Doug Greens Garden Blog

May 7, Gardeners Journal - Growing Brunnera

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:25:19 GMT

Brunnera is an amazing spring blooming perennial plant that's ideal for the shade garden. Blooming in early spring with forget-me-not blue blossoms, this

May 7, Gardeners Journal Pruning Hellebore

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:20:30 GMT

When it comes to pruning Hellebore, I do it in the fall because I want the new growth to come up clean and early so I can see the flowers. If I allow

May 2, Gardeners Journal Early Vegetable Gardening Using a Cloche

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:31:11 GMT

You want an early vegetable gardening tip? This one is simple to do, uses recycled material and can give you early salad grens as well as earlier tomatoes,

May 1, Gardeners Journal - Variegated Daylily Problems

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:41:09 GMT

I note reversion is a major problem of some plants - this is where the variegated leaves grow out straight green without the variegation. And if you don't

May 1, Echinacea 'Fatal Attraction'

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:39:22 GMT

Echinacea 'Fatal Attraction' was planted in fall of 2006 in a sunny part of the perennial garden and has been a winner for me. Sun: Full sun all day -

May 1, Echinacea Alaska

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:38:29 GMT

I wasn't a bit fan of the generic, purple Echinacea, visually speaking. Why? Well, quite frankly, they look like not-really-purple badminton birdies.

Apr 27, Gardeners Journal - Pruning Roses in the Spring

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:11:20 GMT

Pruning roses in the spring isn't tough when you consider the basic shape you're trying to create. As I explain in this short video, you want to create

Apr 27, Gardeners Journal - A Moveable Raised Garden Bed

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:00:05 GMT

As part of my gardener's journal, I'm showing you a lot of behind-the-scenes videos of projects in development. This compares with what normally happens

Apr 27, Gardeners Journal - Spring Flowering Cottage Garden

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:51:44 GMT

This is my spring flowering cottage garden area - at least one small part of it :-) And I'm going to show you some of the bulbs and perennials I have

Apr 27, Gardeners Journal - Growing Rhubarb

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:45:33 GMT

Growing small fruit such as rhubarb has been something I've done since I was a kid. I remember our patch at home (roots came from my grandfather's garden)

Apr 25, Plant Planner App from Safer

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:02:32 GMT

First, I've been a big fan of Safer's organic insect control products for many years; I even used them in the greenhouses and nursery back in the day.

Apr 24, Gardeners Journal: Naturalizing Daffodils

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:11:30 GMT

One of the things I'm doing at our place is planting at least 100 daffodils every fall into different parts of our gardens and lawns. Last year it was

Apr 23, Gardening Journal - when to divide hosta (and other plants)

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:40:01 GMT

This gardening journal video shows you the exact stage when to divide hosta plants. This timing is the same for most other perennials as well - at an

Apr 19, THE EDIBLE GARDEN

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:13:33 GMT

The Edible Garden It all started with a Mojito! It all started with a Mojito one clear balmy evening abroad. It was so refreshing, “I’d like some mint

Apr 18, My Courtyard Garden - Potted Spring Tulips

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:16:23 GMT

Never having tried the technique of layering spring flowering bulbs in a garden pot, last fall I decided to layer 50 apricot tulips. Once the bulbs were

Apr 17, Flower Garden Pictures pg 19

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:19:56 GMT

Flower garden pictures pg 19 shared by readers of their own gardens and landscaping

Apr 17, Flower Garden Pictures pg 17

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:16:36 GMT

Flower garden pictures pg 17 shared by readers of their own gardens and landscaping

Apr 17, Flower Garden Pictures pg 11

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:05:31 GMT

Flower garden pictures pg 11 shared by readers of their own gardens and landscaping

Apr 17, Greenhouse Gardening Q&A pg 2

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:31:47 GMT

Greenhouse gardening Q&A pg 2 answering reader questions

Apr 17, Spring Garden Flower Pictures pg 1

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:13:31 GMT

Spring flower garden pictures pg 1 from gardeners sharing their own garden pics

Apr 15, Birds and Birdhouses pg 1

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:05:09 GMT

Birds and birdhouse pictures pg 1 from readers sharing their backyard pics

Apr 13,

Beginner Gardening Advice pg1

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:54:00 GMT

Beginner Gardening advice pg 1 from readers helping other gardeners

Apr 13, Backyard Garden Pictures (page 5)

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:56:45 GMT

Backyard garden pictures submitted by garden website readers

Apr 11, Gardening Magic

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:17:56 GMT

A modern definition of magic is any technology sufficiently advanced it is not understood by a population. A classic example would be matches to cavemen

Apr 7, Pictures of Potager Gardens

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:14:42 GMT

Creating potager gardens is a simple technique to brighten up the veggie garden and save some space for your landscaping flower gardens. One of the things

Apr 7, Scotts Miracle-Gro Knowingly Pollutes Bird Seed

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:09:34 GMT

When you finished reading the article below, you may be interested in my response to the PR agent who wanted to give me info and set up interviews with

Mar 21, weed barriers

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:28:33 GMT

Two kinds of weed barriers explained with best practices - landscape fabric and lawn edging from garden author Doug Green

Mar 21, garden kneelers

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:14:55 GMT

Garden kneelers really help if you want to protect those gardening legs - from garden author Doug Green

Mar 21, Gardening in the Big City

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:36:11 GMT

I live in Manhattan, in New York City. Here, space is such a premium, and there is so little foliage that many New Yorkers dream of someday having a garden.

