You’ve been gardening for a couple of years and want to kick it up a notch. We hear you! These tips are for folks that have been gardening for a couple of seasons, want to increase their productivity or expand the variety of their plants. Click on the links below to learn how to grow plants vertically or how to extend the garden season. And be sure to visit your local garden center for advice and encouragement.
To see if you can encourage your hydrangea to produce blue or pink flowers, determine what kind of hydrangea you have!
Flowering annual plants bloom from spring to fall. They don’t overwinter, but the reward of low maintenance continuous color is worth the effort of planting out in May.
Bringing another dimension into your garden through fragrance https://www.mnla.com/videos/ScentsintheGarden(1280×720)_converted.mp4 Run time: 02:14
You can give a little special attention to plants that you want, or need to. Simply drive three stakes in the ground to form a “triangle” pointing in the direction the winter winds usually come from. Wooden tomato stakes serve this purpose well. Then staple some burlap securely to the stakes to break the force […]
Container gardens offer endless possibilities for small spaces or as focal points in larger landscapes. Containers range from traditional pots to buckets with holes, or cast‐off boots!
Gardening when space is limited: grow up! https://www.mnla.com/videos/VerticalGardens(1280×720)_converted.mp4 Run time: 02:12
If left un‐pruned, the old woody stems will dominate and suppress vigorous, healthy new growth.
Planting vegetable gardens without tilling the soil https://www.mnla.com/videos/NoDigGardens(1280×720)_converted.mp4 Run time: 02:17
Cool weather crops, such as broccoli, cabbage, lettuce and Brussels sprouts, can tolerate a little frost so they can be transplanted two weeks or so prior to the average date of the last frost.
What vegetables do your family like? What size garden do you want? What will grow well on your site? Make a sketch on paper to show where you will plant each crop.
Plant Something Massachusetts is a project of Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association, and was originally established in partnership with Massachusetts Flower Growers’ Association.