This issue of the Fine Gardening e-Newsletter is packed with great tips on inexpensive ways to add four season interest to your gardens, beginning with an article featuring native grasses. Names like Praire Dropseed, Purple Lovegrass, and Eastern Gamagrass were totally unfamiliar to me. The article describes these and other grasses in great detail and the companion plantings that would complement them.
Container planting, for me, has always been a fun and creative way to use annuals to decorate the deck and doorway entrances to the house. I do it every year knowing, that with the first frost, the plants would be relegated to the compost pile. This is a chore, emptying the heavy containers and storing them for the winter. How about planting your containers with shrubs and perennials that will not only provide year round interest but will last for several years? Sounds good to me!
If you're the least bit concerned on how to approach dividing your perennials, read on! There's a very detailed article in this issue on that very subject and a video, as well. The Sutton Garden Club Plant Sale is right around the corner on Saturday, May 16th-providing the perfect incentive for members (family and friends, too!) to get out into the garden to find plants to donate.
Enjoy this gorgeous Spring weather and 'Thank you' for supporting the Plant Sale!
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