Category: Virtual Garden

Orchids are a favorite. Much patience and the results are so rewarding. This orchid is blooming now.

Water your lantanas and behold their wonderful sights.

I like to leave some of the stalks of my purple coneflower plants up over the winter. I get to spend more weeks viewing the birds eating the seeds and they are so pretty in the snow.

Milkweeds are easy perennials to grow and they are great for monarch caterpillars! There are lots of different native milkweeds, like this Asclepias tuberosa.

I love utilizing native spring ephemerals and sedges in my shady “woodland” garden. It’s such a treat to see them emerge early in the spring and they’re an invaluable food source for our early pollinators!

I always pot up cannas and elephant ears, to keep from year to year.

Never stop learning! There is always something new to discover. Get your soil tested for nutrients and understand your growing conditions through your University Extension office. Listen to elder’s advice and be brave to try a new variety or vegetable you have never grown.

I received the best gardening advice when I was a little girl. Our neighbor had her entire front yard filled with flowers, and I was always over there helping out. Her advice was to, “just plant what you love, and take care of it. If you do that, your garden will always grow.”

Never be satisfied with your current garden. It’s a masterpiece that loves to be tweaked.

Sunshine, flowers, and grandchildren. What could be better? My advice? Just get out there!