Ladybug Blog

• Propagate houseplants to use as summer annuals
  Many houseplants are easily propagated by stem cuttings, division, or air layering. The original plant can stay put in your house and the propagules can be used to bulk out your summer annual displays. Late winter or early spring is a good time to propagate your houseplants because lengthening days will encourage growth. Propagating in […]
• Native Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers
  “Blossom by blossom, the spring begins.” –Algernon Charles Swinburne Spring ephemerals are herbaceous perennial plants that complete their above-ground life cycle—growing, flowering, and setting seed—in a fleeting window of a few weeks during early spring. Many of them supply a critical source of food for bees and other insects that emerge early in spring. When […]
• Holding On Until Spring: How Birds Survive Winter Weather
  On frigid winter days, there are few things I appreciate more than the masterful inventions of insulation and indoor heating. I am grateful to have refuge from the elements and gaze outside, where there once was a sea of green leaves just a few months earlier. Vibrant colors are scarce in winter landscapes, but I am always delighted to […]