Colorful spring containers celebrate the start of the gardening season and creating them is fun and easy if you know which plants to choose. Look for these great gems to create a new spring container or refresh an existing pot.
Who isn't captivated with the lush blooms of the peony? We still get excited when peonies begin arriving! Alex LaVilla, our perennials buyer, has a few planting and care tips to help you be sure your peony is as happy and productive as it can be.
Early-blooming plants help brighten the gray, rainy days and remind us that warmer days are on the way. Here are a few of our favorites for the period we call “early spring” (February-late March). Some even bloom earlier in winter and well into April!
No matter whether this is your first-ever vegetable garden or just the first time planting this year, if you take a little time to prepare before you plant, everything will go more smoothly and you’ll be more successful. Here are a few simple things to consider when starting a vegetable garden this spring.
One of the first activities I want to do outside in early spring is to plant my early spring vegetable garden. There’s nothing like the smooth, clean surface of prepped garden beds, the soil still pristine and just waiting to nurture rows of bright green spring vegetables, carefully planted in perfect rows. It’s like a fresh school notebook - full of promise. But what to plant? Here are a few of my favorite vegetables to plant in spring, with tips on when and how to plant them.
When we decided to make our own planters for the backyard I had grand ideas of painting them red or orange or green! But since I change my mind just that quickly, I decided neutral was best.
Our back patio is a large – and mostly vacant – space. I had no idea how large until I placed our small pots from our old house on it. They virtually disappeared. And because the patio ends where the grass starts, they became trip hazards for anyone not paying attention.
What do you do when your unruly rose bed needs something a little formal to rein it in and give it year-round appeal? Alexandra Hedin reached out to us at #heyswansons for some help, and documented the creation of her new boxwood hedge in a fabulous how-to video!