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Choose appropriate plants for where you are going to plant them. Some plants must be planted side by side, while others, such as climbing vines, can be planted vertically, giving you color and texture and saving space at the same time.
If you live in a city apartment, you may only be able to grow plants on your porch or balcony, but if you have a small yard, you may be able to plant directly in the ground. Growing can be successful in either place but location does affect what varieties of plants you can grow.
All plants need water so determine where you will get it from before you plant. Ideally, choose a growing place that is close to an outside water source or not too far from your door if you have to water with a watering can.
Some plants take a long time to produce either flowers or fruit, while others take less. Decide ahead of time whether you want to plant something that will grow and produce all season, or whether you want to rotate crops. This is true for both flowers and vegetables.
Determine how much you want to spend and then find the best price. Sales around holidays such as Memorial Day, Father’s Day, or July 4th are great for saving you a little money.
If you’re short on time as well as space, choose plants that require less for daily maintenance, are drought and disease tolerant, and can be planted in pots where weeding will be less of a concern.
Before shopping, decide whether you want plants that provide function, beauty, or both. For example, some lilies are beautiful to look at but can also be put on top of salads so you get two-for-one in the same space.
Pay close attention to how much sun your chosen garden spot gets every day and at what time of day it gets it. This will help you choose whether you need to buy full-sun plants or ones that are shade tolerant.
Look at how you can add to or enhance existing landscape features. Planting vines that grow up a wall or annuals around an existing lawn statue can provide more color and texture without taking up a lot of space.
Gardening should be enjoyable so have fun with it! Remember, it doesn’t have to be perfect the first time- evaluate what works and what doesn’t and soon you’ll be gardening like a pro!
Now, it’s time to get to work! Following these simple tips will get you growing in the right direction but if you still need a little help, give us a call or stop in to the garden center.![]() | Agincourt Beauty Height: 10-12 ft. Spacing: 8-10 ft. The Agincourt Beauty has deep purple fragrant flowers that are single, and each floret is very large; has the largest florets of all lilacs. It is one of the best purples available today. |
![]() | Albert F. Holden Height: 8-10 ft. Spacing: 8-10 ft. The deep‐purple buds open to deep‐violet flowers with a silvery blush on the back side, creating a striking two‐tone effect. The unusual blossoms of “Albert F. Holden” also have an unforgettable fragrance. |
![]() | Beauty of Moscow Height: 10-12 ft. Spacing: 8 ft. Beauty of Moscow is one of the finest lilacs with fragrant, double, delicate pink flowers. It is excellent as a cut flower and provides years of satisfaction. |
![]() | Bloomerang Height: 4-6 ft. Spacing: 5-6 ft. Enjoy classic lilac fragrance for months instead of weeks! A revolutionary new kind of lilac, Bloomerang blooms in spring and then again throughout the summer. It does go through a rest period in the heat of the summer, then flowers. |
![]() | Charles Joly Height: 10-12 ft. Spacing: 8-10 ft. Charles Joly is a French Hybrid with shiny purple buds opening into double, magenta flowers that are very fragrant and excellent for cutting. It is considered to be the best in its color class. |
![]() | Common Purple Height: 8-10 ft. Spacing: 8-10 ft. One of the most popular lilacs is the Common Purple. This shrub has been a favorite for decades because you can essentially ignore it and it will give you a fantastic spring color show full of fabulous fragrance every single year, without fail. Lovely lavender flower clusters sit against dark‐green, heart‐shaped leaves, and the fragrance is just captivating. |
