Propagating Peonies: How To Propagate Tree Peonies
Division of tree peonies is so uncertain and slow that we must resort to grafting—a specialist’s job if ever there was one—to propagate this plant. Different Peony Propagation Methods Grafting
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Growing Iris Through the Seasons
One of the outstanding features of the iris family is its long season of bloom. In the early spring, while the weather is still cool, the violet-blue flowers of Iris
What Is A Tulip Poplar?
Whether you know it as tulip poplar, whitewood, tulip tree, yellow poplar, or simply poplar, it is the same handsome giant, straight as a flagpole, with yellow-green and orange tuliplike
Tips On How To Use Dwarf Daylilies In The Garden
For years, we have struggled to produce bigger and better things, but we have finally come to our senses and have begun to demand the small and the compact. It
Growing Tree Peonies Is Different
For 50 years, I have grown tree peonies. I remember my first glimpse of them in the catalog of an old British firm, Kelway & Co. Even those little prints
Chrysanthemania: The Crazy Feeling Of Growing Giant Chrysanthemums
Do you have “chrysanthemania?” There are several symptoms: The quickening of the pulse when standing in front of a display where the big mums are “showing off” in the fall
Try Isoloma The African Violet Relative For Variety
When a friend sent me a strange-looking creeping rhizome labeled tydaea, it seemed that the loosely put-together little white tuber could never produce a spark of life. But, I planted
They Were Called Thimble Begonias: Do You Know Them?
Every so often, growers herald a new begonia. Sometimes it comes from a distant land, but it is often a hybrid introduced by specialists. Few of us realize how much
Growing Achimenes Plants: How to Care for the Orchid Pansy
Achimenes longiflora is a perennial herbaceous plant. The genus comprises about 30 species, of which most are native to South America and some to Mexico. Some species are widely grown
Growing Cineraria Flowers: How To Care For Pericallis Hybrid Plants
Cineraria, also commonly known as the “first flower of the spring,” is a tender perennial flowering plant belonging to the Pericallis genus and from the Asteraceae family, also referred to