Mar 9, Designing the Colorful Everblooming Perennial Garden

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:26:44 GMT

I've been working on this ebook for some time and it describes how you can have a perennial garden in bloom all summer long (really an easy system anybody can do) and some easy (and more difficult) ways for you to balance the colors in your garden. Aimed at both beginners as well as more advanced gardeners - things you can do as you learn about color in your garden. You can see the book description here Designing the Colorful Everblooming Perennial Garden

Mar 8, Annual Plant Review - Petunia Raspberry Blast

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:35:48 GMT

Annual Flower Review: Supertunia Raspberry Blast This is a Proven Winners plant (I bought it myself and put it on trial) that I wanted to check out

Mar 8, Annual Plant Review: Euphorbia chameasyce

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:15:07 GMT

Euphorbia chameasyce and no, I don't want to say it either but that's what's on the label :-) This is a full sun plant but given my interest in trying

Mar 7, Watering the Raised Bed Garden

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:53:07 GMT

The same rule for watering in containers holds true for watering in a raised bed garden. You water when the bed needs it. And you test that by using

Mar 7, Raised Gardening - Reader Questions

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:43:59 GMT

Some of your questions about raised bed gardening How do you get rid of weeds next to the raised beds? I use the Armstrong system. Arm strong. Get

Mar 4, phlomis russeliana

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:08:07 GMT

Phlomis russeliana or jerusalem sage is a full sun yellow perennial flower that's easy to grow and blooms in mid summer

Feb 29, garden shears

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:58:33 GMT

What to look for when buying garden shears from garden author Doug Green

Feb 27, Scented Geraniums

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:51:01 GMT

These are some of the most difficult to obtain in geranium plants. I finally found some in Georgia on eBay. They shipped me 6 plants in July, and they

Feb 26, Construction materials for raised beds

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:54:29 GMT

How Wide When it comes to raised bed construction, there are indeed some guidelines to consider. The first is whether you can reach all parts of the

Feb 23, So What Do You Need to Know about Raised Beds?

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:39:54 GMT

OK - folks. As always I ask you what specific things you really want to know about this topic - raised bed gardening. What things confuse you about

Feb 23, raised beds

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:25:35 GMT

A garden semminar on raised beds with Q&A from garden author Doug Green

Feb 21, Garden Design - Colors that Clash in the Garden

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:42:36 GMT

In this short video, I wanted to show you my new system for dealing with plants that have clashing colors in my garden design. Sometimes the best of intentions

Feb 21, Review Decoding Gardening Advice

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:41 GMT

I confess I had high expectations for this book having read glowing reviews across the Net but confess I was left with mixed emotions after having read

Feb 21, Review Timber Press Guide to Succulents of the World

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:28:08 GMT

There a few things as beautiful to a serious gardener as a good book written by an acknowledged expert in his field. And this is where Timber Press does

Feb 16, square foot gardening

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:32:48 GMT

A simple system for spacing vegetables in the square foot gardening system from garden author Doug Green

Feb 15, Vegetable Gardening iPad App Review "Grow Planner"

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:09:30 GMT

You know I love my ipad and you know I love my garden. But I confess I'm a pretty haphazard vegetable garden planner relying on my memory more than any

Feb 7, pole pruners

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:55:00 GMT

Pole pruners are invaluable for trimming the smaller branches on trees and for cleaning up fruit trees - here's what to look for

Jan 30, Plantskydd Deer Repellent Review

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:52:22 GMT

There are several ways I could have written this review but I decided, in the end, that brutal honesty was the best course of action here. Sigh... So

Jan 24, Fiskars" small snippers".

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:09:29 GMT

Fiskars,in my opinion are some of the best.If you take the time to get the right one for the job,you won't be disappointed.My absolutely favorite are the

Jan 17, Marigold 'Bonanza Deep Orange'

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:36:07 GMT

Over the past 30 years, I've grown just about every Marigold on the market, either for my nursery or for my own pleasure. From the really tall to the

Jan 13, Begonia Solenia 'Velvet Red' Review

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:12:13 GMT

Last spring, I found a begonia advertised as being able to be grown in full sun. Right! I said to myself, we'll see about that. So I paid way too much