Sooner or later, every gardener falls in love with a few select perennials. Perennials are flowering plants that live many years, but die back during their dormant season which is usually winter...
15 of the Best Smelling and Fragrant flowers
Fragrance in flowers is such a desirable attribute that it’s a perennial complaint of many gardeners that modern varieties of various plants, particularly roses, lack all or most of the fr...
LET’S PARTY: A 12-MONTH PARTY OF FLOWERS
Whether you are planning a birthday party or a formal dinner for business associates, flowers can play an important role in the decorations. But you don’t have to settle for run-of-the-mil...
Gardening with Shade Flowers
When acquiring plants for a shade garden, remember that plants grow slowly in the shade, so get large plants. Plants often grow differently in the shade and some experimentation with size and bl...
Annual Flowers – Try growing them form seed
Try growing them from seed and enjoy producing miracles of color.
ClassesAnnuals may be classified according to the time that their seeds may be safely sown. There are many ann...
27 Annual flowers garden design you can plant.
Annuals are easy to grow, but we need a little help finding a great plan to follow. Enclosed is a design supporting 27 annual flowers. 1. Cosmos Primrose 2. zinnia Calif. Giant. Lemon Queen 3. ...
Using annual flowers for quick color
When you want lots of color quickly, flowers to cut by the armful and bloom all summer, you want annuals. For earliest possible bloom, sow seeds indoors, then transplant-or buy started plants in ...
Scabiosa – Annual Flowers
The long stems and tufted flowers of the annual Scabiosa (S. atropurpurea) are charming. The colors also are pleasing in all cases white, light pink, rose, fiery scarlet, pale yellow, azure blue...
75 Colorful Annual Flowers for your Garden
Notes on Annual Plant Descriptions
Detail information addressing 50 types of annuals and how to use them in your garden. Did you know some annuals are hardier than others? Our notes for eac...
Annuals and Biennials for the Cool Greenhouse – Greenhouse flowers
Raising plants from seed is a most economical means of providing a long-lasting display for the cool greenhouse. Where a minimum night temperature of about 45°F (7°C) can be maintained the choice...