A GARDENING GUIDE FOR HOME AND TERRACE

PLANTS AND GREENERY FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES

Basic information for beginners and pros, experience of fellow gardeners, and guidance from experts in books, articles, the web, and Botanical Garden hot lines is compiled and updated.

Locales - Facing North: Many varieties of plant life thrive in partial sun and shade or filtered light contrary to popular belief.

Locales - Facing South: Most plants do well with all day sun exposure. There are some exceptions that need more shade. Trial and error is the best guide.

Fact Sheets provide easy to print highlights:

• Basics of Container Planting - watering, fertilizing, mulching
• Selecting Pots - material, size, and proper drainage
• Bulbs - for Spring and Summer flowers
• Repotting and Pruning - keeping up appearances
• Plant Propagation
• Winterizing (over-Wintering)

Interior and Exterior Plantings, links to information:

• Calendar - Seasonal tasks: Fertilizing, Mulching
• Containers - proper drainage, material, and size
• Equipment and supplies - to be added
• Problems - Bugs and plant diseases
• Pruning and Grooming
• Repotting -
• Selection - selecting plants for sun and shade
• Starters - sources for plants
• Watering -
• Winterizing - survival tips for winter

Please check back. We welcome your suggestions. With your help we will seed this section regularly with new ideas. Columns by guest Editors are invited. Please let us know if you are interested in joining the PWCN gardening committee, or if you would like to pass along information. Contact: gardening@parkwestcommunitynetwork.org.