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USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Find your gardens hardiness zone by Zip Code Gardeners have come to rely on USDA Hardiness Zone Maps to tell us what plants will...
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Find your gardens hardiness zone by Zip Code Gardeners have come to rely on USDA Hardiness Zone Maps to tell us what plants will...
What Exactly is a Perennial Plant??
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener One of the top questions we get here at the garden center is what's the difference between an annual and a perennial?? It causes...
What Exactly is a Perennial Plant??
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener One of the top questions we get here at the garden center is what's the difference between an annual and a perennial?? It causes...
Main Street' Retailers Draw 'Local' Shoppers
by Ken Lain, the Mountain Gardener There is nothing like eating a tomato straight from the vine! Still warm from the sun, freshly picked, tender tomatoes are both sweet and...
Main Street' Retailers Draw 'Local' Shoppers
by Ken Lain, the Mountain Gardener There is nothing like eating a tomato straight from the vine! Still warm from the sun, freshly picked, tender tomatoes are both sweet and...
10 Flowers that Draw Hummingbirds
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Lisa and I were sitting in our front courtyard this week watching the antics of “our” hummingbirds. They were enjoying water from the fountains...
10 Flowers that Draw Hummingbirds
By Ken Lain, the mountain gardener Lisa and I were sitting in our front courtyard this week watching the antics of “our” hummingbirds. They were enjoying water from the fountains...
What is an Annual Flowering Plant??
A true annual is a plant that completes its life cycle in one year. This means it goes from seed to seed and then dies during the course of one...
What is an Annual Flowering Plant??
A true annual is a plant that completes its life cycle in one year. This means it goes from seed to seed and then dies during the course of one...
What is a herbaceous perennial plant?
When a plant is called 'herbaceous', it means the core stems that hold the leaves upright during the growing season are soft, green or succulent, as opposed to the brown...
What is a herbaceous perennial plant?
When a plant is called 'herbaceous', it means the core stems that hold the leaves upright during the growing season are soft, green or succulent, as opposed to the brown...