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VIDEO: How to Care for Roses 🌹 & Hydrangeas 🌸 with Garden Answer

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Laura from Garden Answer Preps Her Garden for Blooming Success!

Spring is in full bloom, and Laura from Garden Answer is busy giving her garden the nutrients it needs to thrive! In her latest video, Laura shares essential care tips for roses and hydrangeas, starting with careful pruning to encourage healthy new growth. After pruning, she feeds these beautiful flowering shrubs with Espoma Organic Rose-tone, a gentle yet effective slow-release fertilizer specially formulated to deliver vibrant blooms without the risk of burning plants—something common with synthetic fertilizers.

While Rose-tone is primarily designed for roses and other flowering plants, it’s safe for use on hydrangeas as well. However, for optimal results, especially if you’re aiming for blue blooms, Espoma Organic Holly-tone is typically recommended. Holly-tone is formulated for acid-loving plants and contains elemental sulfur, which helps lower soil pH—a key factor in achieving those sought-after blue hydrangea flowers . That said, using Rose-tone won’t harm your hydrangeas and can still provide beneficial nutrients.

Meanwhile, her husband Aaron works to ensure the rest of the garden plants get some love too, applying Espoma Organic Plant-tone to arborvitae and boxwoods. Plant-tone is enriched with beneficial microbes and humates, promoting robust growth and enhancing overall plant vitality.

Watch Laura’s full video for detailed tips on how to care for your garden and learn why Espoma Organic fertilizers are her go-to choice for healthy, flourishing plants!

For more hydrangea care tips, check out our complete guide to growing hydrangeas!

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VIDEO: How to Grow a Hummingbird Garden 🕊️🌿🌺 | Growing Joy with Maria

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🌿 Learn how to create your hummingbird garden using Espoma Organic soil and fertilizer. With the right organic products, you can support pollinators and grow a garden that’s good for your heart — and the planet. 💚

Spring is here, and Maria from Growing Joy with Maria is transforming her balcony into an organic hummingbird and pollinator paradise! 🌸🐦 In her latest video, Maria shares how she builds a vibrant, eco-friendly garden packed with flowers designed to attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies — all using organic fertilizer and organic soil to give her plants the healthiest start.

To create strong, thriving plants, Maria relies on Espoma Organic Potting Mix and Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus. These trusted organic products help her container garden hold moisture, support root development, and produce long-lasting blooms, making them irresistible to local pollinators.

Maria’s setup is renter-friendly and easy to replicate. She fills colorful grow bags and planters with organic soil, adding trumpet-shaped flowers like fuchsia, bee balm, salvia, and petunias — all favorites of hummingbirds. She even shares DIY tips for making hummingbird feeders and reflects on how using organic fertilizers helps protect pollinators and nurture the environment.

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VIDEO: Boost Your Blooms: 🌸 Fertilizing Hydrangeas the Organic Way with Skye Hamilton

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When it comes to hydrangeas, proper fertilizing is key to ensuring beautiful blooms and overall plant health. Skye Hamilton, gardening enthusiast and hydrangea expert, stresses the importance of fertilizing these stunning plants with a high-quality organic fertilizer as a smart investment in your garden. Unlike synthetic fertilizers, which often contain excessive nitrogen that encourages foliage growth at the expense of blooms, Skye recommends using Espoma Organic Holly-tone.

Why Holly-tone? Because it’s an organic fertilizer specially formulated for acid-loving plants like hydrangeas. Its slow-release formula ensures steady nutrient availability, promoting vibrant, plentiful blooms rather than just leafy growth.

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Here’s Skye’s quick guide for successful hydrangea fertilizing:

  1. Fertilize twice a year: once in mid to late spring and again in mid-summer.
  2. Your first application should occur after leaves emerge but before blooms appear.
  3. Apply the second round no later than July to avoid disrupting bloom cycles.
  4. Missed spring fertilizing? Early summer application still benefits your plants.
  5. Apply fertilizer during mild weather or in the evening shade to prevent root burn.
  6. Distribute fertilizer along the drip line of your hydrangeas and gently work it into the soil surface.
  7. Always water thoroughly after fertilizing to ensure nutrients reach the roots effectively.

