While the foliage of snakeroots can be stunning, many gardens do not have enough space for them to extend their sprawling flower stems. Now that rich burgundy-cocoa sheen is available in a tidy package, “Chocolate Shogun” Astilbe. Diminutive even by astilbe standards, its foliage reaches a mere 15″ above which it sends creamy pink plumes of bloom. Grows in all of the standard astilbe locations.
Outdoor living has made a recent surge in popularity, prompting many people to ask themselves, “How could I get an outdoor living room in MY backyard?”.
Seed catalogs arrive in the dead of winter and quickly become a portal into a fantasy world right when I need it. But come March, the bounty they portray starts to…
So often the clean lines of steppers are lost to overgrowth or remain too severe. Sagina subulata is the perfect infill for such situations but it does not transplant very well in our climate. However it is very easy to seed in place as these before and after pictures demonstrate. The above picture was taken eight weeks after the area was seeded.
A bird feeder can be an amazing addition to any outdoor backyard living space, yet what do you do when the birds aren’t the ones that are feeding? Here are some tricks to keeping pesky squirrels out of your bird feeders and keep the birds off your outdoor deck furniture.
Long before it became a scourge upon middle class Americans wanting to masquerade as lords and princes upon their suburban estates, the dandelion was prized for its usefulness making medicine, wine, and food. In these dreary days of March, even the most fervent dandelion hater looks forward to the emergence of this adversary.
Minnesota has a garden and landscape culture unparalleled in most other states, here are 4 reasons to get your children involved!
These sweet blooms will lighten your spirits throughout the growing season.
Below is an article published on the homepage of houzz.com about a front yard water feature
“The owners of this Minnesota yard love to whisk themselves away to the warmth and beauty of Bali when they get the chance, but the quickest commercial flight from Minneapolis to the Indonesian island’s main airport takes 32 hours, so they created a closer oasis in their own front yard.
With the help of landscape designers Becca Bastyr and Jim Sweeney, the pair transformed their 2,500-square-foot front yard into a lush Bali-inspired sanctuary featuring a “floating” deck in the middle of a lily pad-strewn pond, a stone fireplace set between herb and vegetable boxes and a series of 8-foot-tall laser-cut steel panels that provide both privacy and artistic……..”
Read More On Houzz: https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/107947199/list/bali-comes-to-a-minnesota-front-yard
Around Labor Day or the few weeks that follow are the best times to seed your yard in Minnesota because the weather is starting to cool down and there is dew present most mornings. Also any pre-emergents you may have used in the spring have had time to work their way out of the soil.
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