How To Grow Poppies For Vibrant Blooms
Oriental poppies are one of our hardiest and most colorful perennials. So many clumps 20 years old are still giving brilliance to gardens each spring. Unfortunately, many gardeners consider them
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Which Lilies Can Handle Tough Conditions?
Are you hesitant about growing lilies in our Mid-American climate, where drought, 100° degrees Fahrenheit, and high winds characterize most summers? You needn’t be, for some lilies, “toughies” on my
How To Crossbreed Lilies For Unique Varieties
Like to try your hand at lily hybridizing? Here’s how. Select the flower to be pollinated and remove the anthers or pollen-producing male organs before any pollen has been shed.
How To Grow Eastern American Lilies In Your Garden
Are you looking for a “sure thing” in summer flowers? Or does a plant that challenges your ingenuity to make it grow to have more appeal? You’ll find both among
What Are The Best Wildflowers For Summer?
We, gardeners, are human. We want to sway in the hammock when hot days come and watch the garden bloom. No flowers are better suited to this resistance to work
What Are The Flowers Of The Night?
Beautiful white flowers that open after dark and close as the sun rises are interesting and unusual enough. But also consider that such flowers may be sweetly scented, with sepals
Why Start Growing Pansies In August?
The pansy is of easy culture, blossoms profusely for months, and maybe had in many colors from delicate pastel shades to rich, dark tones, some solid colors, others blotched, penciled,
How To Grow Fine Lilies?
If an adage fits a specific situation, “Don’t plant a five-dollar tree in a two-bit hole,” applies to lily planting. In other words. don’t plant a good lily bulb in
Can You Grow Lilies From May To September?
If you are growing lilies for the first time, you are entering one of the most exciting and rewarding of all garden adventures. Until recently, lilies were considered exotic and
Which Wildflowers Are Best For Your Garden?
Several years ago, when I checked one of the country’s best nursery catalogs, I found over 50 species and varieties of our native wildflowers listed as common garden flowers. Other