With Espoma Organic Holly-tone, your hydrangeas receive exactly what they need, resulting in lush blooms and healthier plants overall. Go organic, bloom better!

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VIDEO: Spring Plantings & Seed Starting with Garden Answer

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Spring is officially here, and Laura from ⁨Garden Answer⁩ welcomes the season with a fresh round of planting and garden prep!

She kicks things off by sowing stock flower seeds saved from last year. Using Espoma Organic Seed Starter Mix and Potting Soil, she creates the perfect environment for strong germination and healthy growth. To support her young seedlings, Laura turns to Espoma Organic Grow!—a liquid organic fertilizer packed with essential nutrients that help plants thrive naturally. 🌱

Next, Laura adds lasting color and structure to her landscape by planting three Sgt. Pepper Dogwood shrubs. Known for their vibrant red twigs and variegated foliage, these shrubs are given the best start with Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus, a mycorrhizae-enhanced organic fertilizer designed to promote deep roots and long-term plant health. 🌿

Finally, she refreshes her hellebores by trimming back old foliage and feeding them with Espoma Organic Holly-tone. This slow-release organic fertilizer is ideal for acid-loving plants and ensures strong, beautiful spring blooms. 🌸

From seed starting to shrub planting, Laura shows just how easy it is to grow a healthy, thriving garden with the help of Espoma Organic. If you’re looking to boost your garden naturally this season, reach for the organic fertilizers trusted by gardeners for over 95 years.

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VIDEO: How to Plant Daffodil Bulbs in Late Fall for Beautiful Spring Flowers 🌼 with Wyse Guide!

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Planting daffodil bulbs in late fall is the perfect way to prepare for a colorful spring garden. Kaleb Wyse from Wyse Guide shares his top tips for planting bulbs to set them up for success. A key step is using a high-quality organic fertilizer like Espoma Organic Bulb-tone when planting. The fertilizer provides essential nutrients that will be ready and waiting when the soil thaws, helping bulbs quickly establish roots and produce vibrant, healthy blooms in spring.

Don’t miss your window to plant before the ground freezes. With just a little effort now, you’ll enjoy bright, cheerful daffodils when spring arrives!

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VIDEO: Planting Camassia with Summer Rayne Oakes!

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Camassia, a native North American bulb, is a stunning spring bloomer that thrives in USDA hardiness zones 3-8. Often underutilized these bulbs are known for their striking blue, lavender, or white flowers.

In this video, Summer Rayne Oakes of Flock Finger Lakes shows how to plant Camassia bulbs and shares her top plant care tips. Summer recommends mixing in a high-quality organic fertilizer like Espoma Organic Bulb-tone when planting. This practice ensures these bulbs get the nutrients they need to produce big, beautiful blooms.

 

 

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VIDEO: Planting a FALL CONTAINER + HYDRANGEAS + Harvesting POTATOES with Garden Answer

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Join Laura from Garden Answer as she shows how to plant a stunning fall container filled with a mix of annuals and hydrangeas. Along the way, she shares practical gardening tips while sprucing up a flowerbed and harvesting potatoes from her vegetable garden.

To give her plants the best start, Laura uses Espoma Organic Potting Soil Mix for an ideal growing medium and adds Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus to ensure strong roots and big beautiful blooms.

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How to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Garden with the Right Plants ?

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Hummingbirds bring a magical touch to any garden with their vivid colors and swift, darting movements. Attracting these tiny birds is all about selecting the right plants that provide plenty of nectar and visual interest. Here are some of the best plants to add to your garden to make it a welcoming space for hummingbirds.

