Winter is not a typical time to think about gardening. Usually the only thoughts involve ordering seeds for the upcoming season....

I walked around my yard recently and realized certain plants are taking over my landscaping. Most of the culprits are woody vines. Most...

The European honeybee is perhaps agriculture’s most important pollinator. Its greatest importance is that we derive honey from it. Honey...

I hear that question so often. The obvious answer is another question; what do you want to plant? Things can get complicated. Shrubs and...

Designing a productive and aesthetically pleasing garden can be complicated. Doing it correctly involves more than placing a seed in the...

Asking if you like hydrangeas is like asking if you like dogs. There are so many types. There are bigleaf hydrangeas, mountain...

We have had so much rain lately that it seems odd to be discussing irrigation, but water is still probably the most important component...

We are all accustomed to planting in the spring. There are many reasons for this, but is it really the best time for long term plant...

Pot in pot culture is a great way to instantly add color to a landscape without disrupting the integrity of the planting bed. It is so...

Now that fall is here, take a walk along the roadsides and you’ll see them popping up everywhere. Clusters of stems with reddish flowers...

I first wrote this column several years ago, and it is still on my tedmanzer.com website, but I thought it might be helpful if I...

If you want a green lawn in winter, you have two choices. The first is to have a tall fescue lawn. That can be a challenge in summer...

This information is somewhat general, but it is pertinent to almost any species of turf. It doesn’t matter whether we are discussing...

Take a walk on the edge of the woods in early fall, particularly near an old cemetery or abandoned landscape. Your eyes will likely zone...

Check out the sunny wet areas along our roadsides and you can’t miss them. This early July heat is speeding their maturity, but they look...

I know you all have seen those saucer shaped clusters (umbels) of white flowers on the roadsides and ditches in early summer. Toward the...

I often hear folks say they need a male apple tree variety to pollinate their female tree so they can have fruit. This is partially...

Crabapples, (Malus sp.), make a gorgeous small specimen tree with great color and fragrance in the spring and showy fruit in the fall. We...

I get a lot of questions about poisonous plants. Many species, both interior and exterior can contain poisonous chemicals. Most aren’t a...

Pruning is a chore all gardeners must perform. Many folks avoid it, and results are seldom pretty. There are several reasons we prune,...