Several years ago when I checked one of the country’s best nursery catalogs, I found over 50 species and varieties of our native wild flowers listed as common garden flowers. Many other varieties offered, such as the lovely new tradescantias, were horticultural varieties or hybrids with native wild flower ancestry. However, there are still many […]
Poppies are Indispensable – After The Tulips Fade
The one sure way to prevent that sudden let-down feeling in the hardy border after the last tulips fade is to have Oriental poppies coming on to take their place. There are of course, the tall bearded iris in many lovely colors; but none which carry on the dramatic impact of the tulips, especially in […]
Spring Pansies Best From Fall Seed Planting
If you want a real pansy display next spring don’t depend on the basketfuls you’ll find at the local garden center. Grow your own from seed or buy young plants from a specialist this fall. The advantage to you is simply this: you can pick the colors you need to harmonize with your spring garden […]
What Bulbs To Plant For Bloom This Fall
The English names for colchicum are “autumn-crocus” and “meadow-saffron,” which are misnomers, because there are numerous species and varieties of the true crocus which bloom in the fall; and the saffron of commerce is a crocus (Crocus sativus). Although the flowers of colchicum and crocus look alike, they are not closely related, belonging not only […]
A Terrace Become A Living Room
When we moved to this southern city two years ago, we looked at many houses, eliminating them all for one reason or another until we found this one. It was untenanted and unkept, the grass knee-high, the shrubbery overgrown, the screen doors sagging open, the awnings faded and torn, water in the basement. Then we […]
Here is Why One Gardener Grows Lilies
Lilies have become so popular that many gardeners are trying varieties which not too long ago would have been seen in few private gardens. Not only are average gardeners planting lilies, but they are finding that the old myth about lilies being difficult to grow is just that – a myth. Today, with chemicals for […]
What Is Your Most Important Landscape Feature? – A Simple Clearing
We’ve always been enthusiastic about our brook. In fact, it was because of its clear rippling water that we bought our property. A sheer delight during the summer, beautiful frozen in winter, our little stream we discovered goes on a rampage each spring and floods over its banks inundating an area 50 feet wide on […]
Perfume The Most Important Feature in My Outdoor Patio
Here in California, where our mild climate permits it, our outdoor living season is not restricted to the few months of summer but may in some years extend from the middle of April to the middle of October. Our patio, as all outdoor living rooms are firmly called in California whether they are truly patios […]
How To Go Native With Eastern American Lilies
Are you looking for a “sure thing” in summer flowers? Or does a plant which challenges your ingenuity to make it grow have more appeal? You’ll find both among the native lilies of eastern North America. About a third, or eight, of the lilies native to this continent are found growing naturally in the East. […]
Modern Garden Calls For Modern Fence – Make Yours Louvered
Lets face it… there are times when we don’t want certain parts of our gardens seen. Quite often these eyesores are the necessary and unavoidable things over which we have no control, such as the drying yard in the photograph below. Compost heaps – a must in every garden – are particularly unsightly, whether they […]
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