Outdoor
The low corner behind our packing shed used to hold a puddle for two days after every summer thunderstorm. My first fix was a row of lavender, because it looked great in the nursery pots. By August, every one had rotted at the crown. (Scout dug up the last two,
Last October I found an old tomato cage in the back corner of my yard, flipped it upside down, threw a white sheet over it, and tied it off at the top to make a little head. That was it.
Peonies fall into three plant types: herbaceous (soft stems that die back each winter, the most common garden peony), tree (woody-stemmed shrubs that keep their stems year-round), and Itoh hybrids (herbaceous habit with tree-peony-sized blooms). The American Peony Society recognizes
Ever notice how patio furniture always seems to give out right when the weather finally gets good? It usually comes down to cheap materials that were never built to handle real sun, rain, or temperature swings in the first place.
