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Guide to Dutch Bulbs for Ohio Gardens: Tips & Varieties from Strader’s

Dutch bulbs offer vibrant colors and delightful scents that can transform your garden into a springtime paradise. For gardeners in Ohio, understanding how to properly plant and care for these bulbs is key to ensuring a successful and beautiful garden. Here’s a comprehensive guide to help you get started. Planting Dutch Bulbs: Basic Instructions Timing […]

The Great Squirrel Battle for the Bulbs

Autumn is the catalog time of year, when gardeners devour and drool over the spring-blooming bulb catalogs, eagerly fantasizing about next year’s flowerbeds. We picture drifts of crocus and gaily swaying tulips, lush daffodils and glorious hyacinths. Snowdrops, irises, daylilies… Ah, the garden will be great this next spring. Then we remember last spring – […]

Winter Pond Prep Checklist

Your pond can be an attractive and valuable focal point of your landscaping, but it can also be a delicate one. As winter approaches, certain steps should be taken to ensure plant and fish survival so your pond will still be at its best next spring. Clean Out DebrisUse a netted scooper, a rake, your […]

Strader’s Top Ohio Trees & Shrubs for Stunning Fall Foliage

As autumn casts its vibrant hues across Ohio, enhancing your landscape with trees and shrubs that offer brilliant fall foliage can create a stunning display. Choosing the right plants not only adds beauty but also ensures that your landscape thrives in Ohio’s climate. At Strader’s Garden Center, we offer a selection of trees and shrubs […]

Precious Pollinator Bulbs

Did you know that spring blooming bulbs are vital to our precious pollinators’ health and even their existence? After a long winter of hive hibernation and diminishing food reserves, honeybees will set out on warm, early-spring days seeking nectar and pollen to feed their hungry colony. It’s not only crucial that they have plenty of […]

Fall Lawn Care

Fall is the best time of the year to overseed your existing lawn or establish a new lawn. If your lawn is a bit thin, has bare patches or needs good care, now is the time to take care of it so it can become thoroughly established before warm temperatures arrive in spring. Overseeding A […]

Fall Container Gardening Ideas: Brighten Your Porch with Strader’s Plants

As the vibrant colors of summer begin to fade, fall offers a new palette for gardeners looking to bring warmth and beauty to their porches and patios. Fall container gardening is an excellent way to celebrate the season, especially in Ohio’s planting zones (5b to 6a). By selecting hardy, cold-tolerant plants, you can create stunning […]