Looking to liven up your garden? Try adding plants that have complementary colors.
Planting colorful flowers is a great way to make your garden pop! Watch as Laura from Garden Answershows how adding plants with complementary colors (colors that are opposites on the color wheel) adds uniformity and makes your garden a more visually inviting space. Laura uses Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Pluswhen planting, ensuring her new plants get the essential nutrients they need for successful establishment. By selecting two shades from opposite sides of the color wheel, you unlock a world of vibrant contrasts that delight the senses. This timeless technique, favored by garden designers, guarantees a striking balance that makes any garden stand out.
Are you looking to add a burst of color to your garden? Or perhaps a shade tree to offer an escape from the summer heat? Follow along with Laura from Garden Answer as she demonstrates how to plant a London Planetree and beautiful, vibrant pink Senorita Zinnias.
Shade trees not only offer aesthetic beauty, but they also provide natural cooling by blocking direct sunlight. Zinnias add a brilliant pop of color to any garden and attract pollinators like bees and butterflies. In the video below, Laura shows you how to plant Zinnias from both pots and directly from seed.
When planting, Laura uses Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus to give her plants the nutrients they need to thrive. Additionally, Laura applies Espoma Organic Land & Sea Gourmet Compost around her trees to enhance their native soil.
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Join Laura @GardenAnswer as she takes you on a tour through her vegetable gardens. Experience the joy she feels bringing her harvest to the table and learn what it takes to maintain healthy vegetable plants.
Laura enriches her soil with Espoma Organic Land & Sea Compost, creating a nutritious medium for her vegetables. At the time of planting, she uses Bio-tone Starter Plus to provide essential nutrients for establishment. For ongoing care, Laura feeds her established plants with Garden-tone, ensuring they remain healthy throughout the season and yield a bountiful harvest.
Venture out to the garden with Laura from Garden Answer as she takes on her next summer project, planting sun-loving shrubs and perennials.
To give her new plants a strong start, Laura uses Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus, to ensure they develop a strong root system quickly for optimal water and nutrient absorption from the soil.
Check out Laura @GardenAnswer‘s latest grand planting project!
Watch Laura plant multiple varieties of Coleus plants, infusing her landscape with deep vibrant colors. Laura shares her top planting tips when laying out and caring for multiple varieties.
To ensure the success of her new Coleus plants, Laura relies on the assistance of Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus. Bio-tone provides the ideal nutrients needed for her plants to flourish in their new environment.
Coleus, known for its vibrant and colorful foliage, is a delightful and easy-to-care-for plant that can bring a splash of color to your outdoor containers or garden beds.
Here’s a brief guide to help you nurture your Coleus and keep it thriving:
Planting:
Location: Choose a sheltered spot that protects the plant from strong winds, as Coleus stems are delicate and can break easily.
Soil: Ensure well-draining soil to prevent waterlogging and promote healthy root growth.
Initial Watering: Water the plant thoroughly after planting.
Growing:
Watering: Avoid overwatering, as Coleus is susceptible to rot. Water only when the top inch of soil becomes dry.
Pruning: Regularly pinch back growing shoots on young plants to encourage bushier growth and more vibrant foliage.
Fertilizing: In mid-summer, apply a liquid fertilizer like Espoma Organic Grow! to containers and Espoma Organic Plant-tone to garden beds to provide essential nutrients for healthy growth.
Trimming Flower Spikes: In late summer, cut off any flower spikes that appear. This helps extend the plant’s lifespan and encourages the growth of new colorful leaves.
Variety Consideration:
Coleus comes in various leaf colors, including green, yellow, pink, red, purple, and maroon. Be sure to check with your garden nursery on the specific variety you have, as some modern types can tolerate sun, while others prefer shade.
With minimal effort and attention to these care tips, you can enjoy the beauty of your Coleus plant as it enhances your outdoor space with its vibrant hues and attractive foliage. Happy gardening!
The sun is out and the time is ripe to plant some veggies! Follow along with @gardenanswer as she plants tomatoes, peppers, and basil using Espoma Organic Tomato-tone and Land & Sea Gourmet Compost.
We also recommend planting with Espoma Organic Bio-tone Started Plus to help give your new plants the nutrients they need to grow strong roots in their new environment.
We also recommend planting with Espoma Organic Bio-tone Started Plus to help give your new plants the nutrients they need to grow strong roots in their new environment.
Watch as Laura @gardenanswer gets out to the garden to plant some beautiful perennials.
Laura Uses Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus at the time of all her plantings to ensure her new plants get the maximum water and nutrients they need to produce strong healthy roots in their new environment.
Watch as Laura @GardenAnswer plants an EPIC rose ? garden. Laura plants rows of 87 different color varieties to create a beautifully dynamic cut flower garden.
Laura uses our Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starte Plus when planting her new rose plants to give them the nutrients they need to establish a strong root system in their new environment. Laura uses Espoma Organic Land and Sea Gourmet Compost to topdress the topsoil layer after planting to give her soil an added boost of nutrients.
We recommend feeding your established roses with our Espoma Organic Rose-tone. Use Rose-tone to provide the nutrients that are essential for those big beautiful blooms.
Follow along with Laura @Garden Answer as she helps her mom beautify her garden by planting a variety of bare root roses. Laura demonstrates a clear approach to handling bare root roses, from hydrating the roots prior to planting, proper spacing and planting depth as well as the importance of using a good starter fertilizer to help mitigate transplant shock as well as provide the proper nutrients for the plant to mature successfully. Laura uses Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus to enrich the soil and create an ideal growing environment for all her new plantings.
