Flowers

6 Tips for Dividing Perennials in the Spring

Perennials offer great value in the flower or shade garden. These plants come back year after year with really minimal…

4 weeks ago

Rose Mallow Hibiscus: Southern Belle Knocks Your Socks Off in August

I have a perversion. When I go for a walk around my place, it may appear that I’m enjoying my…

10 months ago

Growing a Butterfly Garden: Host Plants to Attract Butterflies

Whether you just want to have lovely, colorful things flitting around in your garden, or you want to venture into…

1 year ago

Edible Landscape Additions: Elderberries and Goji Berries

If you are looking for hardy additions to your edible landscape, elderberries and goji berries are two top choices.  Both…

1 year ago

Iris Pseudocorus: Exotica on the Cheap

I don't know about you, but one of the things I appreciate most in a plant, that is, if I'm…

1 year ago

The Moonlight Garden: A Composition in White

American writer, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), gave a magical description of wandering through a moonlight garden that is as true now…

2 years ago

A Pansy for Your Thoughts: A Walk Through a Shakespearian Garden

"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember: and there is pansies. That's for thoughts. There's fennel for you, and…

3 years ago