Weather

UNITED STATES—Tomato, pepper and eggplant plants should be out in the garden by now. They typically get planted only a few weeks after the...

Bare Plants With Bare Roots

UNITED STATES—Knowing how colorfully bulbs will eventually bloom can initially make planting them disappointing, since there is nothing to see for all the effort....

Autumn Simply Will Not Wait

UNITED STATES—Ready or not, it will be autumn in just a few days. Formal hedges can be shorn one last time if they need...

Winter Is For Getting Bare

Even before the last of the Christmas trees vacate nurseries, bare root nursery stock begins to move in, and will be available through winter....