Professional Gardening Tips
Hosta – Plantain Lily Two sorts of flowers have been called Day Lilies-Funkia (or Hosta, as it is sometimes called) and Hemerocallis. Both are old favorites in the garden. The flowers of the latter group are orange and yellow Most […]
Coreopsis – Tickseed Coreopsis is surely one plant that should be in every garden as it is one of the most popular hardy, yellow flowers. The common name, Tickseed, is very appropriate because the seed of the plant looks like […]
Papaver – Oriental Poppy, Iceland Poppy There are Poppies and Poppies, old-fashioned ones and new varieties, and it would almost seem that they grow more dazzling and more gorgeous each year. Perhaps they are grown in a greater number of […]
Perennials requiring additional water drainage to help them survive. Recommend adding pumus,sand or do a raised garden if you are having problems keeping these perennials alive. PERENNIALS REQUIRING WELL- DRAINED SITUATIONS Arabis alpina (Alpine Rockcress) Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed) Aubrietia deltoides […]
The Heleniums are tall growing autumnal plants which are closely related to the Sunflower. The blooming period is from June to the end of September and during this time the plants are covered with flowers of mahogany-crimson, coppery-bronze, lemon-yellow, and […]
Geranium – Cranesbill, Herb Robert The plants, usually called Geraniums, are really Pelargoniums and do not come within the scope of this book. The true Geraniums are hardy perennials growing 12 inches to 18 inches tall. They range in color […]
Gentiana – Gentian There are almost as many Gentians in poems and books about flowers as there are real Gentians in the woods. Two sorts are to be found by much hunting through United States. They are the Closed […]
Information on 50+ Perennials INSECT AND DISEASE CONTROL The regular use of chemicals will control chewing and sucking insects and most fungus disease, preventing damage before it starts.
During the early Summer months, the roadsides, railroad tracks, and banks of streams are brightened immensely when the Orange Day Lilies come into bloom. They grow so freely and in so many out of the way places that many people […]
There is hardly a group of flowers which possess such rare beauty as does the large genus of Campanulas. There are many sorts, some growing inches high and some from 4 feet to 6 feet high, but all have more […]