Professional Gardening Tips
The independence and joy that come with owning a garden and reaping its benefits can easily get overshadowed by pets eating the vegetables first or destroying the garden beds. Gardeners love their pets, but they also love their gardens. To […]
Cabbage is a valuable crop in both commercial and home gardens, but it attracts a wide range of insects that can cause serious damage if left unchecked. Many cabbage pests feed on leaves, stems, or roots, leaving plants stunted and […]
Aubrietia – Purple Rock Cress, False Wall Cress – Arabis Early in the Spring, our eyes search for color in the garden. We grow the Rock Cress (Axabis) for white, Golden Alyssum for yellow, and Aubrietia for purple, rose, and […]
Yucca – Adam’s Needle and Thread, Spanish Bayonet The stiff, broad, sword-shaped leaves of Yucca ,filamenlosa are familiar to all. In Midsummer the flower stalks, rising to a height of 6 feet, are also familiar. The flowers are white and pendulous. […]
Gaillardia – Blanket Flower The satisfactory Blanket Flowers deserve a place in all gardens. They are showy, bloom under adverse conditions and are easy of culture. The great improvement in colors which has gone on in recent years is marvelous. […]
Gypsophila – Baby’s Breath, Chalk Plant, Gauze Flower, Fairies’ Breath The Gypsophila is one of the daintiest of the old-fashioned flowers with a misty grace which is not found in other flowers. The flowers themselves are tiny, white or blush-white […]
Heather – Heath The American finds it almost unholy to write of Heather because his remarks may be read by a Scotchman who might wonder by what right an American obtained permission to discuss these bonny plants. There are a […]
Trollius – Globe Flower The Globe Flower is a glorified Buttercup; its leaves and flowers resemble the Buttercup in form but are larger. Improved varieties have orange, gold, orange-red and lemon-colored flowers, often double. The commonest species is Trollius […]
The Knot Weed is a very ornamental plant for any garden because the foliage is so beautifully tinted in Autumn. Some of the varieties grow very high and greatly resemble Bamboo in growth. Polygonum sochalinense is one of this type, […]
Information on 50+ Perennials Perennial Flower Garden – How to Common Name Latin Aaron’s Beard Accommodation Flower Adam’s Needle Alkanet Allegheny Vine Althaea Alum Root American Heather American Senna Astilbe Avens Baby’s Breath Barrenwort Basket of Gold Beard Tongue Bee […]