The sun is shining, birds are singing and it’s time for your garden to come back from the winter weather (although Mother Nature may have some others plans for us this coming week). Here are the 5 top things you can do to get your gardens ready for the spring: Remove all leaves and visible weeds. Cut back all ornamental grasses, including liriope, and the dead stems of perennials. Leaving this foliage intact over the winter is healthier for the plant but now it needs to be c

Have you ever brought some fresh-cut peonies into the house to then see a bunch of ants all over them?! Many people believe that peonies need ants to bloom, but this is NOT true! It seems logical enough, but there is no truth, to the long-standing, widespread and oft-repeated folk tale that ants are essential for the normal opening of peony flower buds. It is true that there is a special relationship between ants and peony buds. However, the relationship is the reverse of wh