Author: Bobby

Bobby Dockery is the owner of Bobby & Lynn’s Plant Farm in Dallas, Georgia. Bobby and Lynn grow hydrangeas and flowering shrubs for local gardeners and share practical advice based on their hands-on experience. Their goal is to make gardening easier, more enjoyable, and occasionally a little less expensive than it sounded in your head. Real Plants. Real People. Real Passion.

Young leafy seedlings in a black seed tray on a wooden surface with red-handled pruning shears nearby in a garden setting.

How to Clone Shrubs from Cuttings the Easy Way

Easy Summer Softwood Cutting Guide for Everyone Learning how to clone shrubs from cuttings is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to make more plants from the shrubs you already love. Instead of buying new plants every season, you can use simple softwood summer cuttings to grow new hydrangeas, weigela, butterfly bushes, Rose…

Garden bed with white flowering shrubs beside a pink blossoming tree, mulch ground, and a wooden sign about clay soil.

Best Shrubs and Trees for Planting in Clay Soil

Flowering Plants That Handle Heavy Clay Heavy clay soil can make gardening feel like you are planting in wet cement with roots. It holds water, drains slowly, and can become hard as a brick during dry weather. The good news is that many flowering shrubs and small trees for clay soil can still thrive when…

Small white flowering hydrangea tree in a landscaped garden bed by a stone house exterior.

How to Train Flowering Shrubs into Tree Form

How to Train Flowering Shrubs into Tree Form Learning how to train shrubs into tree shapes is a great way to add height, charm, and a custom-designed look to your landscape. Tree-form shrubs, also called standard shrubs, are regular shrubs trained to grow with one main trunk and a rounded or shaped top. Popular choices…

Side-by-side shrubs: left a pink, spring-blooming bush being pruned with red-handled shears; right a white-flowered shrub pruned in late winter with gloved hands.

How to Prune Spring-Blooming vs. Summer-Blooming Bushes

A Visual Step-by-Step Guide to Pruning Flowering Bushes the Right Way Knowing how and when to prune spring-blooming vs. summer-blooming bushes can make the difference between a shrub covered in beautiful flowers and a sad green meatball wondering what happened to its blooms. Pruning flowering bushes is important for healthy growth, better shape, stronger stems,…

Honeybee collecting nectar from pink blossoms on a plant with green leaves in sunny light on a blue sky background.

Best Flowering Plants and Shrubs to Attract Pollinators

Create a Beautiful Pollinator Garden That Buzzes with Life If you want a landscape that is colorful, lively, and helpful to nature, planting pollinator magnets is one of the best ways to start. Pollinator magnets are flowering plants, shrubs, and small trees that attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other beneficial insects. These hardworking garden visitors…

Colorful front-yard garden with white hydrangeas, yellow shrubs, pink flowers, red foliage shrub, stone border, and glowing pathway lights.

Best Low-Maintenance Shrubs for Your Front Yard

Easy Front Yard Shrubs Choosing the best low-maintenance shrubs for your front yard is one of the smartest ways to create beautiful curb appeal without spending every weekend pruning, watering, begging, or questioning your life choices in the mulch bed. Front yard shrubs help frame your home, add color, create structure, and make your landscape…