Arabis – Rock Cress, Wall Cress The Rock Cress is a small, white, four-petaled flower, and its masses of snowy bloom early in the Spring contrast beautifully with the Basket of Gold (Alyssum saxatile compactum) and the blue False Wall […]
Planting Colorful Chrysanthemums for Your Garden
Beautiful hardy Fall Chrysanthemums October and November are the months which marshal in the Chrysanthemums and if these months be cold and rainy, the flowers do not develop well, but if the days are warm and the nights frosty, but […]
How to Plant or Grow Perennial Flower Garden
Plant Perennials To Have More Beauty with Less Work Perennials are an indispensable part of every garden, regardless of size. They are a source of background in color and size and provide an abundance of cut flowers. The long-time standard […]
Gardening for Wellness: How Cultivating Plants Can Boost Your Mental Health
I don’t know about you, but I’m grateful that mental health is being taken seriously across sectors. If you are in the know, you’d understand exactly what I mean and how negative an impact ignorance has had on people struggling […]
Macleaya cordata – Plume Poppy, Tree Celandine, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Plume poppy, Macleaya cordata, Bocconia, Tree Celandine The Plume Poppy (Bocconia cordata, Macleaya cordata) is perhaps one of the most imposing plants of the hardy border, for it grows from 6 feet to 10 feet high. The general aspect of […]
Plumbago – Leadwort, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Plumbago Larpenlx or Ceratostigma plumbaginoides is one of the very late blooming small border plants. Because it is such a persistent blooming plant from July until freezing weather in the Winter, it is very much valued at the time of […]
Callirhoe – Poppy Mallow, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Callirhoe – Poppy Mallow The Poppy Mallow has long, trailing stems with many saucer shaped or Poppy-shaped flowers. These flowers are borne in the axils of the leaves and vary in color from rosy crimson to cherry red and rose, […]
Summer Forget-me-not, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Summer Forget-me-not planting care One of the colors which all amateur gardeners wish is a good, strong blue, one which does not fade easily but which holds its own. Anchusas when planted in large masses, appear as a misty sea […]
Growing Greenhouse Tomatoes
Tomatoes can be grown in many different types of greenhouses, as a visit to any large allotment area near any big city will prove. I have known, for instance, that tomatoes grow successfully in only 6 inches of soil placed […]
PREPARING PERENNIAL BEDS
Information on 50+ Perennials PREPARING PERENNIAL BEDS Spade deeply . . . 12 to 15 inches. If some plants are growing in the bed, remove them and “heel” them into a small trench. Add humus and drainage material … Stir […]