Flower Bed Planning Archives - Favorite Perennials

Garden Design Ideas with Hostas and Perennials

Sometimes it can be difficult to know which plants look good next to each other. Get some garden design ideas using both hostas and perennials. I thought I would share with you some recent photos of some of my perennial beds and how I have worked with different types of plants together. Some by design […]

Spring Is In The Air…But Stay Out Of The Flowerbeds!

Spring is in the air…but don’t rush it! Find out which gardening activities to avoid in late winter and which are safe to do. Spring in Western Wisconsin seems to have arrived a month or more early this year. It is the week of February 20th (that is when I started writing this) and we […]

Creative Ideas For Perennial Bed Borders Using Hostas

Create natural borders using small and miniature Hosta varieties. Find ideas and recommendations for designing your Zone 4 shade garden. This is a follow-up to a post I wrote about earlier using Hostas as a border. I have been asked many times about some of my perennial beds that have one variety of Hosta planted […]

Tips For Early Spring Gardening

While you might be ready for spring, your plants may not be ready to come out of the ground. Find tips for early spring gardening and keep your plants safe. We have had some beautiful balmy weather in Western Wisconsin this first part of March and today hit 70 degrees! The winter came in early this year […]

Container Gardening for Hostas

Find tips and ideas for growing Hostas in containers and keeping them over winter. I have included information on soil preparation and container selection as well. About a week ago I had to get the car serviced and knew it would be at least an hour waiting if not more, so I always take some reading material along and some paper to […]

Dividing, Transplanting, and Moving Overgrown Hostas

Spring 2012 What do you do with all of your established flowerbeds when you are planning to add on to your house and find you have to move over 100 plants? Yikes! We are planning a garage and new entry addition to our house this spring and also new siding and in the process I […]

Hostas for Autumn Beauty

Find out which types of Hosta varieties hold up the best all summer long and still look great in the Fall. Learn which are the most drought and slug resistant. About 5 years ago I was on a Garden Club Tour on a very hot August evening to a local nursery to view all their […]

Rejuvenate Your Perennial Beds

Find ways to rejuvenate your perennial beds. Fall is a good time to dig, divide, and re-work your Hostas and perennial beds so they look great next spring. It is also a good time to think about redesigning your flower beds. Are your perennial beds too crowded? Are they overgrown? Weeds everywhere? Perennials just seem […]

Spring Garden Preparation for Zone 4 Gardens

Find out how to prepare your Zone 4 garden for spring by removing mulch and planting seeds. Learn what to do and what not to do with flower bed preparation. You may also want to read about mulching in the fall so your flower beds are ready for spring. Spring Garden Preparation March is a […]

Fall Mulch Tips

Protect your Zone 4 perennials during the winter with mulch from natural resources. This method is Eco-friendy and recycles grass and pine needles to be used as mulch. Fall Mulch Tips What do you do with all the leaves and pine needles that fall from the trees? I used to bag them up and unload […]

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