This is a place for sharing ideas and suggestions, for discovering the diversity that this region offers to the gardener. If someone was going to ask my advice on the best summer perennials to grow, my response would be, without question, daylilies and hostas. These two plants are among the most versatile perennials that a gardener can grow. This article will explore a few of the varieties and cultivars of each plant that will do well in the home gardens of those who live in the Great Lakes Region. Perhaps in the summer, you have notices a hint of honeysuckle on the air.
Scents can bring back powerful, long forgotten memories.
It can create marvelous new ones. This article is going to explore some of the choices of scented plants available to gardeners of the Great Lakes Region. Many of the plants discussed do well all around the United States and Canada. Selecting Spring Flowering Trees One of the things I really look forward to after a long and often hard winter is the explosion onto the scene of the beautiful flowering trees. Here is some information on varieties that do well in the Great Lakes Region, with some planting and growing tips.