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The History Of Important Flowering Trees
Most flowering trees are small and can be planted in full sun or partial shade, being easily adapted to small yards. The Japanese Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia x Soulangiana, awakens in late winter or early spring. First growing...
Difference Between Annual and Perennial Flowers
So you're looking to plant some flowers to brighten up your landscape.Should you choose annuals or perennials?Much depends on how much work you want to do. Annuals, as their name implies, only last for a year. You plant them in...
Garden Tips On Buying The Best, Cold Hardy Flower Bulbs For Outdoor Planting
Buying flower bulbs to plant and grow is an exciting experience that begins in the fall and continues through the spring. Dutch flowering bulbs are usually delivered to American ports by the month of September for fall...
New York State Flower
The rose was made the state flower of New York in 1955. It is considered to be the most popular and largest cultivated flower type in the nation. Roses have more than 150 species and over 20,000 hybrids. Roses are most popular...
Penstemon - Beardtongue - Wildflower For The Perennial Garden
Penstemmon canescens
Family Scrophulariaceae - Snapdragon
This particular penstemon is a transplant from the wild. In the woodlands of southeastern Indiana this wildflower brightens the summer forest with its pink flowers....
Exotic Flowers: Luxurious and Impressive for Your Home and Garden Decor
There are several types of exotic flowers to best suit any occasion. And of course, depending on your personal taste, you will want to choose the best exotic flowers you can obtain to be the perfect flowers, the most adequate...
Columbine - Elegant Beauty For Your Perennial Flower Garden
The columbine is one of the prettiest flowers in the garden. Blooming occurs
in late spring through early summer, the long spurred flowers are the
most elegant flowers in the perennial flower garden. Aquilegia has been...
Flowering Dogwood Trees are a Simple Way to Add Luxurious Color to Your Lawn
The ideal yard offers ample space for recreation, privacy and relaxation. Vibrant flowering Dogwoods are a valuable addition to any landscape. These elegant trees feature a bold display of spring flowers, luxuriant leaves and...
Annuals - 5 Easy To Grow Flowers
Annuals are a great addition to any garden. There are many varieties to choose from and many are easy to grow. Annuals flower all summer long, many until frost. Here are five of the most popular, long blooming annuals.1....
Rare Flowering Trees That Light Up Your Garden Landscape
Flowering apricot trees offer spectacular flowering blooms earlier than any other flowering tree, sometimes blooming as early as January. This early flowering can result in cold weather damage in some areas of the United...
Some Favorite Garden Bulbs
Bulbs are a great addition to any garden as they will provide color year after year and can even provide additional flowers to be divided and planted in another part of the garden. Unlike, annuals, bulb flowers do not need to...
Peonies - A Perennial Garden Favorite
Peonies are my favorite flowering perennial; just one step above roses for cut flowers. They are very easy to grow and once established can tolerate long periods without rain. Additionally, unlike many other flower varieties...
Hibiscus
Hibiscus, sometimes called the queen of shrubs, was originally a native of Asia. It was then carried to the Polynesian Islands, the West Indies and finally to Florida. The Americans were apparently enamored by the splendor of...
Raspberries - A Garden Must
Many years ago I bought a house in Wisconsin with a huge backyard. Large areas were devoted to fruit trees, vegetables, flowers and my special favorites like strawberries and raspberries. Growing raspberries has now become a...
Gardens of France
In early June I went to France to attend the opening of the American Impressionist Museum, next to the Claude Monet Museum at Giverny. Over one thousand invited guests sat down to a five-course dinner under a huge tend erected...
Iris - Species and Care
Iris is the name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. The various Iris species have showy and beautiful flowers which make them popular in gardens and in floral arrangements. The name Iris is...
Rare Flowering Trees That Light Up Your Garden Landscape
Flowering apricot trees offer spectacular flowering blooms earlier than any other flowering tree, sometimes blooming as early as January. This early flowering can result in cold weather damage in some areas of the United...
Tulips
Tulips are one of the first varieties of flowers to bloom as spring takes over from winter. Easy to recognize, tulip hybrids are available in an enormous range of shapes, sizes, colors, and textures. They bloom from mid to late...
All About the Wild Orchids
It may be surprising to most people, but orchids happen to be the largest naturally occurring order in the plant world in terms of the number of different distinct kinds. In the wild, more than thousands of different varieties...
Cattleya Orchid Plant - Why They Are Not Popular
How popular is the cattleya orchid plants? Are they grown by hobbyists or not? How big is the flower? Why are they not popular?Before we get into the answers for these and other questions let's look at a bit of history of the...
