There’s not much to look at in high plains home gardens during the winter months, unless gardeners specifically make it happen. I suspect most gardeners here between Denver and Boulder just put the gardens out of their minds for the winter months. But those of us who would love to see something green and alive [...]
Indoor Gardening – Sweet-Scented Blooms of Paperwhites
I need growing and preferably blooming things alive in my house to carry me through the long Rocky Mountain winter. How about you? Paperwhites (narcissus) give me all that – plus intoxicating scent! Easy to grow – I’d even call them foolproof. You can plant the bulbs in water, but I prefer planting them in [...]
What’s Blooming Now – November Denver to Boulder
Easy answer to the question, “What blooms in November between Boulder and Denver?” – not much! We’ve already had two heavy snowfalls (6-8″) and lots of below-freezing night temperatures. Still, in my backyard walk this afternoon I found one bloomer, and several plants still showing some nice color. This gentle little cyclamen was the only [...]
Indoor Gardening – Amaryllis
Indoor gardening can save the sanity of a passionate gardener when it’s too cold or too wet to be outside. Bringing living beauty into your house over the cold winter months is easy with bulbs like amaryllis. But did you know you can save those bulbs for next year’s bloom? It doesn’t sound too hard [...]
Bought a House? It’s Time to Start Your Gardens!
One of the great things about buying a house between Denver and Boulder this time of year, is you can spend a lot of time dreaming about and plotting out your garden plans, without having to do any actual work. After all, you may have enough actual work to do right now on the house [...]
Garden Tips for Autumn – Gardening Denver to Boulder
Bringing Outdoor Plants In (From O’Toole’s Garden Center in Westminster, CO) A great way to extend the life of your patio pots is to bring them inside during the winter. You can bring in just about any tender plants you’d like to protect from the frost; begonias, geraniums, coleus, impatiens and tropicals just to name [...]
Get Your Garden Ready for the Snow – Gardening Denver to Boulder
Yesterday was 80 degrees, today will be cooler but still a lovely day, and tomorrow – SNOW!! Up to 3 inches here in the small towns between Denver and Boulder. Our weather forecasts are usually pretty accurate as far as getting snow goes, but not the amounts. I’m almost more worried about the gardens of [...]
What’s Blooming Now – October Denver to Boulder
I have to admit up front, usually by now we’ve had at least one hard frost, usually have even had snow. So all the more tender plants are dead and then we have a few more weeks of summer-like temperatures. I’ve always wondered, how many bloomers would I still have if I could have just [...]
2012 Garden Wish List
Every season here in Colorado’s high plains I think about what I need to do the next year, or what I want to change or to add. But I don’t always get the thoughts written down, and when I do write them down, I often lose them. So I came up with the bright idea [...]
What’s Blooming Mid-June Denver to Boulder, cont.
Here’s nine more bodacious bloomers (flowers, that is!) for those of you who want to time your flower beauty to last throughout the season. See the first nine by clicking here: What’s Blooming Mid-June? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [...]
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