Azalea Perennial Or Annual

Minor elements that are not included in the three numbers listing on the front of fertilizer bags are very important considerations when choosing your fertilizer. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size.

This Dwarf Azalea has a compact and controlled growth habit that helps create a low maintenance addition to the landscape. Inspired, he began crossing traditional spring-blooming azaleas with the rare Taiwanese summer-blooming azalea, Robert E.

I rushed them home to get them to my mom, and into water. Now I have my own clumps of Ox-Eye Daisies out among my little fruit trees, and I'm hoping they'll increase each year. You must toss it aside and quickly pick another one.As an adult, I still can't...

As with chemical fertilizers, do not apply it right next to the trunk or stems emerging from the ground. This is not to be rushed. Plant Encore azaleas in locations that receive at least six hours of sunlight daily.

Pruning a specific plant to look a specific way, involves art in creating a unique definition for a specific plant, and it involves science in understanding the physical growing habits of the plant to be pruned.

Northern Lights, for instance, is one of the most cold-tolerant, hardy to minus 40 degrees. Some azaleas have been bred for especially large flowers and tolerance of indoor conditions but won't necessarily adapt to a cold winter outside.

Minor elements that are not included in the three numbers listing on the front of fertilizer bags are very important considerations when choosing your fertilizer. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size.

In general gardening terms, pruning is probably the most misunderstood gardening chore, and certainly, the chore that is most likely neglected. Many times, a plant may outgrow its intended size in the landscape, and must be pruned to re-define its purpose.

Elements such as Magnesium, Sulfur, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, Boron, and Molybdenum play very important roles in providing plants with adequate nutrition. Additional flushes of blooms develop in the summer and again in the fall.

As with chemical fertilizers, do not apply it right next to the trunk or stems emerging from the ground. This is not to be rushed. Plant Encore azaleas in locations that receive at least six hours of sunlight daily.

I planted white 'Thalia' daffodils, which bloom later than standard yellow ones, and increase yearly.The poet, William Wordsworth (1770-1850) famously wrote of "crowds" of daffodils (above), but I think more in terms of gangs of daffodils.

Why not travel back in time by creating a garden abundant with antique flowers? Did you know there are a variety of antique flowers? Glance over the neighbor's fence, and you are likely to see several antique flowers peeking back at you.

Perennial in zones 4 through 9, 'Green Lace' needs partial to full shade and will tolerate a bit of water. But did you know there are several available to cure your need for green?

All of it says, "Welcome." Although it would take volumes to tell the whole story, here are some of the highlights that caught my attention.The deep end of the swimming pool is the side where many butterflies flit and flutter on the pendulous, thin spikes...

Both types of nicotiana prefer a sunny to mostly sunny spot.offers handsome grey-green foliage all season long, thriving in zones 3-8. This variety even has interesting leaves of grey-green edged with white.

If I followed my every plant purchasing impulse, I would have to get a real job. Sellers like to keep displays attractive by weeding out the odds and ends, especially in big, high volume stores.Some plants are just showing the strain of less than ideal...

The beautiful down-facing bloom is mahogany colored in the center which changes to limey-green toward the outside as the petals turn upward(4).This beauty, also known as Corsican Rose, blooms large heads of pale green, dainty flowers in late winter and...

A true conversation starter to be sure!Orchids seem to truly show off with their eerily silent beauty. A nice Chilean Fire Bush would look nice under planted with various lilies and lantanas.

I never feed them anything more than a light layer of compost once a year in the fall and they reward me year after year will more blooms than I can count and a nonstop show from the first bloom in Spring to the last bloom covered in frost.Water is not...

What is it that inspires the love of a particular flower or plant? Amidst all the others it would survive with a minimum of care and would hang upside down and sideways trying to capture attention, not aware that it was already at center stage in my mother's...

Hardy, evergreen groundcover with summer flowers and winter interest. Why plant a common groundcover when you can have a Big Blue Liriope in your yard! With evergreen foliage, lovely flowers…and even berries for winter interest, Big Blue Liriope is...

It is best to plant and divide 'Korean Feather Reed' in early spring or early fall. Use in mass plantings, borders, containers, or as a specimen plant. The 'Korean Feather Reed' grass is more upright in full sun, but creates a more relaxed form when grown...

Dwarf Maiden Grass can fit in just about anywhere, so why not try one today! * Pink/white color flower * Gold-burgundy fall color & winter interest * Terrific cut flower * Drought & salt tolerant * Good for containers

This lovely plant grows in gentle grass-like clumps that happily fill in bare and hard to plant areas. The leaves are strappy and beautifully deep green. * Graceful tufts of grasslike foliage * Pretty purple flower spikes in the summer attract pollinators...

The flower has blackish-brown centers and bloom in abundance from August to October. Late Summer Brightness Black-Eyed Susan Deamii, Rudbeckia fulgida var. Display the Deamii in bold drifts in a sunny or partially shady site that doesn't dry out over...

The reality is that African Lily is one of the easiest and most hardy plants you can grow in zone 7-11. So hardy, in fact, that in places where these beauties thrive they are used in freeway dividers and as foundation plantings.

Licorice Fragrance in Blue Spikes Hyssop Blue Fortune, Agastache 'Blue Fortune', originates from the Greek word aga, meaning "very much," and stachys, meaning "spikes," referring to the many flower spikes.