Summer Flower Garden Care
Spring is a busy time for flower gardeners, and it can be a relief to take a break in the hottest months to enjoy the fruits of your labor. However, industrious gardeners know that a few carefully planned...
Spring is a busy time for flower gardeners, and it can be a relief to take a break in the hottest months to enjoy the fruits of your labor. However, industrious gardeners know that a few carefully planned...
It’s easy to understand why nurseries use words like mint, lime, and pistachio to describe their green flower varieties: the colors are simply delicious! Plant some green flowers as cool companions...
Each year, Fleuroselect, an international organization that promotes ornamental plants through expert testing and independent judging, recognizes a few select flowers with its Fleuroselect Gold Medal....
There are fragrant flowers, and there are edible flowers, but what about flowers that smell like something everyone loves to eat? If the notion of chocolate scented flowers surprises you or causes doubt,...
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. This proverb is analogous to giving the gardening mom in your life fresh cut flowers for mother’s...
You’ve seen them at every nursery and home improvement center: bales of peat moss, that fluffy brown stuff gardeners add to their clay or sandy soil to improve the flowerbed. However, there are some...
It’s fun to buy the latest gadgets and new plant introductions for the flower garden, but sometimes our green thumbs are bigger than our wallets. Discover four ways to satisfy your need to expand...
Roses can be finicky plants, but you can maximize the blooming potential of your roses by following the basic tenets of rose culture and maintenance. Here are six ways to get more rose blossoms for your...
When you walk down the fertilizer aisle at the nursery or home improvement center, the second thing you’ll notice about the aisle (after the distinctive smell) is the array of formulations. You’ll...
If you've experienced failure in the flower garden, perhaps you've written yourself off as having a brown thumb. However, even experienced gardeners make mistakes resulting from impatience and...