Step #1 Iris flower best if clumps are lifted and divided every four or five years. This is done in July. Step #2 Cut foliage to 8 inches and divide rhizomes to allow two or three fans of leaves to each piece. Step #3 Replant four or five divisions of a kind 6 to 10 […]
Plants for Paving Stones
Count yourself lucky if your garden path is paved with stones, for it can be developed into a charming pathway. All you need are paving plants – and there are plenty from which to choose. These can be used, of course, to accent not only paths but walls and terraces, too. A good paving plant […]
Buying And Growing Pansy Plants
It is wise to prepare a pansy bed before the plants arrive so there will be no delay in setting them out. It is good practice to apply enough bonemeal to make the surface quite white before spading or tiling. After setting out the plants, puddle them or give them a good soaking. Follow this […]
How to Grow Pansies From Seed
Pansies, whose rich, intense colors are especially valuable after the yellow of daffodils has passed, have long been grown in baskets, beds and borders. Of easy culture, they are usually treated as biennials with the seed sown in June or July for bloom the following spring. A cold-frame is ideal for propagating them, and except […]
Summer Spotlight on Geraniums
Summary: Summertime puts geraniums in the spotlight! Many different varieties create a blaze of bloom in window boxes, gardens and containers. It is time to add geraniums to your garden collection. Summertime is geranium time! It is the season not only to enjoy geraniums’ full blaze of bloom in window boxes and garden, and to […]
Flower Garden Plans – Planting and Color Planning
Summary: A flower garden made up of only of iris are loved by iris fanciers but to most people prefer a flower garden plan with a combination of iris and other blooming perennials to enhance the beauty of the flower garden. Question: Is it wrong to use a flower garden plan where we only plant […]
Dwarf Iris – Indispensable Garden Members
Summary: Dwarf iris are indispensable in the garden. Hardy, modest care needs, low height and early bloom, make them favored members to fill the gap for plants of dwarf stature. Dwarf iris have an indispensable place in our gardens. Their low height, early bloom, hardiness and modest cultural needs make them favored members of the […]
Advantages of High Analysis Soluble Plant Fertilizer
The switch to high analysis, quickly soluble, complete plant foods by thousands of gardeners and commercial growers of food and ornamental plants in recent years is an outstanding development. Oddly enough, with but a few exceptions, the manufacturers of these concentrated plant foods first offered them as supplements rather than substitutes for the dry fertilizers […]
Chipping Sparrow Useful Garden Inhabitants
Some birds nest as early as January and others have their last broods in autumn, the maximum breeding efforts of most of them occur in June. Many species like to hide their treasures in the dense vegetation of evergreens used in foundation plantings, hedges or as lawn specimens. Among these is the chipping sparrow. This […]
Tips for Purchasing Natural Garden Furniture
When choosing garden furniture, you’ll probably find yourself gravitating toward materials that echo the textures and colors of the natural world. While many home improvement centers display furnishings made of artificial materials such as plastic and imitation wood, nothing beats authentic wood furniture for adding unity of design and elegance to a garden. When choosing […]
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