The Denver Post Apps
Denver Post Garden Colorado 3.0.0.3.74401
Tough. Gorgeous. Just like our state’sheart-stopping mountains, gardening in Colorado is a beautifulbalance of extremes. The Denver Post’s Garden Colorado harvests adecade of the best advice and inspiration for anyone who growsanything here, be it a lawn, a vegetable garden, breathtakingflowers or a grove of sheltering trees. Because like everythingelse at a mile high, gardening here is different.We’ll tell you how:• To understand and tend the soil, lawn, and landscape you’vealready got• Create bounty and flavor with productive, pest-freevegetables• Wow the whole neighborhood with season-spanning flowerdisplays• Thwart the limits of small spaces with containersYou’ll understand Colorado’s climate and its challenges in newways, and be able to tap all the resources in your community withthe touch of a finger. Month-by-month to-do lists chart the wholegrowing season for the lawn, trees, perennials, flower, herb andvegetable patch. “Five easy species” features clue you intospecific varieties tried and tested in Colorado’s soil andColorado’s temperatures. You’ll also learn about how to garden inways that sip water — and thwart wildfire risks.Learn how to grow and nurture:• Lettuce — one of the easiest crops for our state, in a garden orin containers.• Herbs — the crop no kitchen or cook can do without.• Bulbs — repeat guests with showstopping color and glamour.• Shrubs — bringing structure, bloom, scent and pollinators to youryard.• Berries — the taste of summer that makes you the envy of thetown.• Tomatoes — manage the “difficult divas” with the right soil andcare.• Trees — select, plant, prune and enjoy the best choices for ourregion.• Plants — to enhance, protect and beautify your property.A visually satisfying array of photos to illustrate the explanatorytext is also part of this app. And just to round things out wethrow in some high-country recipes and visit some amazing Coloradogardens to meet the fascinating, funny, quirky and ingeniousgardeners behind them.
