Small Treasures For Your Garden

Small treasures in the Garden

The miniature narcissi, or daffodils, are delightful flowering bulbs that grow from 3” to 12” inches in height.  All narcissi like moisture during their growing season, but none will tolerate

Selecting Lilies

Selecting lilies

American bulbs are the rule with lilies, for none in the world are any better, fresher, or less likely to carry disease.  Unless you are a fancier of species, you’ll

The Plain Weed Goldenrod

Plain Weed Goldenrod

All over America, the goldenrod is in bloom. You may call sneeze-weed if you blame it for hayfever, pestilent weed if it invades your pasture-land, or plain weed if it

Gentians

Gentians

One of the choice wildflowers that we rarely see these days is the fringed gentian, Gentiana Erinita.  It is an elusive plant, and if you have the good fortune to

The Daffodil Is Growing Up

Daffodil Growing Up

The title I’ve chosen is not merely figuratively true. The daffodils are growing up. They are getting taller and bolder, more sophisticated, and prettier.  The ungraceful creatures of the first

Heres News On Plants

News on Plants

Here is news about the following different plant species: Buell’s Gloxinia More than 50 new gloxinia color combinations and variations in the form are available in the Buell hybrid strain. 

A Municipal Rose Garden

Rose Garden

Roses are enjoyed by everyone. Not only are they beautiful in June, but they continue to flower throughout the entire summer into the cool autumn days.  These are some reasons

New Oriental Poppies

New Oriental Poppies

The weather this year was not very kind to Oriental poppies. Many early varieties had their buds destroyed, and others were so damaged that they bore only imperfect flowers.  As

Dutch Gladiolus Tested In Florida

Dutch Gladiolus

With the heroism and farsighted business acumen of their kind, the Dutch and other European gladiolus hybridizers continued their plant breeding work on as extensive a scale as possible during