Our Favorite Roses to Plant Now
Roses are perhaps the most well-known, recognizable flowers known to man. And yet, they’re gorgeous classics that will never go out of style. Come on; you’d be fibbing if you said you’ve never been mesmerized by their delicately layered petals! While we love roses and their many shapes and colors, some gardeners are still hesitant […]
Tomato Varieties You’ve Got to Try!
Tomatoes are the taste of summer—and they come in more flavors than you might have thought! As one of America’s favorite summer fruits, tomatoes have been cultivated for decades into hundreds of unique varieties. Whether this is your first year growing tomatoes, or your fifteenth, here’s what you should know before picking up your plants […]
The Best Perennial Flowers for Zone 4
Perennials are the workhorses of your flower garden, blooming reliably every year and delivering big visual impact with very little maintenance and upkeep. Many perennials also make excellent cut flowers for arrangements. Here are a few of our favorite perennials that are cold-hardy enough for Bismarck’s USDA zone 4 winters. Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia) Black-eyed Susan […]
Prepare Your Garden for Spring Planting
Spring is in the air, and we’re ready to start planting! We’ve written about spring garden prep in the past, but this year we want to go a little further into detail to help you get the best possible performance from your plants this year. The true secret to getting big, beautiful plants and juicy, […]
Using Ornamental Grasses in Containers
Now that it’s warmer outdoors, it’s time to start decorating our gardens, porches, and patios with beautifully-planted container gardens. The best thing about container gardening is how versatile it is—planters can be as simple or as extravagant as you’d like! While big, beautiful blooms first come to mind—and certainly have their place in any container—ornamental […]
Planting for Pollinators
Though sometimes we might feel like we’re the sole beings responsible for the beauty and health of our yards, we’ve actually got a whole team of helpers; our local pollinators! Without pollinators—like bees, beetles, butterflies, and birds—plant growth would suffer. These little helpers transfer pollen from one plant to another, which is needed for the […]