Not all pumpkins are orange, and the new Buckskin pumpkin from Burpee is a great example of that. Buckskin is more of a buff color than a Jack-O-Lantern type orange. However, if you look inside, Buckskin is indeed the rich and deep orange you’d expect of a pumpkin. Buckskin is in that rare pumpkin category ...
Read More | Just VeggiesI’m Marci Martin, your rosarian blogger here at Planters Place. I am an American Rose Society Master Consulting Rosarian and the region I serve is the Northeast. There are Consulting Rosarians (CRs) all across these great United States, and we are here to make your rose growing experience a satisfying one. If you need to ...
Read More | Everything RosesThe basil variety called Pesto Party is your solution if your generic Genovese basil plants let you down each summer. I’ve been growing my Pesto Party plants for three months now and I couldn’t be happier. Why? Because this variety solves three common basil problems I have experienced in the past. Cold Weather Tolerance All ...
Read More | Just VeggiesIf you’ve been having a hard time keeping up with watering your container garden, the Blumat watering systems from Sustainable Village are just what the doctor, er, I mean the horticulturist ordered. The systems employ the physics of water pressure, not an electric pump, to distribute water where your plants need them—and that place is ...
Read More | Just VeggiesRoses are my favorite flowers, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love other plants, too. Roses have several big flushes during the spring, summer, and fall. While they are between flushes, (even though there are always some roses in bloom), if you spot in some summer bulbs and perennials, your flower beds will always be ...
Read More | Everything RosesHi, Marci Martin here, your PlantersPlace.com rose blogger. Today, we’ll talk about Japanese Beetles and their relatives, all the other scarab beetles. A Little History Japanese beetles were first discovered in the United States in 1916 in New Jersey. No one really knows how they got here, but in Japan they were never a major ...
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