Quarterly notes from a working garden — pruning windows, what's blooming, what's coming next.
There is a week in late April — sometimes early May, depending on the year — when the forsythia has finished and the soil has warmed but the roses have not yet leafed out fully. That is your window.
Read →March on the Outer Cape is not spring. The catalogues say it is, and the calendar agrees, but the ground knows better.
Read →Most nursery guides will tell you to plant hydrangeas in fall. But on Cape Cod I have watched too many fall-planted hydrangeas struggle through their first winter to keep following that advice.
Read →For new gardens, restorations, and seasonal care across the Mid, Lower, and Outer Cape.
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