Designing a beautiful landscape can be exciting. That is, until you realize the maintenance most plants require. Although tending to a garden can work wonders for your mood, you might want to spend ...
DENNIS: There are rites of pre-spring I go through every year that tell me my second or third favorite season is just around the corner. This year, we spent part of a rainy February Saturday (is there ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. This is a sedum mat. It works basically like sod but instead of thirsty ...
Trying to choose the best types of sedums for sustainable gardening is enough to make you feel like a kid in a candy shop. Whether sprawled like carpets of color amidst rocks or bobbling delicately ...
Succulents have a way of stealing the spotlight. With their sculptural shapes, vibrant colors, and the ability to thrive in areas where other plants struggle, it's no surprise they're a favorite among ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whether you've turned your cracked plant pot into a stunning succulent garden or landscaped your entire backyard with succulents, cacti, and ...
It was 1999, and Becky Sell, of Salem, needed some extra cash to pay for her upcoming wedding. So she took up her mother's backyard hobby of cultivating succulents, and started selling the trendy ...
Whether you’re a pro–apartment gardener with a thriving houseplant collection or looking to replace a recently departed fiddle-leaf fig, adding a few new succulents to your home can never hurt. Today, ...
Sedum wrightii A. Gray, a west Texas native succulent, is one of a growing number of species known to reproduce by vegetative means. Detached leaves of S. wrightii produce plantlets on the basal ...
Nothing else looks so good, for so long, with so little attention. So long as you go easy on them. By Margaret Roach The photo in a recent newsletter from Katherine Tracey, a garden designer in ...