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Creating a Landscape Plan for Your Home

Jeff Howe — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:37:20 +0000

Creating a Landscape Plan for Your Home: A Step-by-Step Guide

This guide is designed to demystify the landscape design process and equip you with practical tools and a clear roadmap to transform and enhance your outdoor space.

It is organized into four sections: Assessing Your Landscape, Designing Outdoor Spaces, Understanding Plants, and Creating a Landscape Plan.

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Growing Perennials in Indiana

Jeff Howe — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:17:37 +0000

Easy-to-Grow Perennials in Indiana

Perennials are easy to grow and bring beauty and life to your garden year after year. They are highly beneficial plants. Along with trees and shrubs, they contribute to soil health, prevent erosion, and provide habitat and food for pollinators, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Below are 18 native or introduced perennials selected not only for their suitability to Indiana’s climate, but also for their ease of care, hardiness, and high performance. Perennials truly are the backbone of a garden, and they are easy to love!

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Caring for Potted Mums

Jeff Howe — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:03:09 +0000

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Now that you have purchased your beautiful locally grown Hoosier mum(s) what do you do now to keep them looking fresh and beautiful throughout the Fall season?

Once you’ve determined the perfect spot to display your mum, place a tray beneath the flower pot to keep the soil moist. It is important to prevent the plant from getting too dry or wilting between watering.
Unless the mum is in a very sunny and hot location, watering the plant well, once a day, should be sufficient.
When watering, instead of pouring water through the dense flowers, water the plant’s soil.
Although fertilizing isn’t necessary for container mums, you may add a water-soluble plant food once a week when watering.
Protect your outdoor potted mums from the elements by planting them in outdoor containers such as terracotta, concrete, or resin, with additional potting soil.
You can also dig a hole in the ground and set the plant — nursery pot and all — into the soil to help it survive cool nights. Most garden mums should be able to endure a light fall frost. Cover the plants at night when freeze warnings are in effect.
To keep the plant attractive and healthy, snip off any dead blossoms as soon as they wilt. However, if you are in a cold climate, leaving the dead foliage on the plants has been found to help the plant survive colder temperatures better than pruned plants.

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Meet Our Garden Center Team

Our 10,000 square foot Garden Center is filled with everything you will need to cultivate your garden from flowers, plants, grasses and shrubs, not too mention the free expert advice! We also have a great selection of yard accents from windmills, to gorgeous pots, lawn ornaments and MORE!

Come over to your Hometown Garden Center! We’re here to help you with all the advice and materials that you need.
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How to Garden in High Heat

Jeff Howe — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:41:03 +0000

How to Garden in High Heat

Long spells of endless sunshine might seem like your garden’s idea of a good time, but, like most things in life, moderation is key — even for plants. With all that sun can come high temps and a lack of humidity that leaves your flowers, veggies, and herbs wilted or dried up, as well as defenseless against disease and pests. You can help prevent heat-stressed plants and keep your own cool, too. So, put on a wide-brimmed hat, grab your water bottle, and help your greenery stay, well, green!

Here’s how to handle it when Mother Nature shows up with high temps and just won’t leave.

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Balcony Gardens

Jeff Howe — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 14:49:20 +0000

Creating a Small Space Oasis

“A balcony or small patio garden can be your cozy retreat for morning coffees, starlit dinners, or simply a serene spot to unwind in after a long day.

As a canvas for personal expression, a balcony garden can merge beauty with functionality. It may offer a practical touch — fresh herbs within arm’s reach for a culinary treat — or simply a burst of color to brighten your day.

Make your balcony your mini sanctuary — however you define it.” – Elizabeth Howe, Design & Living, White’s Ace Hardware

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