Native Ohio Pond Plants
We get asked every so often about plants that are native to Ohio, but we haven't touched on native pond plants before. If you're building your own pond, what plants are you supposed to include [...]
Making a Shade Planter
I'm going talk through the process of putting together these planters with a lot of shade plants that will be outside of the radio station. I'm going to do a Cordyline, and I got [...]
Types of Roses & Pruning
I have an e-mail from Joanne who says, "is it too late to cut back the dead branches on a knockout rose? Also, is it okay to trim back the rose of Sharon's right [...]
Feeding Flowering Shrubs
I have a couple emails here. Dottie in North Canton, wants to know, "how often should I fertilize my flowering shrubs, Rose of Sharon, Hydrangeas, Azaleas, with triple superphosphate? I did them once about [...]
Viburnum
We've got a question here: "I've got viburnum that I've kind of let go for a while for one reason or another. And they're pretty big. And I hear they're hard to cut back." [...]
Bonsai Event 2025
Join us for a bonsai event on May 31st-June 1st! There will be bonsai displays and a live demonstration at 1pm both days. We'll be here to answer your questions about all things bonsai. [...]
Magnolia Trees
Magnolia Trees, Planting & Types When you're planting a Magnolia tree, you're going to dig the hole about six inches big or bigger all the way around. The circular hole should be bigger [...]
All Season Fertilizer
Fertilizer and Plant Questions The number one thing you can always do for a plant is give it that all season fertilizer. That's going to help any plant that's struggling, or even one [...]
Azaleas: Planting & Pruning
Azaleas We had a question from a customer: would an azalea be okay in a north facing spot of the house? It's in a nook doesn't get sun until the early afternoon. A [...]
Fake Plants
Be Aware of Fake Plants Online! There is some stuff going around on Facebook about these red and blue multicolored hostas. It's something that we have to bring up and talk about today, [...]