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Do you have questions about when to prune your trees or what type of roses you should plant in the shade? How do you go about selecting the right tools? What are the best perennials to buy? Why are you spending so much time and money on your lawn and it still doesn't look good?

All of these questions and more can be answered by clicking on the categories on the left hand side of the page or by writing in your subject of interest in the box at left hand side of the page. Gardening A-Z is the one stop place for answers on gardening techniques, design, specimens and a slew of other good stuff.

Latest Articles

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A Foolproof Flower Garden Don't settle for potted pansies. With a little effort and patience, you can create your own backyard paradise.   read more

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How To Care For Your Lawn: Debunking Lawn Care Myths Myths are abundant when it comes to caring for the American lawn. In this article, I'll address just a few in hope of setting the record straight.   read more

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Developing A Healthy Lawn We are constantly being bombarded with ads and products for creating the ultimate American dream: a beautiful, rich, healthy lawn.   read more

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A Gardener's Love Affair With Roses My first face to face meeting with a rose took place more than 30 years ago when I was a young girl and my mother asked me to weed the garden in the back yard.   read more

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Perennial Geraniums For Your Garden Hardy geraniums, also known as Cranesbill, are the unsung heroes and workhorses of the garden. They are often confused with the not very subtle red annual geraniums, Pelargoniums, that can be seen in window boxes or containers.   read more

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A Great American Garden Doe Run, a world class garden on a private estate in Unionville Pa. leaves an indelible impression on anyone who journeys there. To read more about it, click on below!   read more

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Shade Plants For Windowboxes Window boxes for shady areas are frequently overlooked opportunities for creating delightful vignettes. Learn Fran's simple design techniques for creating stunning, color and texture filled shade window boxes.   read more

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Hydrangeas Have you ever met a hydrangea you didn't love? For so many of us, hydrangeas are reminiscent of moments in our childhood, perhaps sitting on Grandma's front porch, sipping lemonade and marveling over the big, blue, in-your-face flowers.   read more

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Creating A 'Shrubs Only' Border I garden on a steep, aberrant diamond shaped property of about one half of an acre. Because I use my garden as my laboratory for experimenting with new plant varieties that appeal to me, I’m always looking for ways to expand my garden and my design repertoire.   read more

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Annuals for Shade Gardens If you thought that annuals for shady areas consisted of impatiens and begonias, think again! This season, more than ever, there is a terrific selection of annuals for shady areas, that when used with great abandon and interspersed among perennials and shrubs, can add sparkle and spunk to any summer garden!   read more

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A Garden Makeover Click on the SLIDE SHOW to learn step by step how Fran turned this property into a naturalistic, inviting and elegant landscape.   read more

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Growing Roses: For Every Garden Do you want to try your hand at growing roses but are a bit intimidated because you’ve heard stories of how finicky they tend to be?   read more

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Landscaping Your Yard On A Budget One of the first questions that clients tend to ask me upon an initial meeting to discuss landscaping their property is: “How much is this going to cost me?” to which I always respond "Don't think about that now."   read more

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Fading Late Spring, Early Summer Blooms Each Spring, as this first flush of the gardening season comes to a close, I find myself becoming a bit nostalgic, wandering around the garden, savoring the remaining spent blossoms on some of my favorite spring flowers.   read more

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Simple Spring Flowers I promised myself this year that I would run over to Chanticleer once a week to maintain a record of what is in bloom.   read more

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