Resources

Lighting
Defining Sun Requirements for plants- What do they all mean?!? Full shade: refers to areas in your garden that receive fewer than four hours of sun each day. Partial shade and Partial sun: refer to areas of your garden that receive between four hours and six hours of sun each day. If your plant calls for partial shade, it will do better at the lower end of this sun exposure scale. If your plant calls for partial sun, it will do better at the higher end of this time frame. Full Sun: refers to areas in your garden that receive at least six hours of sun each day.
Annual/Perennial
What zone am I gardening in? Annual: live for one growing season then die Perennial: regrow every spring. Linked is a map to find what zone you're gardening in. https://garden.org/nga/zipzone/
Landscaping
Creating a pollinator friendly landscape - Select plants that provide habitat and food for pollinators. Follow the link for the University of Minnesot aextension to see a more detailed approch https://www.beelab.umn.edu/bees/flowers/plants-mn-bees
Watering
Confused about how much and when to water your potted containers? Here is a link to the University of Minnesota talking about fertilizing and watering. https://extension.umn.edu/managing- soil-and-nutrients/fertilizing-and watering-container-plants
Soil Amendements
Soil Amendments are materials added to soil to improve soil structure, enhance drainage or moisture retention, adjust your soil's pH, or add nutrients. For example: you might add peat to your soil to improve the soil structure, or you might use compost as a soil amendment to add nutrients and improve your soil's structure. Different types of plants like different types of soil, so there is non uniform answer regarding which soil amendments you should use. For example azaleas like acidic soil, so you might want to mix in peat moss if a soil test shows that your soil is on the alkaline side.
Dividing Perennials How- When-Why
Follow the link to the University of Minnesota extension https://extension.umn.edu/planting-and-growing-guides/dividing-perennials