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Steps to Success with Pleione Formosa
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Pleione formosaPleione formosa is native to the higher altitudes in China and the Himalayans, but are only hardy to approximately 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit (zone 8-10) in winter in the home garden environment. • It is often grown by orchid enthusiasts as a container plant, but being a terrestrial …
Orange isn't Outrageous Anymore!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
I can see you scratching your head over this title! Orange has been considered an outrageous color for as long as I can remember. In fact, I remember being flabbergasted when I heard that the Color Marketing Institute had declared it one of this year's hot colors. I mean - ORANGE??? Can you even …
Garden Mysteries: What To Do With Overlooked Bulbs & Bare Root Perennials
Thursday, October 11, 2007
I've always loved reading mysteries. Sometimes I can predict how all the various plot twists will resolve themselves, but the best ones continue to surprise me right up to the final showdown. In a way, gardening is a lot like reading a good mystery story. You do your best to choose plants that … read more »
A Practically Perfect Garden – Tips & Tricks
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Sometimes, especially when gardening season is just getting launched, we can see in our mind's eye all the potential that our garden may have - if everything grows the way it should, if the weather is just right, if we can keep up with the weeds and deadheading and watering. Early garden season is …
Mix It Up in the Garden
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Almost everyone agrees that spring is one of the most beautiful seasons in the garden. But I've often wondered why so many people associate gardens and gardening only with spring. What about the beautiful daylilies, Asian and Oriental lilies, butterfly bushes and hydrangeas of summer? Who could …
Gardening With Kids Tomorrow
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Coneflower Magnus • Item # 64814 • Echinacea Purpurea Sunrise • Item # 64983 • Coneflower Sunset • Item # 64991 • Coneflower Jade • Item # 64985 • Black-eyed Susan • Item # 62864 • Butterfly Bush • Royal Red • Item # 64372 • Daylily Big Smile • Item # 64953 • Daylily …
Planting for Maximum Color Impact All Season Long
Thursday, October 11, 2007
What most of us would really like to accomplish in our garden designs is big waves of color from spring through fall – and longer if we can manage it. • Trouble is – most of the plant world refuses to cooperate. If you can find a perennial that will obligingly emerge in spring and then bloom its …
What Colors are in Season in Your Garden?
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Have you ever noticed how each season seems to have its own set of colors? • Winter, of course, is in shades of white, gray, dark green and brown unless you've been clever enough to plant hellebores or shrubs with brightly colored berries and twigs. • In spring, it's the yellow and green of …
I swear my gardens must be Irish
Thursday, October 11, 2007
I swear my gardens must be Irish. As St. Patrick's Day approaches, it is certainly clothing itself in green everywhere. • And why shouldn't my garden be Irish on St. Paddy's Day? Isn't that the one day when the whole world becomes Irish? When, proud as I am of a name that shows its Dutch …
The Low-Down on Groundcovers
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Epimedium Rubrum • Periwinkle • (Vinca minor) • Creeping Phlox Collection • Cote d' Azur Pinks • (Saponaria ocymoides) • Lamium • 'Anne Greenaway' • Chameleon Flower • (Houttuynia cordata) • Potentilla • 'Fire Flames' • Hardy Geranium Sanguineum • 'Album' • Hardy …
