Like 7 inches from the midday sun! (nod to Santana) Not only do WE feel it, but our plants do to. And not all of them are fans. While most of our tropical plants look good, they also cry out for water… just not soggy feet.
Annuals & Perennials

The Garden Scoop - It's been a HOT one!

Pet Safe Perennials, Annuals & Houseplants
No need to compromise your furry friends' health for a beautiful garden! Check out our list of pet-safe perennials, annuals, and houseplants.

Tuesday Toolkit: Gothic Garden vs. Pastel Paradise

Tuesday Toolkit: Minnesota Natives & Pollinator Month

Tuesday Toolkit: 2025 Landscape Design Trends

The Garden Scoop - Creeping Bellflower: Good or Evil
Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides), a European import from colonial times (before they knew better) very easily escapes cultivation. According to minnesotawildflowers.com its status is Invasive – ERADICATE! No punches pulled there!

Tuesday Toolkit: Prepping for New Perennials

Tuesday Toolkit: Maintaining Baskets & Planters

The Garden Scoop - The Struggle is Real - Spring 2025
The ‘Scoop has heard from so many of you about how your perennials have not come back or are late to the party. I feel ya. My Joe Pye Weed that I planted a few years ago are just sticks poking out of the ground. Fellow longtime gardeners are bereft at the loss of so many long-established Coneflowers.

THE GARDEN SCOOP: April is Native Plant Month
As our climate continues to warm up, native plants continue to capture our attention. There is nothing wrong with planting cultivars, let’s face it, they’re gorgeous!

The Garden Scoop - Pots for Pollinators
Pots for Pollinators! That reads like a poster. It really should be on t-shirts too. Soon garden centers will be filling up with all sorts of amazing annual flowers. I had a chance to go on a Nursery Tour at Gertens and I can assure you they’ve got it growing on!

The Garden Scoop – 2025 Year of the Milkweed
Why would a leader in the Gardening Industry choose a “weed” as their choice for perennial of the year? Easy, it’s not a “weed” but it can be abundant! I’ll have more on that in a moment…

How to Air Dry Flowers
Preserve the beauty of your blooms! Drying flowers is easier than you think, just follow these simple steps to enjoy everlasting floral decor.

The Garden Scoop – Trending in 2025: The Modern Meadow
As garden enthusiasts, many of us look to see what the new trends are for the coming year. Monrovia, one of the nation’s largest growers of plants, trees & shrubs, conducts surveys online, in garden stores and searches connections between gardening & art, design, cooking and all the other things that make “houses” homes!

The Garden Scoop - 2025 AAS Annuals winners
Oh boy, All America Selections has chosen their winners in an array of categories but today, we're celebrating a few of their chosen Annuals. And, WOW, they are amazing. The 'Scoop gives some background on AAS and shares photos of these annuals along with a little story about a wild "pet" rabbit...