Flower Gardening: Growing, Selecting & Using Flowers in Garden Design
How to select, grow and use all types of flowers - perennials, annuals, tropicals - in your garden designs and containers.
A Tapestry of Cannas and Coleus: Victorian Ornamental Bedding Plants
No other plants create quite the tapestry of magnificent colors and textures as the popular Victorian era plants, cannas, caladiums and coleus. Here are some tips for combining these three stunning foliage plants, with each other and with the rest of your garden.
No other plants create quite the tapestry of magnificent colors and textures as the popular Victorian era plants, cannas, caladiums and coleus. Here are some tips for combining these three stunning foliage plants, with each other and with the rest of your garden.
What is a Perennial Plant?
Perennials are considered to be ornamental plants that do not die after one season of growth. But, not all plants with the ability to be perennial are hardy in all areas.
Perennials are considered to be ornamental plants that do not die after one season of growth. But, not all plants with the ability to be perennial are hardy in all areas.
What is an Annual Flower or Plant?
Garden plants are usually categorized as annuals, biennials and perennials. But then there are gray areas like hardy annuals and tender perennials. What does 'annual' actually mean?
Garden plants are usually categorized as annuals, biennials and perennials. But then there are gray areas like hardy annuals and tender perennials. What does 'annual' actually mean?
Selecting Healthy Plants
Get your garden off to a good start by choosing problem free plants.
Get your garden off to a good start by choosing problem free plants.
Garden Plants Suitable for Your Garden - USDA Hardiness Zone Map
Why are plants labeled by hardiness zone and what does it mean for your garden?
Why are plants labeled by hardiness zone and what does it mean for your garden?
Tips for Keeping Your Garden in Color All Season
Tricks for getting more blooms out of your plants and adding more color to your gardens.
Tricks for getting more blooms out of your plants and adding more color to your gardens.
Choosing Plants for a Small Garden - Garden Design
The difficulty in choosing plants for your garden is cutting down the list of plants you love to the list of plants you will use. This is even harder with a small garden. Try to avoid this challenge by creating a framework for plant selection, before you begin your list.
The difficulty in choosing plants for your garden is cutting down the list of plants you love to the list of plants you will use. This is even harder with a small garden. Try to avoid this challenge by creating a framework for plant selection, before you begin your list.
Grow Award Winning Plants
Growing new varieties of plants is the best way to learn what grows well for you. Some plant growers organizations give out annual Plant of the Year awards to point gardeners toward excellent choices for their own gardens.
Growing new varieties of plants is the best way to learn what grows well for you. Some plant growers organizations give out annual Plant of the Year awards to point gardeners toward excellent choices for their own gardens.
Edible Flowers - Growing Flowers that are Beautiful, As Well As Delicious
Edible flowers aren't a new phenomonon, but garnishes of fresh flowers tend to intimidate diners. No one is really sure if the flowers are there for decoration or to be eaten. It's hard to find edible flowers to purchase, but quite easy to grow most of them in your garden. Since flowers are best when eaten soon after harvest, growing your own edible flowers makes even more sense. Here are some tips.
Edible flowers aren't a new phenomonon, but garnishes of fresh flowers tend to intimidate diners. No one is really sure if the flowers are there for decoration or to be eaten. It's hard to find edible flowers to purchase, but quite easy to grow most of them in your garden. Since flowers are best when eaten soon after harvest, growing your own edible flowers makes even more sense. Here are some tips.
Companion Planting
There is no rule that says vegetables and flowers can’t mix. In fact, the vegetable garden will benefit greatly from the addition of some flowers and herbs. It’s not just esthetics that make flowers and herbs welcome in the vegetable garden. Companion Planting offers several beneficial features that can protect your vegetables from insect pests and even make them more productive.
There is no rule that says vegetables and flowers can’t mix. In fact, the vegetable garden will benefit greatly from the addition of some flowers and herbs. It’s not just esthetics that make flowers and herbs welcome in the vegetable garden. Companion Planting offers several beneficial features that can protect your vegetables from insect pests and even make them more productive.