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Herbs grow better in mountain gardens than anywhere else in the country. They love bright days and cool nights for easy-care plants that thrive. Most come back perennially each spring and are completely animal-proof. You will be an herb pro after this week's show.
The trees of spring announce the arrival of the planting season. We cover the best of the best bloomers showing off this spring. You have a showy list of trees that are fragrant, colorful, and easy to grow in your backyard. You will be a blooming tree pro after this week's show.
The Fastest Growing evergreen trees listed and in-depth instructions on which are the best for your back yard. You will be a landscape screening pro after this week's show.
The Shrubs of Spring are magically fragrant. Every yard should have at least 5. After this show, you will know the best varieties, when and how to plant, and the correct food that brings out the brightest bloomers in the landscape. You will be a spring shrub pro, after this week's show.
If you want better fruit trees, more shade, brighter lilacs, or any tree, shrub, or vine in the yard, you need to plant it right. After this show, you will know exactly how to plant for better success this year and years to come. You will be a garden pro after this week's show.
Early spring shrubs announce their arrival in bright pink, yellow and red colors. Waves of blossoms progress through summer. Why do some plants wake up early from their deciduous slumber? How do you protect early spring flowers from snow and frost? You will be a shrubbery pro after this week's show.
The right plant food is more than the right organic nutrients, it's about correcting your garden's chemistry so plants want to grow tall and strong. We cover acid soils and alkaline for healthier brighter plants this spring. You will be a plant food pro after this week's show.
Dozens of Lilac Varieties are found at the garden center in spring. You will learn the difference in styles and fragrances and how to plant each. You will be a lilac pro after this week's show.
Fruit trees are best planted before the leaf out and bloom in spring. In this show, we cover the best mountain varieties that have proved to produce better fruit than others. You will be a fruiting pro after this week's show.
Many winter plants are deciduous and bare, showing nothing by twigs. In this show we cover the very best of the winter and early spring plants that actually look better through the colder months of winter and early spring. You'll be a winter garden pro, after this weeks show.
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Stop Guessing. Start Growing. Welcome to the Ultimate Garden Blueprint.
Body Copy: Most big-box store advice will get your plants killed. The intense sun, the heavy wind, and the local wildlife require a completely different set of rules.
I'm Ken Lain, "Top 10 Gardener," and every week, I share the exact "un-killable" strategies we use to cheat the heat and build vibrant, blooming sanctuaries in USDA Zones 5–8.
Don't waste another season on generic advice. Hit that '+ Follow' button right now to get your weekly dose of mountain gardening success. Let's put some roots in the ground together.
Whether you are trying to force your mountain roses into non-stop blooms, figure out why your evergreens are dropping needles, or reclaim your patio from summer pests, we give you the hyper-local science to make it happen.
When you tune in, you'll discover:
Don't waste another season on generic advice. Hit that '+ Follow' button right now to get your weekly dose of mountain gardening success. Let's put some roots in the ground together.