The Best Hydrangeas for Cold Climates – Our Top Picks for Zone 6
Discover the best hydrangeas for zone 6 from our collection of 200+ plants! Get expert tips on varieties, care, winter protection, and achieving blue blooms.
Rating Our 2025 Annuals: What’s Worth It & What Flopped! | Honest Garden Review (Zone 6A)
Get our honest ratings of 30+ annual plants in zone 6A! See which summer annuals thrived, which flopped, and what we’re planting again next year.
June Garden Tour 2025: What’s Blooming Now – From Roses to Redbuds in Zone 6a with Plant Names
Explore our zone 6A garden in late June! See thriving container combinations, hydrangea displays, rose performance, and lessons learned from a challenging spring season.
3 Summer Garden Tasks: Cutting Back, Deadheading, and Edging! | Zone 6A Garden Care
Learn essential summer garden maintenance including strategic perennial cutbacks, rose deadheading techniques, and maintaining crisp garden edges in Zone 6a.
Our New Favorite Feature on the Berm (+ Why It’s a Game-Changer)
Discover three game-changing garden infrastructure projects: installing a remote hose reel system, deer protection with motion sprinklers, and efficient fertilizing.
Filling our Biggest Urn with Gorgeous Annuals + Lavender Hedges Around Trees
Discover our approach to creating formal square tree beds inspired by King Charles’s garden and planting our most ambitious container arrangement with 10+ varieties.
Perennial Picks! Our Favorite New Additions + What We’re Planting Now!
Discover our approach to perennial border design featuring native ironweed, phlox varieties, and strategic plant partnerships for continuous seasonal interest.
Planting Our Big Pots for Summer! Designing Colorful Containers with Shrubs, Annuals, and a Tree!
Discover our innovative approach to container gardening using shrubs as centerpieces, plus drip irrigation setup and plant selections for different light conditions.
May Garden Tour 2025: Our Full Spring Walkthrough with Design Updates & Plant Names!
Join us for an in-depth tour of our half-acre Zone 6a garden featuring 200+ hydrangeas, transformed borders, and design principles that create cohesion.
Stunning Summer Containers! Tree Roses, Cottage Colors & Favorite Annuals for Full Sun
Discover how we created stunning cottage-style containers using Carding Mill standard roses as centerpieces, plus supporting annuals for season-long color.