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The Red Hot Poker or Kniphofia Uvaria is a favorite of many gardeners and for good reason. This plant features tall spikes tiped with red and yellow flowers. Actually, each spike end is comprised of many little flowers to form a cone like structure at the end of the stem. What’s great about these is [...]

One of the biggest challenges for me in gardening is figuring out what to put in the front row or at least finding something that’s short enough that it wont take away from the plants behind it. Sure, there are plenty of low growing plants, but the problem is that they just don’t pop.  Well, [...]

Do you have a bunch of passion fruit on the vine but not quite sure when it’s ready to eat?
Passion fruit will take 2-3 months to become ripe. Since the Passion Vine produces flowers/fruit all summer long starting in June/July, the early ones should be ready by late August, early September in [...]

Dry hot spots are the hardest to garden for obvious reasons. Maybe it’s too far to get a garden hose, maybe you are a green gardener that doesn’t like to waste a lot of water or simply nothing grows there. Whatever the reason is, it can be challenging to find an attractive plant that will [...]

Of course everyone loves flowers to add color to their garden but lets face it, flowers don’t last very long. You may have a great looking garden for a few weeks but what happens when the blooms fade? Are you left with a dreary looking garden? If so, the I have the perfect suggestion for [...]