Better Lawns are Autumn Sponsored
Crisp blue skies and coloring sumac spell many things… the heady aroma of evening outdoor fire pit, football around the corner, and glorious less encumbered weekends to putter outdoors. For the Midwest, gardening mostly under a continental... Read More...
Growing Lilies in Indiana
Inscriptions of lilies have been found on vases and Assyrian monuments dating back to 1300 B.C., yet until recent years hybridizers have all but completely overlooked the lilies. History tells us that as early as 1535 our native meadow lily... Read More...
Lilies Bloom in August
If you are one who considers the lily season practically over when Madonnas wither in June and regals shed their last petals in July, you may be amazed at the list of satisfying and beautiful August blooming lilies. Of course, the weather has... Read More...
Achimenes Cettoana Flowers
Achimenes cettoana is a compact plant showing upright growth. The plant grows more than a foot tall. Producing smallish flowers, Achimenes cettoana blooms from late spring to fall. Achimenes plants bear gorgeous flowers that come in an array of colors... Read More...
Madonna Lily - The Loveliest Lily
The Madonna lily, Lilium candidum, has been cultivated in gardens for a long time over 3,400 years. Such popularity is richly deserved for it is the loveliest lily in existence. Fortunately it is also one of the easiest to raise successfully in ordinary... Read More...
African Violets More than a House Plant
African violets have many attractions to those how grow them at home. One of their pluses is that success can most certainly be achieved even under rather makeshift conditions. However, no one can dispute the possibilities of the African violet... Read More...
Bougainvillea Flowers
Commonly called the Paper Flowers, Bougainvillea Flowers were named after Louis A. de Bougainville, a French navigator. This plant is a native of Brazil and they usually exhibit brilliant colors that are believed to be representations of the Mediterranean... Read More...
House Plants for Low, Medium and High Light
Email is always coming in with questions about what house plants are the best indoors and what light they should have. Plants add decoration, softness and say “welcome” when you have them inside. I guess that is something at times... Read More...
The Scared Lotus Lily
The sacred lotus lily is, I think, the king of all aquatics. Although it has also been called queen, aristocrat and lord of the pool, I have always preferred to think of it as king, because it grows well above all the other waterlilies, as though reaching... Read More...
The Europa Daylily
The Europa daylily is a familiar plant throughout a considerable area of the United States. Colonies of this perennial with herbaceous habit of growth form dense masses of robust, grasslike foliage with numerous scopes or flower stems which... Read More...
