Favorite garden hack for a climbing vine: Use a Slinky as a trellis in the garden! I’m sharing my favorite flowering summer vine and a creative way to help it climb that I discovered, with a Slinky! This post contains affiliate links. For more information see my disclosure policy. Black-eyed Susan vine (Thunbergia alata) is a favorite…
By mid August, the flowers in the garden are heat-stressed and looking a little tired (just like me ;) but my favorite summer vine is still going strong and growing by leaps and bounds! This is my third summer with Black-eyed Susan vine. It blooms all summer long until frost, which is typically November here…
Fall has been slow to arrive in North Carolina and I’m slowing making my way around the Potting Shed, adding some fall color with pumpkins and mums. We’ve had a warm week with temperatures in the 80s but we’re cooling down a bit in time for the weekend. Our leaves are just starting to show the first signs of…
September is a month of transition in the garden with summer blooms waning and annuals spent from the summer heat. . .just like me. I’m biding my time stalking the gardens centers and waiting not so patiently for pumpkins and ready to add some mums, pansies and ornamental kale! Vines are loving are heat and…
Are your palms itching to dig in the dirt and fill your containers and beds with spring and summer annuals? Our frost date in North Carolina is April 15th but we all know how unpredictable Mother Nature can be. I learned the hard way not be tempted by all the beautiful flowers arriving in the garden centers in March and early…
My Black-eyed Susan vine is still growing and blooming. She’s grown as an annual here and will bloom until our first frost, usually in November. I planted some pumpkins around her to keep her company for a little seasonal display around my Potting Shed. I planted her on an obelisk in a pot to climb…