One favorite flower is a tiny flower known by many names, linaria, fairy bouquet, toadflax and probably others with which I am unfamiliar. It is truly a fairy flower of many jewel like colors. Plants are made up of many stems and branches all of which are covered with hundreds of blossoms of every color […]
Astilbe Davidi Blubs – Exotic Looking Strawberry Soda Flowers
Tall Astilbe davidi makes a lovely background plant. It is an herbaceous perennial with exotic-looking clusters of feathery froth that look as delicious as a strawberry ice-cream soda. Although it resembles some of the Spireas, closer examination will disclose it to be of the Saxifrage clan. If you’re not enough of a botanist to be […]
Begonia Hybrids Are Garden Plants
It seems that most flower growers, whether they are house plant enthusiasts or not, consider the many varieties of begonias to be pot plants. Even those who have grown them in water, or in window boxes, may not have considered their many possibilities as garden plants. However, I had my greatest success with these everblooming, […]
English Holly Hedge and More
No broad-leaved evergreen is more desirable the year around than English holly. It is striking in winter and summer; lovely in spring when myriads of small creamy-white, mildly fragrant blossoms appear followed by sap-green or olive-red new growth; and incomparable in autumn when sparkling red berries against glossy rich green leaves make the landscape joyfully […]
Magnolias for Garden Aristocrats
Magnolias stand out in the front rank of garden aristocrats but, as in the case of azaleas and others in this select company, there are so many very beautiful kinds that it is not easy to select the best. Some magnolias become medium-sized, others large trees. Many are not reliably hardy. So, the list for […]
Clematis Vines for Summer Color
Of all ornamental plants, climbers are considered most valuable. They curtain outside walls and spiral up pillars with a luxurious cover of foliage and often magnificent flowers. They frame garden fences, arbors and entrances and soften their architectural formality. The clematis is one of the easiest grown of the ornamental vines. When well established it […]
Growing Penstemon a Flower with Future
Penstemon, pronounced pen-stem-on belongs to the same family of plants as the familiar snapdragon, and many of the species produce spikes of bloom with a superficial resemblance to that flower. Colors range the spectrum with most species falling into the blue-purple-red range. There are a few white and yellow forms as well. The colors appear […]
How to Start Perennials from Seed
If one has the time, the space and the inclination, growing perennial plants from seeds is the most inexpensive way to obtain a splendid and valuable assortment for landscape purposes and for a cutting flower garden. Not all perennials will grow true to variety from seeds. Those that have been hybridized will vary more than […]
Doorways – Entrance of Exit to Beauty
With the profusion of horrible, or at best trite, examples of doorway plantings to be seen at every glance, there is no intention on my part to cite the wrong things to do in landscaping these areas. While it may be true that we learn from a bad example, I have no intention of rubbing […]
Choosing the Best Broad Leaved Evergreens
The kinds of broad-leaved evergreens you can grow in your yard are influenced by the climate of the area, the character of the soil, and the amount of protection and care you are willing to give your plants.
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