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Fall Mulch Tips

Protect your Zone 4 perennials during the winter with mulch from natural resources. This method is Eco-friendy and recycles grass and pine needles to be used as mulch. Fall Mulch Tips What do you do with all the leaves and pine needles that fall from the trees? I used to bag them up and unload […]

Pine Needle Mulch for Gardens

Pine needle mulch is a less expensive alternative to purchasing mulch. Learn how your gardens and flowerbeds can benefit and keep the weeds at bay with this eco-friendly product you can make yourself. Wouldn’t it be nice if the mulch for perennial beds didn’t have to cost so much? Wouldn’t it be nice if it […]

Sun Tolerant Hostas

Is there such a thing as sun tolerant Hostas? Find out which varieties fare better in sunny areas and those to avoid plus growing tips for “sun” Hostas. I have also written about how to use hostas in a perennial bed border. How many times have you been on a garden tour and have seen […]

Guardian Angel Hosta

Guardian Angel Hosta is a very striking medium to large size hosta that is suitable for zone 4 shade perennial gardens. It has a heavily substanced, ruffled leaf with an ivory center. As the summer progresses, the center turns to a lighter green, but is still a knockout Hosta. It has near white flowers in […]

Lakeside Looking Glass Hosta

Lakeside Looking Glass Hosta is a perennial shade plant suitable for Zone 4 gardens. It has ruffled shiny dark green leaves and purple blooms in the summer. Purchasing this Hosta was a must have from the first time I saw a picture of it in a Hosta Journal. Dark Shiny Leaves The dark green shiny […]

Kabitan Hosta – A Small Shade Perennial

Kabitan Hosta is probably not written about very often. It has been around for some time, and maybe gets overlooked with all the new Hostas on the market now. It is a small Hosta, maybe 8 to 10 inches tall. Kabitan has a thinner texture to the leaves and so makes it a wonderful salad […]

Komodo Dragon Hosta

Komodo Dragon Hosta is a zone 4 perennial shade plant that can grow up to six feet wide. It has large heavy dark green leaves that are quite slug resistant. Find more growing information on this Hosta. Komodo Dragon Hosta Is A Large Plant! Hosta ‘Komodo Dragon’ will grow to a large plant, with a […]

Bridegroom Hosta for your Zone 4 Shade Garden

‘Bridegroom’ Hosta features satiny dark green leaves that taper to slender upturned tips making the leaves look almost triangular. Use this perennial in a shady spot in your garden. The leaves stand upright and are elongated and have wavy edges with upturned tips, and this is what makes it so unusual. This Hosta caught my […]

Summer Breeze Hosta

Summer Breeze hosta is a medium to large hosta with bright yellow green heavy corrugated leaves. Find out more about this beautiful Zone 4 shade perennial. Sometimes you have to wait a year or two for Hostas to strut their stuff! Summer Breeze Hosta – The Hosta I Didn’t Need Summer Breeze Hosta was almost […]

Jack of Diamonds Hosta

Jack of Diamonds Hosta is a slow growing perennial that has bluish-gray textured leaves with a wide yellow margin. It is a shade perennial suitable for zone 4 Northern climates and adds a nice amount of interest with its variegated leaves. Plant this where you need a bit of interest to break up a lot […]

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