Great Garden Plants

New Proven Winner Plants

by Seasonal Wisdom on September 15, 2011

Each summer, my garden literally bursts into blooms from a wide variety of annuals and perennials. This year was no different. In fact, I was asked by Proven Winners to review a number of their newest plants for my USDA Zone 6b garden over the last few months.

Here are a few of my favorites. Photo copyright Teresa O’Connor.

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Must-Have Plants I’m Growing

by Seasonal Wisdom on September 8, 2010

“We have plowed, we have sowed,
We have reaped, we have mowed,
We have brought home every load,
Hip, hip, hip, harvest home.”

For the last few months, I’ve spoken with some of the nation’s most well-known garden writers, bloggers and personalities about their must-have plants. So, you might just be wondering which plants I can’t live without myself. That’s why this blog post is dedicated to some of my favorite plants.

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Must-Have Plants (Jean Ann Van Krevelen, Lisa Gustavson, Mike Lieberman)

September 1, 2010

Photo by Elaphurus on Flickr It’s harvest time! So, this segment of “must-have” plants spotlights delicious and delightful edibles of all types. These three clever gardeners, from across the nation, show you how beautiful fresh food can be … and how you can grow vegetables, herbs and fruit in even the smallest urban spaces.

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Growing A Greener World Experts Share Favorite Plants

July 26, 2010

As more Americans embrace an eco-friendly lifestyle these days, the timing couldn’t be better for a new PBS television series called Growing a Greener World, distributed by American Public Television. Growing a Greener World combines traditional gardening knowledge with a strong focus on sustainability – and provides plenty of cooking and preserving tips for your garden harvests. Each episode tells [...]

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Part III – Even More Experts With Must-Have Plants

June 14, 2010

A suburban garden in New Jersey. An apartment balcony in California. Acreage in northwest Ohio. These gardeners may enjoy the outdoors in different ways, but they all know plenty about plants. Here are their “must-have” plants for this year… Like gardening blogs? There’s a good chance you’ve read Kylee Baumle’s Our Little Acre. Her award-winning blog takes [...]

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Part II – More Experts Share Must-Have Plants

June 9, 2010

As we enter into June, the peak growing season is upon us. So, I turned to two more gardening experts for their “must-have” plants for 2010. Here are the plants they can’t live without this year… In the San Francisco Bay area, Rebecca Sweet knows plenty about plants. The talented landscape designer owns Harmony in the Garden and [...]

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Five Experts Share Their Must-Have Plants

May 5, 2010

It’s early May, and no doubt many gardeners are asking themselves what to grow this year. So, I turned to five experts for advice on some of their favorite plants. These folks are landscape designers, garden bloggers, journalists and ordinary citizens from around the nation. But the one thing they have in common is their [...]

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Part V: Favorite Winter Plants (Western Washington)

November 30, 2009

Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ Winters in Western Washington are wet … pure and simple. The final stop of this multi-part series on Favorite Winter Plants may not be as cold as the other regions, but this lovely area definitely has its challenges, reports personal garden coach Christina Salwitz (aka @Arcadia1 on Twitter).

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Part IV: Favorite Winter Plants (North Carolina)

November 23, 2009

There may be a snow storm or two, but Raleigh, N.C. (Zone 7B) enjoys more moderate winters than the first three locations featured in this Favorite Winter Plants series. In fact, you can pretty much garden all winter long, reports garden writer and coach Helen Yoest. And she should know. Helen not only owns Gardening With Confidence, she also serves on the [...]

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Part III – Favorite Winter Plants (Canada)

November 16, 2009

For part 3 of ”Favorite Winter Plants,” we travel to Lake Ontario, Canada. It takes a special plant to survive these rugged growing conditions, reports award-winning garden writer Doug Green (aka @DougGreen on Twitter). His garden is USDA Hardiness Zone 4 or 5, depending on the season and whether you’re in one of the property’s microclimates. But [...]

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