Planting Daylily Bulbs and More
When, How and Where Can I Plant Daylilies? The preferred planting seasons are spring and fall, but you can plant daylilies any time the ground is frost free. Plant daylilies so the light green line just above the roots is covered with one to... Read More...
Replanting Flowers the Why
When we thrill to the sight of a beautiful flower we may forget its real purpose in the over-all plan and think only of its aesthetic qualities… color and fragrance, and perhaps be conscious of texture and form. We may even forget momentarily that... Read More...
Achimenes Bulbs Welcomed Garden Additions
Achimenes, close kin of African violets, are welcome additions to gardens in. They thrive on heat and make wonderful window garden and porch box plants. The north side of a building, or the dappled shade of a tree provide ideal light conditions for... Read More...
Sweet William Dianthus - The Pinks
Not many gardeners know that the pinks (Dianthus, pronounced dye-AN-thus) are among the oldest of the cultivated flowering plants. Reference is made to the clove carnation by Pliny in the first century A.D. Wild forms of Dianthus occur in central and... Read More...
Mail Order Gardening Catalogs More Plants More Color
There is a wide selection of mail order gardening catalogs available online. No matter what kind of gardening and plants do you want to read about? To help you in your search for mail order sources, below are a few mail order and online gardening... Read More...
How To Succeed with Gladiolus
How many times have you admired a beautiful spike of gladiolus, or an arrangement of glads, and wished that you too could grow similar flowers? It isn’t as difficult as one might imagine. Gladiolus can be grown on any soil that will grow... Read More...
Outdoor Planters and Window Boxes A Far Cry from the Old Days
Today’s planter boxes are a far cry from its predecessor. The earlier day contemporary of our modern “planters” was an unwieldy affair and usually in place only because it was in vogue at the time. These “planters”... Read More...
