Professional Gardening Tips
Gardens, both old and new, cannot be what they are unless Phloxes are present in all their brilliant colors to enliven the Summer months just before the Fall flowers come into bloom and after the Spring flowers have finished. Phloxes […]
The form of the Daisy is admired by all, so that it is strange that more persons do not grow the lovely Daisies known as Pyrethrums. The flowers are bright in color and are borne on long stems. They might […]
Sedum – Stonecrop If there is a rocky spot in your garden you will desire a number of sorts of Sedums, for they are most interesting in habit, leaf and flower. Sedums are wild with us in America, but there […]
Cactus, Hardy – Opuntia, Echinocactus The Cacti, as everyone knows, are plants with thick, fleshy stems covered with spines, for usually there are no leaves. The Opuntias, which are perhaps the most common ones grown in the northern states, have […]
The False Dragon Head (Physostegia virginiana) is another one of the few August blooming plants. It is extremely beautiful with spikes of rosy pink, lilac, or white flowers, which are tube-shaped and similar to a tiny Snapdragon blossom. The buds […]
Hypericum – St. John’s Wort, Aaron’s Beard, Gold Flower Literally speaking, these flowers either seem to be made of gold or to be holding the golden rays of sunlight within their small petaled cups. Real, genuine pleasure is derived by […]
Baptisia – False Indigo, Wild Indigo The Baptisias are strong growing plants with yellow, white, and dark blue flowers which somewhat resemble the Lupine, being pea shaped. The flowers grow on a spike about 6 inches long. False Indigo (Baptisia […]
Snow-in-Summer is surely a very descriptive name for this low growing, white flowered and silvery foliaged plant. There are myriads of small white flowers produced in June from a dense mat of growth. Cerastium tomentosum is the common species and […]
Edging your garden provides a clean crisp look. Your garden borders will stand out when there’s a clean edge between the planting area and your landscape paths, driveway, sidewalk, and your lawn. Common edging, such as stone, wood, or brick, […]
A constant, old-fashioned garden favorite! Hollyhocks have been universally admired for hundreds of years. They are stately, majestic, towering plants that add beauty wherever they are grown. What other plant has such a stately habit or so many transparent, lovely […]