Northeast Regional Reports
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Northeast Regional Reports
5 Ways to Boost Your Winter Garden in the Northeast
I don't know about you, but once winter arrives here in the Northeast and the leaves have fallen off all of the trees, my eyes focus on things I just…
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Northeast Regional Reports
Six Winter-Blooming Shrubs for the Northeast
People often stretch the definition of “winter-blooming” to include spring-flowering shrubs such as forsythia (Forsythia spp. and cvs., Zones 3–9) rather than using it to describe plants that realistically bloom…
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Northeast Regional Reports
Reliable Performers for the Northeast
We all want the newest, jazziest plants available, but a garden is not complete without a backbone of infallible plants that provide interest whether your new investments flourish or fail.…
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Northeast Regional Reports
Northeast December Garden To-Do List
December’s shortest days allow scant time to enjoy being outdoors, and we’ve barely had a chance to acclimatize to the cold, but winter is still full of gifts for Northeastern…
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Northeast Regional Reports
Exciting Evergreens for the Northeast
Evergreens are crucial to achieving varied texture and form, as well as the key to any successful four-season garden. Unfortunately, many gardeners would put a lot of evergreens in the…
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Northeast Regional Reports
Forcing Small Bulbs for a Display Indoors
A windowsill of fragrant, homegrown spring blooms can flower in your home as early as mid-January. While daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths (Hyacinthus spp. and cvs., Zones 5–9) often take 16…
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Northeast Regional Reports
Best Native Woodies for the Northeast
Gardeners love native plants, and for good reason. They are built to thrive in the conditions of a specific region, often without complaint, and are an essential component in the…
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Northeast Regional Reports
Northeast October Garden To-Do List
Based on averages, most of us in the Northeast will be braced for our first killing frost in October. Even if we’re left waiting, the sun’s track south will cause…
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Northeast Regional Reports
Plan for an Early Spring Show With Wood Anemones
Several species of ephemeral, small understory anemones (Anemone spp. and cvs., Zones 3–11) are lumped together as the woodland or wood anemones. They include mainly European wood anemone, yellow wood…
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Northeast Regional Reports
Growing Specialty Radishes in the Northeast
“Specialty” is a marketing and culinary term for vegetables that are rare, hard to find, foreign, unique looking, or otherwise not your typical garden variety. You may have seen specialty…