Robin Monarch's Articles

  • 2009 Gardening Resolutions
    For the 2009 gardening resolutions, I resolve "to do more" yet continue with the 2008 resolutions theme of keeping gardening projects small and manageable.
  • 5 Easy Steps to a New Garden Bed
    Is there such a thing as an easy garden bed? There can be ... with a little advanced planning.
  • Fall Garden Cleanup
    Fall garden cleanup can be a rather sad time for many gardeners. Yet for others, it signals a time of gardening preparation in anticipation of the growing season NEXT year!
  • Understanding Botanical Names and Cultivars
    Knowing the botanical names for the genus and cultivar of a plant can ensure that you take home the correct plant you want put into your garden.
  • All Tulips Look Alike...or Do They?
    Do you have the picture in your mind showing that tulips all look alike? Believe it or not, there are several different flower types that sit atop a tulip stem.
  • Plant Selection as Important as Good Soil?
    Is plant selection as important as good soil? You bet it is! You can have the most perfect soil on earth and yet if you put the wrong plant in that soil, it will not grow.
  • Hosta...More Than Just Another Pretty Green
    Hosta plants? They're those green plants, right? Well yes; however, hosta are so much more than just those "green plants."
  • Ants and Bees and Worms...Oh My!
    Sometimes beginning gardeners are concerned that they may have a problem with the creatures they encounter while playing in the dirt. But...are those ants or bees or worms actually a necessary part of a healthy garden area?
  • Just What Are Garden Accents?
    Yard art, lawn decorations, embellishments...just what ARE garden accents and what purpose do they serve?
  • A Beautiful Flower Garden...One Plant at a Time
    If you are looking to have a beautiful flower garden full of thriving plants, the best thing you can do is take it one plant at a time.
  • Daylilies...Beauty for a Day in Every Way
    You are looking for a versatile flower that can be used anywhere in your sunny garden areas. You need look no further than to that beauty for a day...the daylily. Variety in size, color and form...the daylily has it all.
  • It Died ... So, Now What?
    It died so now what? You bought that flower or plant you have been wanting. You planted it, cared for it, but ... it died. Now what are your options?
  • Beautifully Combine Color For Use In Your Flower Garden
    Knowing how to use the sequence of colors around the color wheel can provide the key to creating beautiful color combinations in your garden areas.

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