Iris are easy to grow
This vast family of beautiful perennials is one of the most important of all garden plants. There are hundreds of varieties ranging through almost every color, differing in ...
Gladiolus Care
Gladiolus
Don’t leave glads out of your garden plans for this summer. One season of growing them will let you understand why gladiolus are a top favorite with so many people.
The gla...
Planting Care on Gladiolus
Gladiolus for a long blooming season
Gladiolus offer a wide range of colors, a long period of bloom with excellent lasting qualities. Their comparative case of culture makes them a welcome additi...
Plant care for Loganberry
Loganberry
The loganberry is, perhaps, the supreme bramble type of berry, as it is ideal for stewing, jam- and jelly-making, bottling, canning, juice extraction and wine making. The berries can a...
Growing Paeonia
Growing Peonies – Paeonia
May and June gardens would lack something without this outstandingly beautiful garden flower. The peony shoots off its display of bloom in a relatively short numbe...
How to grow Begonias from seed – tuberous
Begonias
Large-flowered begonias are usually grown from tubers, but they can be grown from seed and they will flower about eight months after sowing if sufficient heat is available. There are man...
How to grow Helenium
How to grow Helenium
Ask anyone if he knows sneezeweed and chances are that he can’t place it. But tell him about the splendid helenium or Helens flower you had last fall and you have his s...
Planting Information on popular plants
Planting Information on popular plants
“Isn’t it pretty, I simply must have one of those” is a phrase which has rung the death knell of any number of gardens. Bought for some pa...
Garden Planning – What you need to know
Whether you are planting the grounds of a new home or improving the garden of an established home, start with a plan. Your garden can express you the same as oils on a canvas express the artist. ...
How to grow Lilacs
How to grow Lilacs
When it’s lilac-blooming time again this year from early May until end of June-will your garden be replete with their white, violet, pink, blue; and purple flowers? Certa...