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Seed dormancy is the state in which the seed will not germinate even in ideal conditions, before protective barriers are broken down....

In the spring and summer when you look into your garden, you can see new buds and blooms on all sorts of plants. In the fall, the leaves...

Saturday, January 21st is National Squirrel Appreciation Day. There are days when the Wellfield Horticulture staff has trouble...

With winter in full swing and 2022 behind us, it is not too early to think and plan for spring 2023! A variety of plants need to be...

As the growing season comes to an end, the garden labor also slows down. We’ve been so lucky with the warmer, drier weather we’ve...

If you’ve been to Wellfield this summer, it’s likely you’ve seen Monarch butterflies dancing about the native prairie in the Children’s...

One of my favorite parts of working at Wellfield is getting to work with all the trees and shrubs. I find pruning to be fun, relaxing,...

The goal of a sensory garden is to excite the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. A sensory garden can be designed to affect...

Many common plants used in landscaping for a long time have turned out to be quite invasive. A lot of these species are still not...

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Quilt Gardens in Elkhart County, presented by the Elkhart Convention and Visitors Bureau....

Most garden plants in our region start to struggle when temperatures rise above the mid-80’s. Here at Wellfield, we use the following...

The lawn, as we know it today, got its start in 17th Century England, where it was an indication of status and wealth. From there,...

Last week while mulching, I had to stop and admire some of the water diversion and reuse tactics we’re employing here at Wellfield. This...

Sometimes when we work out in the garden, we find what I like to call “garden treasures”. These are usually just some type of mutated...

Watching the garden wake up is one of the most exciting parts of gardening. It is so much fun to anticipate the leaves returning and the...

The birds are chirping, and the sunshine feels a little warmer on our backs. As we bear the usual pains of fickle spring weather, most of...

There are two groups of shrubs we receive more questions about than all the rest: roses and hydrangeas. Today, we’ll focus on the latter....

March is a strange time in the garden, with half of the days feeling like spring and half like winter. The 70 degree days we’ve been...

Ground cover can be a beautifully effective weed control barrier. It adds depth and layer to the landscape design, and it provides...

When I think of poop, I don’t think of the waste that comes out as being better than what was ingested. This is actually the case,...