|
     

    Creating beauty, attracting wildlife and sharing with family and friends is what gardening is all about for these Kirkwood homeowners.

    |
     

    Add variety to your garden by replacing your standby shrubs with these exciting alternatives.

    1. “Blush Pink Nandina is a compact, semi-evergreen shrub boasting pink-tinged foliage that turns brilliant red in fall and winter.” Christine Knoernschild, Passiglia’s. 

    |
     

    Jay Laux's Wildwood garden can easily be described in multi-syllabic superlatives. But on a hot summer day, when someone steps through the wooden gate and catches their first glimpse of the cool, green glowing landscape, the words you are most likely to hear are "Oooh," "Aaah" and "Wow." 

    |
     

    Spice up the front of the home or the side of a deck with a beautifully planted window box. Colorful and catching, window boxes can be filled with a variety of plants and flowers. Trailing plants make a statement by spilling over the sides. Check out local landscapers' favorite trailing varieties for window box planting.

    |
     

    June 1 – 7
    Deadhead bulbs and spring flowering perennials as blossoms fade.
    Thinning overloaded fruit trees will result in larger and healthier fruits at harvest time. Thinned fruits should be a hands-width apart.

    June 7– 13
    As soon as cucumber and squash vines start to 'run,' begin spray treatments to control cucumber beetles and squash vine borers.
    Plant pumpkins now to have Jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.

    |
     

    May 
    Pinch azaleas and rhododendron blossoms as they fade. Double flowered azaleas need no pinching.

    May 1-6
    Plant hardy water lilies in tubs or garden pools.

    May 7-13
    Begin planting warm-season annuals.

    May 14-23
    Plant summer bulbs such as caladiums, dahlias, cannas and elephant ears.

    May 24-31
    Set out peppers and eggplants after soils have warmed. Plant sweet potatoes now.

    May 24-31
    Take houseplants outdoors when nights will remain above 50 degrees. Most prefer only direct morning sun.

    Pages