How To Make Daffodils Work For You?
How many weeks of daffodil bloom do you have in your garden? If less than four, something is radically wrong with your planting. If you select types and varieties with
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Professional Tips On How To Hybridize Iris Flowers
Fred W. Cassebeer, a well-known iris hybridizer, shares what to select for in your iris hybridizing and how to make the cross. If the average gardener were suddenly asked, “What
Answer: When Does The Bulb Storing Season Start?
In September the planting of perennials is in full swing in the Middle West. As one expert puts it, “Peonies should be transplanted at 9:00 A.M. on September 15.” Not
Bud Drop On The West Coast: What Is The Cause?
Although autumn does not arrive officially for a few more days, the colorful flowers of summer are already disappearing in the higher altitudes and leaves are changing color. In the
Iris for the South
“Southern gardeners are no pikers, by any means, lit growing iris,” says Boyce M. Edens, one of Atlanta’s and the South’s well-known iris specialists. “In fact,” adds Mr. Edens, “the
Growing Begonia x Tuberhybrida Plants: How To Care For Tuberous Begonias
Tuberous Begonias, also known as its botanical Name Begonia x tuberhybrida (bay-GO-nee-a tu-ber-HY-brid-a), are popular and beautiful summer flowering bulbs belonging to the genus Begonia and a member of the
Plant Your Garden With Colorful Daylilies
My interest in daylilies or hemerocallis started from the knowledge that they were among the few perennials that would grow well under the large trees on my property and from
How to Have a Border Full of Spring Flowers
Staging a continuous and satisfactory display of bloom in the perennial border poses the same kind of problem to the gardener as the presentation of a “hit” show does to
Give Your Daffodils a Natural Setting
The technically minded say narcissus, the more poetically inclined say daffodil, and some prefer jonquil to either. But whatever name they use they all have in mind the loveliest of
How To Grow The Madonna Lily: Readers Share Their Success Care Tips
The following are responses to a request for cultural information on the Madonna lily from readers who have grown this lily successfully in their gardens over the years. Doing Well