5 ways to improve your garden this week, May 11-17

1. Mother’s Day blooms
For Mother’s Day, visit your local garden center to see what’s in bloom, and buy a few new plants for Mom – guaranteed to warm her heart. Full size or miniature roses are always a treat. So are brightly colored amaryllis, blue-flowered lilies of the Nile (Agapanthus) and daylilies in a wide array of colors. These and Euryops (yellow daisies), lantana, geranium and statice make good, colorful perennial fillers around standard green plants i