With ever-changing plant material, annuals for containers, colorful foliage plants, flowering perennials and bulbs, ornamental and shade trees, heirloom plants and shrubs of all sizes, we'll make it easy to put together a garden design that works by offering ideas for companion plants and trouble shooting problem areas.
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Plants in Sympathy Flower Arrangements
A reader asked about the meanings of the FTD funeral flowers delivered online and sent same day for sympathy situations. Here's what the funeral arrangements meant. more...
Summer Bulbs for Mid-Season Flowers
In: Bulbs
Many bulb gardeners overlook the beautiful summer flowering bulbs because of the popularity of the spring bulbs. Here are plants to extend the bulb garden season. more...
Best Gardening Bulbs for Spring Color
In: Bulbs
Several spring flowering bulbs will provide gardeners with long-lasting color from a few minutes of fall bulb planting in the autumn. more...
Crocus Plants for Fall and Spring
In: Bulbs
Crocus plants are unique in that bulb gardeners can enjoy fall bulb planting or spring bulb planting and yield crocus flowers twice a year! more...
Baptisia Plant Profile and Tips for Growing
In: Perennial Plants
False indigo, or wild indigo is a useful perennial plant for flowering gardens with attractive fall seed pods and late spring flowers. more...
Delphinium Plant Profile and How to Grow Them
In: Perennial Plants
Delphinium flowers are some of the most readily recognized of the tall, vertically-growing perennials. See how to grow and maintain them in the garden. more...
With the cooling days of autumn, many summer perennials begin to cease their blooms. Gardeners can keep the color going for the autumn months by including these plants. more...
Cold Hardy Camellia Selections
In: Shrubs
Camellias are a fragrant, evergreen shrub associated with southern landscapes and gardens. Recent hybridizers and developments are creating more cold-hardy cultivars. more...
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By: Barbara Brown
By: Ian Dutton
Planting Spring Bulbs in the Fall
In: Bulbs
By: Deborah Harding
Choosing and Caring for Summer Perennial Plants
In: Perennial Plants
Overwintering Seeds and Tender Perennials
By:
Michael Vyskocil
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