Most gardeners have already been tilling, hoeing, seeding, weeding and watering for three or four months by the time July rolls around. We fly our flags high and proud. It may be on the front porch of your home, window boxes, out by the curb or lining...
I was amused to read, by Jimmy Turner, Director of Research at the Dallas Arboretum. I learned that they are extremely difficult to grow from seed, with only a couple of varieties commercially available for seed.
No plants came up. Flowers come in an amazing array of colors, including not only white, but also bronze, purple, rose, pink, wine red, lemon yellow, salmon, reddish copper, and all tints and shades in between.
Grow them in full sun if you have it. They are deep rose, darkest magenta, or maybe ruby red, rather than scarlet, carmine or vermillion. Those flowers you've heard about that do best in poor soil.
* The large solitary flower head grows at the top of the stem and sometimes on branches. * Its common names include China aster and annual aster. * It is native to China,and it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant.
* The large solitary flower head grows at the top of the stem and sometimes on branches. * Its common names include China aster and annual aster. * It is native to China,and it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant.
If rust appears in a planting, choose another part of the garden the following year. Many gardeners in areas with cool summers take cuttings in fall and overwinter them for replanting the following spring.
Thin to appropriate spacing, and give the thinnings to friends, transplant them to another garden area, or pot them up for the next fund raiser.The flower head is an inflorescence (flower cluster) made up of small inconspicuous individual flowers.
Because you clipped the blossoms off at the leaf intersection, new stem growth may occur with new blossoms.Allow the second bloom to wither and go to seed on the plants, if you wish to propagate volunteer plants for the next growing season.
Besides the interesting stories that each specimen carries, the rose itself has a very unique history. 'Green Halo' needs no different care than any other peony and is hardy in zones 3 through 8.It seems like irises come in every imaginable color, from...
Each strong stem features dense clusters of papery, bell-shaped calyxes, or modified leaves. For such a tall plant, bells-of-Ireland matures relatively quickly and will reliably produce stalks from the middle of summer to frost.You can encourage the height...
As fall approaches, its greenish blooms take on a rosy tinge. *Don't forget to click on the images to go to the Plant Files entry on each plant!‘Envy' is an interesting newer cultivar of Zinnia that you can find fairly readily in seed or plant form.
This American native's common name, coral bells, refers to the tiny bell-shaped flowers so relished by hummingbirds. Thanks to recent advances in breeding, you'll find a bonanza of bloom and foliage color choices.
I enjoy hearing from my readers! Mr. Stahl also operates a paper-making facility using hemp as a main ingredient.I'll conclude this brief visit to the remarkable world of industrial hemp with a few more interesting facts:Hemp stalks continue to fuel wok...
Any time I saw them, I had to pick a few - and sometimes more than a few! - to bring home to my mom. I grew up knowing their cheerful faces had a special beauty. We put them into vase after vase and jar after jar, until there were bouquets of daisies...
I was eyeing the yardage in the blindingly yellow billows of her taffeta skirt that bounced from one pew to the other as she swayed her way down the aisle toward me. Here is another story straight from my childhood, all about blue cornflowers.I was very...
Petunias bloom for most of summer with only a minimum of care. Remove the tips directly above a leaf bud. Legginess results from weak overgrown stems that produce sparse foliage and flowers.
They come in an assortment of colors from white to yellow to deep red. They symbolize strength and moral integrity, and also infatuation. Similar to a birthstone and an astrological sign, we are all assigned a birth flower for the time of year we are...
All edible flowers have almost zero calories.For those of you with allergies remove the pollen-bearing parts of the flower, the pistils and stamens before eating the flowers.Toxic Flowers include Azalea, Clematis, Crocus, Daphne, foxglove, Amaryllis,...
Although both rudbeckia and echinacea are referred to as a coneflower, rudbeckia can be distinguished from echinacea, or purple coneflower, by its leaves, which are hairy and coarse in texture.
The impatiens should return to full bloom approximately one week after a severe deadheading. Discard the detached flower.Water and fertilize the impatiens with a water-soluble flower fertilizer.
Luckily they come in nice oranges, corals, reds and purples. It makes sense that all the flowers that are daisy- or sunflower-shaped should be yellow; I think of them as third cousins twice removed.
Antique flower varieties are as popular as antique furniture. Add a dash of the right fertilizer to bring out the best in those blooming beauties.This is a website dedicated to the deer proof heirloom flowers of Appalachia as well as the women that tend...
If I followed my every plant purchasing impulse, I would have to get a real job. Refuse a specimen with anything fuzzy, slimy, or crawling on any part of the plant or its soil.Don't buy it if you can't care for it.
You'd be surprised at how fast and ruthlessly an entire garden can revert back to it's original, natural colors. Why not tell them of its reputed medicinal purposes as well. They can also work as fast growing and inexpensive fillers.
Can you ask for a better plant that in its ranks will take shade, sun, heat, cold, dry, and wet? I water them into the garden and water them once a week. Would you like to grow the easiest and best plant to grow worldwide?
