The Strader's Blog

All living creatures, including plants and flowers, have expected lifespans. Recognizing the differences between annuals, perennials, and biennials can help you determine the life expectancies…

You don’t need acres of space to grow a thriving vegetable garden. In fact, growing vegetables in pots can be very productive and bring a…

Spring is the ideal time to spruce up your lawn. After a long winter, you can easily see where any bald, bare or thin patches…

Spring bulbs faithfully reappear at the most advantageous time – after a long, cold winter, just when we’re longing for bright colors to relieve the…

Hybrid hellebores bring us all sorts of happiness. These are one of the first plants to bloom in the late winter and early spring and…

Hybrid hellebores bring us all sorts of happiness. These are one of the first plants to bloom in the late winter and early spring and…

It’s early spring – time to survey the damage that winter has produced. In some Winters, shrubs may still be hiding under piles of frozen…

Gorgeous yellow, pink, red, orange, white, and purple blooms put on a show in early spring from plants like forsythia, lilac, azaleas, rhododendron, mockorange, weigela,…

Ferns are magnificent, whether in the wild or under cultivation. Among the oldest plants on earth, ferns can be traced back to the Coal Age,…

It’s easy to buy seedlings, but there are many reasons why you may wish to start your own plants. By starting your own seeds, you…