A wealth of plants flower here in July and midsummer. North – Color in the Midsummer Garden Here are some of the plants that provide summer color in the North: Perennials Annuals Biennials Bulbs 44659 by Robert A. Phillips West – Color in the Midsummer Garden Summer color here is provided chiefly by annual and … Read more
Here’s everything you need to know if you want to use hanging baskets in every climate. Containers Old-fashioned wire baskets in various sizes (from 8” to 18” inches in diameter); square or half-circle redwood or cedar baskets; or any other container of suitable size that can be suspended using a chain, rope, or wire. Wire … Read more
I use the word “basket” to designate any container holding living plants that can be suspended from a support. For example, it could be a purchased or homemade wire basket filled with pendulous tuberous begonias, achimenes, or English ivy, to be hung from the roof of a porch. It might be a bucket of blue-flowered … Read more
Today, greenhouse and florists are receiving more and more inquiries about varieties of plants suitable for hanging baskets or wall planters. No doubt, this ties in with today’s increased use of plants for home decoration. For somehow, a plant suspended in the air, growing up and down and all around, takes on added beauty. This … Read more
Ceropegia plants are a completely fascinating family (Apocynaceae) of dangling or climbing succulent plants from South Africa. The stems are long, wiry, and sparsely set with pairs of plump, precisely-shaped leaves so that the foliage effect is open and airy. The waxy lantern flowers are almost unbelievable – intricately formed like miniature urns, parachutes, balloons, … Read more