Do you have a trellis to cover, a window box to fill, or perhaps a spot in the rock garden to accent with color? Of all garden plants, the rose is one of the most versatile. Today there are many types of roses from which to choose. They range from the 5″ to 10″ inch … Read more
Thanks to the skill of hybridizers, modern petunias are the answer to a gardener’s dream. There is scarcely a place about the home grounds where they cannot be used effectively. They give quantities of colorful flowers all summer and require little care. Types Of Petunias In Seed Catalogs Among the various types you will find … Read more
The biggest moment in the life of a chrysanthemum comes the day it wins a blue ribbon at a flower show. Its life starts as a cutting taken from a healthy stock plant sometime between May 15 and July 15. Then constant care for the next 2 months or more on the grower’s part brings … Read more
Annual flowers are like the few bright toss pillows on a beige or gray sofa. They accent. They cheer. They are easily removed or replaced. Mass planting is not the only key to success in landscaping with annuals. Sometimes the attractive planting contains very few annual plants. Even carefully worked out color combinations may disappoint. … Read more
Since I live in Springfield, Massachusetts, I suppose I should be fond of hardy plants—they are a logical choice for this part of the country. But there is no accounting for flower preferences, and undeterred by the climate, I decided to grow camellias about five years ago. At first, tried them in a greenhouse during … Read more
Vinca major ‘Variegata’ is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the genus Vinca and from the Apocynaceae, commonly known as the dogbanes family. It’s a popular cultivar of the Vinca major species. The genus name Vinca is derived from the Latin word “vincere”, which means “to bind,” and references when Romans used this creeping vine to … Read more
Babiana (ba-bee-AN-uh) is a bulbous perennial belonging to the genus Babiana and from the iris family, Iridaceae. The genus name Babiana is derived from the Dutch word “baviaan” and the Latin name “babiaan’s,” which means baboon. It also refers to the old-world primates or monkeys (African monkey) that would dig and eat the Babiana’s corms, … Read more
Rhododendrons are among the most practical and most beautiful of all evergreen shrubs. This huge group of plants is so varied and versatile. They have a much wider variety of purposes in the landscape than the average gardener realizes. The popular conception of Rhododendrons is – they are large shrubs with big evergreen leaves and … Read more
A wildflower paradise! Almost every wildflower lover has dreamed of a place where hundreds of species are accessible for enjoyment, study, or photography. This dream is realized at the Bowman’s Hill Wild Flower Preserve, a project that teaches conservation and the importance of guarding our precious heritage of wildlife and wildflowers. It is also a … Read more
When you take flowers to your local flower show, do you manage to collect your share of blue ribbons? Or have you been content to see the top honors go elsewhere, even when you felt that the star blooms from your beds and borders were—or at least had been when you picked them—equally fine specimens? … Read more