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1. Salvia (Sage)

Salvia is a hummingbird favorite due to its tubular flowers, which are perfect for their long beaks and tongues. With many varieties available, you can find salvias that bloom in shades of red, pink, purple, and blue—all of which will draw hummingbirds in.

Use Espoma Organic Flower-tone when planting to help provide the nutrients needed to produce these beautiful blooms.

Hummingbird next to bee balm plant

2. Bee Balm (Monarda)

Known for its unique, spiky blooms, bee balm is a magnet for hummingbirds. The bright red, pink, and purple flowers provide plenty of nectar and also attract butterflies and bees, adding even more life to your garden.

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3. Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans)

As its name suggests, the trumpet vine produces large, trumpet-shaped flowers that are ideal for hummingbirds. This vigorous climber can cover fences and trellises, providing a striking backdrop of orange or red blooms that hummingbirds will love.

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4. Fuchsia

Fuchsia plants are well-loved by hummingbirds for their pendulous, brightly colored flowers. These plants do well in hanging baskets and shaded areas, making them versatile additions to your garden space.

5. Honeysuckle (Lonicera)

Honeysuckle vines offer fragrant, tubular flowers that are perfect for attracting hummingbirds. Look for non-invasive varieties to ensure your garden stays balanced and thriving.

A ruby-throated hummingbird hovers next to a cardinal flower.

6. Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

With its stunning red spikes of flowers, the cardinal flower is a fantastic addition for attracting hummingbirds. This perennial thrives in moist areas, making it a good choice for gardens with water features.

A ruby-throated hummingbird gathering nectar from a butterfly bush.

7. Butterfly Bush (Buddleja)

Despite its name, the butterfly bush is not just for butterflies. Its clusters of small, tubular flowers are excellent sources of nectar for hummingbirds. This shrub comes in many colors, including purple, pink, and white, providing visual interest throughout the blooming season.

Planting Tips for Hummingbird Gardens

  • Variety is Key: Plant a mix of species that bloom at different times to ensure a steady supply of nectar from spring through fall.
  • Go Native: Whenever possible, choose native plants that hummingbirds are naturally attracted to and that will thrive in your local climate. When Planting, use Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus to provide the essential nutrients needed for these plants to establish strong roots in their new environment.
  • Provide Water: Hummingbirds are drawn to water sources for both drinking and bathing. Consider adding a birdbath or a water mister to your garden.

By incorporating these plants and following these tips, you can create a vibrant and inviting space that will attract hummingbirds to your garden, bringing color and life to your outdoor space. Enjoy the enchanting sight of these tiny birds flitting from flower to flower!

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VIDEO: Planting MUMS & BOXWOODS + Pruning TREE ROSES & More! with Garden Answer

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Follow along as Laura from Garden Answer pots up heirloom mums, prunes tree roses, and plants boxwoods—all with a little help from Espoma Organic Potting Mix and Bio-tone Starter Plus. ?? For deeper roots and bigger blooms, Espoma Organic makes all the difference.
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VIDEO: Using Different Types of ORGANIC Fertilizers ??? with Wyse Guide

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Join Kaleb Wyse from Wyse Guide in this gardening guide as he prepares strawberry beds, plants onions, and fertilizes fruit trees using different types of organic fertilizer.

Strawberry Beds Preparation: Kaleb uses Espoma Organic Berry-tone to boost blooms and improve soil health. He also beds the strawberries with weed-free straw to protect the berries and reduce pest issues.

Planting Onions: Espoma Organic Garden-tone is applied to promote healthy green growth in the onion bed. Kaleb carefully selects long-day onion varieties for better growth and storage.

Fertilizing Fruit Trees: In his orchard, Kaleb uses Espoma Organic Tree-tone to support healthy growth and enhance fruit production. He also showcases the benefits of the open vase pruning method for better light and air circulation.

Enhance your garden’s health and productivity with Kaleb’s tips and the help of Espoma organic fertilizers. ?

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