![]() | Common White Height: 12-15 ft. Spacing: 8-12 ft. The Common White is well‐known and loved by gardeners all over the world for its beauty and fragrance; one of the most powerful fragrances emitted by a plant. It has white flowers occurring in clusters amid the dark‐green heart‐shaped leaves. |
![]() | Donald Wyman Height: 10 ft. Spacing: 8 ft. Deep pink to almost reddish single flowers that bloom in early June. Sturdy, dense and upright growth. Blooms 2 weeks later than other lilacs. Yellow fall color. |
![]() | Dwarf Korean Height: 4-5 ft. Spacing: 8-10 ft. The Dwarf Korean Lilac is known as a compact but spreading, small-foliaged Lilac with showy May lavender purple flowers that are spread over the entire shrub canopy. |
![]() | Ivory Silk Height: 20-25 ft. Spacing: 20-25 ft. The Japanese Ivory Silk Tree Lilac produces ravishingly fragrant, creamy‐white panicles. Landscapers love this plant for its interesting spreading branches and vase shaped crown, its long June through July blooming season and easy care. Ruddy, cherry like bark and neat, dark green leaves contrast nicely with the creaminess of the flowers. |
![]() | James MacFarlane Height: 8 ft. Spacing: 6-10 ft. The James Macfarlane blooms two weeks later than Syringa vulgaris types. The single true pink flowers bloom freely. It is extremely hardy and adaptable, withstanding moisture conditions fatal to vulgaris hybrids. |
![]() | Katherine Havermeyer Height: 10-12 ft. Spacing: 8-10 ft. Katherine Havemeyer is an early blooming French Hybrid that produces abundant clusters of double, lavender‐pink, fragrant flowers among dark green, disease resistant foliage. |
![]() | Ludwig Spaeth Height: 10-12 ft. Spacing: 6-8 ft. Ludwig Spaeth is a French Hybrid with single dark purple flowers in early June that are excellent as cut flowers because of their very fine fragrance. |
![]() | Meyeri Palibin Height: 4-6 ft. Spacing: 6-8 ft. A true slow growing dwarf. It is a small leafed cultivar with deep purple buds opening into fragrant violet‐purple flowers in abundance early in the season. |
Plant (Vegetable) |
| Bad Companions | ||||
Asparagus |
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Beans |
| Onions, garlic, gladiolus, chives | ||||
Beans, bush | Potatoes, cucumbers, corn, strawberries, celery, summer savory | Onions | ||||
Beans, pole | Corn, summer savory, sunflower | Onions, beets, kohlrabi, cabbage | ||||
Beets | Onions, Kohlrabi | Pole beans | ||||
Cabbage family (cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, broccoli) | Aromatic plants, potatoes, celery, dill, hyssop, chamomile, sage, peppermint, rosemary, beets, onions | Strawberries, tomatoes, pole beans | ||||
Carrots |
| Dill | ||||
Celery | Leeks, tomatoes, bush beans, cauliflower,cabbage | |||||
Chives | Carrots, tomatoes | Peas, beans | ||||
Corn | Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, squash | Tomato | ||||
Cucumbers | Beans, corn, peas, radishes, sunflowers, lettuce | Potatoes, aromatic herbs | ||||
Eggplant | Beans, potatoes, spinach | |||||
Leeks | Onions, celery, carrots | |||||
Lettuce | Carrots and radishes (lettuce, carrots, and radishes make a strong team grown together), strawberries, cucumbers, onions | |||||
Melons | Corn, Nasturtium, Radish | |||||
Onions(garlic) | Beets, strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce, summer savory, leeks, chamomile (sparsely), pepper | Peas, beans | ||||
Parsley | Tomatoes, asparagus | |||||
Peas | Carrots, turnips, radishes, cucumbers, corn, beans, most vegetables and herbs | onions, garlic, gladiolus, potatoes, chives | ||||
Potatoes | Beans, corn, cabbage, horseradish (should be planted at the corners of the patch), marigolds, eggplant (as a lure for the Colorado potato beetle) | Pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, sunflowers, tomatoes, raspberries | ||||
Pepper | Onion | |||||
Pumpkins | Corn | Potatoes | ||||
Radishes | Peas, nasturtiums, lettuce, melons, cucumbers | Hyssop | ||||
Soybeans | Grows with anything, helps everything | |||||
Spinach | Strawberries, eggplant | |||||
Squash | Nasturtiums, corn | Potatoes | ||||
Strawberries | Bush beans, spinach, borage, lettuce (as a border), onions | Cabbage | ||||
Sunflowers | Cucumbers | Potatoes | ||||
Tomatoes | Chives, onions, parsley, asparagus, marigolds, nasturtiums, carrots | Corn, Kohlrabi | ||||
Turnips | Peas |