Making a Garden

'Matrona' sedum (Photo from Perennials.com)

Shopping for a new sedum

Judith Adam

New sedum varieties. Judith Adam wanted ‘Autumn Fire’ autumn stonecrop, but found some other tall sedums such as 'Matrona' and ‘Maestro’ sedum.

Ornamental strawberries and peppers in pots

Judith Adam

When Judith Adam grows ornamental edibles in containers, she enjoys pretty pots of strawberries and peppers.

Red Hot Returns daylily (Photo from Heritage Perennials)

Searching for ‘Red Hot Returns’ daylily

Judith Adam

I’m thinking of a red and blue/purple direction for the front garden. I'm looking for several pots of ‘Red Hot Returns’ daylily, a reblooming cultivar.

'Charles Lamont' viburnum is an early-blooming shrub. Photo by Brendan Zwelling

When to apply spring fertilizers

Judith Adam

When is the best time to provide spring fertilizers to help the plants restore themselves? Acting too quickly can sometimes interfere with what's best.

Catching up with bee balm and other travellers

Judith Adam

Beebalm plants. Abundant rain encourages colonizing perennials like beebalm to overtake landscape. My clumps have sent out running roots a full 18 inches.

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