Celebrating Spring with Its Earliest Blooms
I’ve been told by gardeners more times than I can count that they find their greatest gardening joy in the early spring flowers. But they’re usually talking about daffodils and
Flowering
Seasonal Showstoppers: Chrysanthemums & Tulips
I am fond of chrysanthemums and like to grow many of the better varieties for their beauty in the garden and arrangements and to give them away to friends as
Lilac Wisdom: Highland Park’s Lilac Secrets
Since fall planting is considered an important factor in the future development of good shrubs in the Rochester, New York, climate, additions to the world-famous lilac collection at Highland Park
Tulips: Plant Now, Enjoy Tulip Treasure Later!
Now, and every year at this time, a wonderful gardening ritual is taking place. Gardeners, by the hundreds of thousands, are planting millions of tulip bulbs shaped like dark brown
How To Provide The Best Setting For Lilies
When lilies became an important part of my work, and I wanted to plant the various new hybrids and the species right around my own home where I could observe
A.e. Curtis The Poppy Man Of Cincinnati
Arthur E. Curtis likes to give his mother, Anna E. Curtis Goetting, credit for the success he has had as a hybridizer of fine Oriental poppies. She was an outstanding
Tall and Majestic: The Latest in Bearded Iris Varieties
One of tine most amusing occurrences in my garden each spring is to have one to a dozen admirers of the iris bring a bloom from their garden to compare
A Flourish Of Flowers In Any Garden
Never heard of it. Most likely, you have, but under its proper name, Lilium speciosum rubrum. When admiring visitors ask me its name, I give them the botanical title, but
American Gardeners Book Of Bulbs
There are bulbs for every gardener. A few kinds respond only to the persuasions of those whose thumbs are so green that they can almost cause a table leg to
Whats Popular In Daffodils
In many countries, daffodils are apt to bloom when pleasant days are few and disappointments are few. This is usually due to the weather, which is highly variable and changeable