The National Gardening Association
Since 1971, our mission is to promote gardening. With over a million members, we are the largest social media website dedicated exclusively to gardening. We teach people how to get started gardening and improve their plant growing skills. We have online tools that help gardeners connect, teach, share, and trade with each other.
A Primer for Getting Started - Garden.org
The garden.org website contains a vast collection of resources to help gardeners of every sort. Explore our learning library for articles about plant care, weeds, pests, Q&A, dictionaries, and more. Our detailed plants database is the largest in the world. We have many online tools such as gardening calculators, climate information, maps, group ...
Garden Learning Library - Garden.org - The National Gardening …
For several decades, the NGA has developed thousands of articles, news items, tutorials, essays and other kinds of content. Access our treasury and look around; you're sure to find them educational, interesting, inspiring and sometimes humorous.
What is a Garden? - Garden.org - The National Gardening …
A garden is both natural and unnatural. We take nature and arrange it in rows or swaths, draw a "line in the sand" where the grass can and can't grow, and choose which plants live side by side. We orchestrate a symphony of vegetables, flowers, turf, shrubs, vines, trees, and a host of other plants, deciding what grows where and when.
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How to Grow and Care for Violas - Garden.org
A scattering of an organic mulch, such as pine straw or wood chips, will conserve soil moisture, keep soil cool, and discourage weeds. Fertilizer for Violas. To bloom their best, violas should be fertilized monthly during active growth in spring and fall. Stop fertilizing in summer when their growth slows or stops.
Frost Dates: First and last frost dates by zipcode - Garden.org
Since the 1990s they have been heavily involved with the preservation of rare, open-pollinated, heirloom seeds. Visit them at www.VictorySeeds.com. Our frost date calculator will tell you precisely when your garden is at risk for frost. Enter your …
How to Grow and Care for Hostas - Garden.org
Plant in spring, spacing plants 1 to 3 feet apart, depending on the variety. Prepare the garden bed by using a garden fork or tiller to loosen the soil to a depth of 12 to 15 inches, then mix in a 2- to 4-inch layer of compost. Dig a hole twice the diameter of the pot the plant is in. Carefully remove the plant from its container and place it ...
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map | Planting Zones Map USA
The USDA Hardiness Zone Map divides North America into 11 separate planting zones; each growing zone is 10°F warmer (or colder) in an average winter than the adjacent zone. If you see a hardiness zone in a gardening catalog or plant description, chances are it refers to this USDA map. To find your USDA Hardiness Zone, enter your zip code or ...
Goeppertia picturata 'Argentea' - Garden.org
Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F) Plant Height: 18-24 inches. Plant Spread: 18-24 inches. Leaves: Evergreen. Flowers: Showy.