Focus On Flowers
Your summer and fall gardens will reflect your April efforts. This is our time to move things while they are still small.
A brief poem by Vita Sackville-West about the growth occurring during the month of April.
"April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks GO." - Christopher Morley
April is known as the cruelest month due to the erratic weather and the possibility for freezing temperatures to creep back in and injure new plants.
The Vinca minor, also known as common periwinkle, is best known for being an easy ground cover with periwinkle blue flowers in spring.
We all need allies in the battle against weeds. Luckily, the woodland plant Epimedium helps fight off weeds in the early spring.
Moya Andrews is a Master Gardener and a member of the Bloomington Garden Club in Bloomington, Indiana. Learn more »
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