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Showing posts with label Annuals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Annuals. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

More Plants for Hummingbirds by Amy Norwood

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Cuphea Photo: White Flower Farms If you’re looking to attract hummingbirds to your outdoor space this season, this blog has an excellent pos...
Friday, February 26, 2021

Black Oil Sunflower Seed – preferred by birds everywhere by Elaine Lockey

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With almost a foot of snow descending from the skies at my house in the foothills, I worry about the wild critters who are scrounging...
Saturday, March 9, 2019

Spring Forward With Your Gardening By Joyce D’Agostino

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It’s March, and for gardeners this means that Spring is quickly approaching. For most of us in the US, we will observe the “spring fo...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

It’s National Floral Design Day!

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Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show Winners Who knew that February 28th was such an auspicious day? In addition to being N...
Monday, February 25, 2019

Terminology for New Flower Gardeners

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Mixed bed of perennials and annuals, photo by Beth Bonnicksen If you are a newcomer to the world of flower gardening, welcome! Prep...
Saturday, February 2, 2019

What is a Heirloom Plant?

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Heirloom tomatoes, photo courtesy Burpee.com The following information was excerpted from What are Heirlooms , University of Nebraska...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

For the Love of Flowers by Carrie Garczynski

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Photo courtesy Carrie Garczynski Who doesn’t love flowers?! Especially now in spring! The first sign that Mother Nature is dancing in...
Sunday, May 6, 2018

Plant Tags Can Educate Garden Shoppers by Paula Hamm

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Photo by Donna Duffy It’s that time of the year when many of us have the impulse to rush to our favorite garden center.  When you go, ...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

Money Plants to Soothe Your Tax Day Blues

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It’s tax day again, meaning that many of us have money on our minds.  Did you know that from 1918 to 1954, March 15 used to be tax day?  In...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

March is the Time to Plant Pansies by Carol King

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March is the perfect time to plant pansies. Pansies and violas or Johnny jump-ups can be staples of the spring garden. These plants, both...
Sunday, January 7, 2018

Book Review: “The Flower Farmer, an Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers” by Lynn Byczynski Reviewed by: Joyce D’Agostino

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Did you know that the majority of fresh cut flowers sold through the floral industry come from outside of the United States? Often this...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Harvesting and Enjoying Sunflower Seeds By Joyce D’Agostino

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Photo courtesy Donna Duffy Sunflowers are one of the most popular and recognized parts of American gardens. In addition to their brigh...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

Adding Flowers To Your Vegetable Garden By Joyce D’Agostino

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Photo courtesy veggiegardeningtips.com The spring temperatures will soon be settled and it will be safe to plant your summer garden. ...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Planting Pansies and Violas by Carol King

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It's not too early to start adding color to your yard.  Plant pansies and violas now. They are hardy little flowers and don't mind a...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

Here They Come...Seed Catalogs! by Donna Duffy

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Photo courtesy treehuggers.com It's the stuff gardeners' dreams are made of: seed and nursery catalogs that fill our mailboxe...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Plant Pansies in the Fall! by Carol King

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Photo Carol King Fall is the perfect time to plant pansies again. In fact, pansies and violas or Johnny jump-ups can be staples of the ...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

The Giants of Summer by Donna Duffy

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Photo courtesy Donna Duffy and Cassie Wilborn One of the more fun aspects of gardening is growing something that is really big ! This t...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Deadhead Flowers for More Blooms by Carol King

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July can be an exciting month in the garden. The results of all the hard labor in the spring are beginning to be evident: lots of blo...
Friday, January 22, 2016

Flowers Succesfully grown on the International Space Station By Joyce D’Agostino

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Astronaut Scott Kelly's Twitter Post This week some exciting news came from the International Space Station. An experiment to grow ...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Fall Cleanup Tips – Chapter II: The Annuals Ornamental Garden by Peter Drake

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Photo courtesy colorthegarden.com Beautiful to look at through the summer season, whether as a border to your house or walkway, or as a...