Tips On How To Plant a Garden Full of Spring
Nothing makes me feel more like an artist than a bag of spring bulbs. Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus, and all the fascinating little ones—scillas, snowdrops, and chionodoxas—are like paints for
Flowering
Types Of Bellflowers For Your Garden
To most people, the name bellflowers mean campanulas, but the late L. H. Bailey expanded the term to include, too, those other members of the family whose flowers are also
Its Fun To Hybridize Iris
Are you one of the gardeners who has heard about hybridizing or breeding iris yet feels that the process requires more know-how or skill than you possess? If so, read
Growing Dwarf Iris Flowers: Indispensable Garden Members
Dwarf irises have an indispensable place in our gardens. Their low height, early bloom, hardiness, and modest cultural needs make them favored members of the iris family in which they
Iris Dichotoma (Vesper Iris) Star Of The Evening
Hybridizers and commercial horticulturists are constantly offering us new strains and improved varieties of old favorites in the hardy plant field, but not so often do we see a worthy
A True Tuberous Lily – The Gloriosa Lily
A true, tuberous lily that climbs by coiling its tendril-like leaf tips tightly around remote support. Gloriosa Lily flowers are frilled and wavy, the petals curved back sharply to show
Lycoris Squamigera: The Hardy Amaryllis Bulb For Shade
The Resurrection Lily – Lycoris squamigera is one of those plants touched with enchantment. Like larger daffodils, its leaves appear in early spring, die, and disappear by the first of
Seasons Of The Iris
I am convinced that a hobby helps to complete our enjoyment of life, and to me, there is no more safe, sane hobby than a garden, for the love of
How To Dig, Divide, And Store Dahlias
To prepare your dahlias for winter storage, cut the stems 6” inches or so above the ground after the first killing frost. Allow tubers to remain in the ground for
The Tiger Lily Grows Almost Anywhere
Residents of Michigan are lucky. There, the Tiger Lily grows wild in prairies. Its lovely orange petals, freckled with dark spots, offer a beautiful display in windblown fields. Fortunately, it