Vermont Garden Journal

Choose early summer flowering shrubs to add color and contrast to your yard.

Plan certain garden treatments now to help lessen the effects of Japanese beetles later.

Charlie Nardozzi takes on several listeners' questions about garden pests and plant woes.

Certain peanut varieties can grow and thrive in our clime, provided you find just the right spot.

From pepper plants with pests to hydrangeas that are slow to bloom, you might wonder whether you should keep or toss your plant and start over.

The All Things Gardening inbox is full of listeners' spring gardening conundrums! Charlie aims to answer a few.

Try this hardy iris that blooms a bit later in the season and provides color and movement to your gardens and landscape.

Pick annual weeds after a rain and pluck perennial ones when the weather is sunny and dry.

When you're putting together window boxes, choose some annual flowers that have colorful foliage. Certain coleus varieties can add bright colors and thrive in full sun. Others, like caladiums, grow well in shady areas.

The natural world is full of signals that the soil is warming. And when it warms enough, that means it's time to plant peas. Try planting English podded, sugar snap and snow peas this spring.

From aronias to winterberries, plant native shrubs to feed birds and attract wildlife.

This spring, plant cultivated varieties of some wild greens. Lambsquarters and amaranth grow easily, look attractive in your garden, and taste mild and earthy.

If you have hydrangea bushes in your landscape that flower in late summer or early fall, now is the time to cut them back so they'll produce their best blooms.

It's spring, and bulbs will flower soon. Nourish and protect them now with simple techniques.

Certain types of tomatoes can be harvested and stored for months. Search your local garden center for these seeds and some other unique tomato plants this spring.

It's springtime in some southern locales, where many vibrant flowering vines are in full bloom. New England can get in on the action by growing the annual varieties of these vines this spring and summer. Try the black-eyed Susan vine, mandevilla and more.

Just like the dormant bulbs underneath the snow, your garden senses are awakening! Take in a local garden and flower show to get inspired and excited for spring planting.

The clivia, a Zululand bloom with dark green foliage, was named after a British duchess who brought the plant from its native South Africa to cultivate it in her greenhouse.

Cut flowers are a great way to bring some cheer indoors when it's gloomy outside. This year, try something new that will bloom right up until spring.

Things are slowly unfolding in the garden underneath the snow and ice. And the list of garden chores is getting longer. Begin some winter garden tasks now.