Life Within The Soil
Some of us wonder if you may care to tell us about the life tinder on the soil’s surface. We know that life there runs along for Mother Nature quite
Flowering
Wait For Spring Best Planted Now
All gardeners like the Overton’s, who have experienced many spring seasons of gardening—those few short, rushed weeks when it seems as though everything has to be done—cherish the longer, unhurried
Lilies For Tomorrow
The popular expression, to gild the lily, means to attempt to improve something that is already perfect. Hybridizers, however, never believing that the lily could not be improved, have strived
You Can Take It With You
What if you rent your house? Or if you may move at any time, even to another city? Is a greenhouse a good investment? One working couple, the Brennans, now
Plant Carpets Around Your Tulips
Although contrasting tulips with perennials is an old gardening trick, a variation is seen in the above photograph, where tulips are surrounded by low-growing, spreading perennials. The white plant (above),
Start Off With These Daffodils
Supposing you are planting daffodil bulbs for the first time this fall. If you are living in a new home, you may not yet have decided where your gardens will
Rose Yesterday Today Tomorrow
The year was 1953, the month of September. This month in the city of Columbus, Ohio. The American Rose Society is setting up its new headquarters. Its modern-style new home
Judging At Fall Shows
Did you ever stop to examine a flower show entry decked with a blue ribbon and say, “I don’t see how anyone could have given that first prize? Just look,
Garden With Bulbs!
Bulbs are for everyone who grows plants or who arranges flowers. They’re for beginners who’ll give them a minimum of know-how and care and for experts who take great boundless
Sunflowers—A Diversified Family
The genus Helianthus has several species which have been hybridized and selected until today. A wide assortment of perennial and annual sunflowers add charm and interest to a garden. Helianthus