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• Can you suggest a few easy perennials to grow for a beginning gardener?

  Sure, here are a few easy to grow and care for perennials. Except for giving them regular moisture, you can plant them and forget them. One of the first perennials to come to mind is the hosta. There is a reason you see a of of hostas in gardens and landscapes... Posted Jul 02 2008, 08:09 AM by mainspring-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: common questions, shade plant, hostas, perennials, Black eyed Susan, coneflowers, daylily

• How and why should I pinch back my plants?

  Pinching back sounds like it would hurt doesn't it? I remember getting pinched when I was younger and it usually meant I had done something to deserve it. It sure didn't help me grow, well, I did learn not to do whatever caused the pinching again... Posted Jan 29 2008, 12:31 PM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: common questions, plants, produce, Gardening Tips, pruning, hostas, grow, pinching, pinch, salt tolerant

• How and when can I divide my hosta plants?

  The hosta plant is quite easy to divide, transplanting at the appropriate time is important. The hosta plant is easily shared with neighbors and friends. Hosta division should be done when no shoots are growing from the center of the mature clump. You... Posted Jan 18 2008, 02:24 PM by mainspring-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: common questions, perennial, hosta, hostas, perennials, dividing hostas

• What is one of the most low maintenance shade plants?

  Plants that thrive in a shady or partly shady area and can still be low maintenance leads me to the Hosta. Hostas will fit in so many sites that are shady because of the wide variety of plant shapes, leaf shapes, leaf colors and flower colors. They can... Posted Jan 18 2008, 11:30 AM by mainspring-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: common questions, hosta, shade, shade plant, shady area plant, hostas