Organic Gardening
There are as many definitions of organic as there are farmers in Iowa. So it is up to you to select your own level of purity and focus. You may choose to be absolutely chemical-free or to accept some level of commercial...
Organic Gardening
There are as many definitions of organic as there are farmers in Iowa. So it is up to you to select your own level of purity and focus. You may choose to be absolutely chemical-free or to accept some level of commercial...
Fruit Tree Propagation
There are two main ways to go about fruit tree propagation. The first, and the one which usually comes first to mind, is propagation from seed. This occurs when the pollen from a one tree fertilizes the flower of another. The...
Tulip Divisions - Garden Tulips and Their Identities
Tulips are classified into 15 tulip groups or tulip divisions.
There are an enormous number of large-flowered hybrids and these are classified into 11 of these divisions, according to flowering time, plant shape, flower size...
Home Garden
It is difficult to determine a criterion, according to which a cultivated plant can be called fashionable. A new discovery of stock-breeders? A bright hybrid? An exotic, which settled in our latitudes recently? And may be this...
Getting Tulips To Bloom For Two Months
Would you like to have tulips blooming for two months in your garden? Planting a few each of the following different types will ensure a long season color show.For the most part, the species tulips bloom the earliest. Youll...
Planting Orchids? Why Not Plant The Most Fragrant Types?
Orchids are well-known for the interesting beauty and unusual varieties but they are also loved for their wonderful fragrance. Whether used in corsages, bouquets or planted right in your garden, orchids have a wonderful scent...
History Of Walnuts
The first historical accounts of walnut trees growing under civilized cultivation was in ancient Babylon (Iraq) about 2000 B.C.; however, walnuts have evidently been attached to mankind much earlier by excavations from cave...
Saving Seeds from Your Garden
For many gardeners, the garden actually starts in January when the first seed catalog arrives in the mailbox. While the cold wind howls outside, we retire to a cozy chair and leaf through the catalog, carefully notating which...
Elderberries for Every Garden
If you have room for only one edible plant, consider the elderberry. This arching eight-foot tall shrub is easy to grow, anchors the mixed border with its bold compound foliage and flowers, and of course, supplies glorious...
The Plant Philanthropist
One year after we moved into our new ranch-style home, the Merion Bluegrass lawn was growing well and the basic flower beds were mapped out. A new home doesn't need repairs, but a myriad of needs kept cropping up to soak up any...
History of the Cherry Tree
There are only a few instances in the ancient historical record concerning cherry trees. This absence in the record perhaps resulted in the fragile nature and perishability of the fruit, unlike the fruit from the apple tree....
How to Read a Seed Catalog
Long before the first daffodils of the year come into bloom, seed catalogs are delivered to our mailboxes to herald the arrival of Spring. A good seed catalog contains so much information, it can sometimes be overwhelming for...
Gardening for Life
Have you ever noticed how happy and centered gardeners tend to be? Could it be from communing with nature, sharing nutrient-rich harvests with others, or knowing that every increased amount of greenery helps battle the...
History Of Raspberry Plants
According to Luther Burbank, who studied and hybridized raspberries and blackberries more than any other horticulturalist, and wrote his classical 8 volume treatise on Small Fruits and Fruit Improvement in 1921; the red...
5 Rose Garden Ideas
If you are like me and have been scared away from growing roses because you believed they were hard to grow, its time to put away your incorrect conception. Roses are amazingly easy to grow and care for. They are far from...
The Basics Of Rose Gardens
There are two main classes of roses: Bush roses and climbing roses. These two classifications are based entirely on tendencies of growth. Bush roses grow from 1 foot to 6 feet in height and require no support. Climbing roses...
History Of Raspberry Plants
According to Luther Burbank, who studied and hybridized raspberries and blackberries more than any other horticulturalist, and wrote his classical 8 volume treatise on Small Fruits and Fruit Improvement in 1921; the red...
Bouquet Tulips - Lucky New Garden Trend?
Did you know that your garden may have the luck of the Dutch with bouquet tulips? Just what does that mean? Good things come in fours. Think of a four leaf clover. Do you know how lucky you are to find a four-leaf clover? Why...
How To Discover Who Makes The Best Greenhouses
If you want to grow plants that are not native to where you live, or grow a crop safe from rabbits and other nibblers, you must grow it in a greenhouse. Greenhouses keep the crop protected, warm and safe from extreme weather....
Indoor Orchids
Orchids are amongst the largest flowering plant families in the world. They are rare and exotic, steeped in myth and romance, and have been the symbols of pure, undying love. There are about 17000 original species of them and...
The Plant Philanthropist
One year after we moved into our new ranch-style home, the Merion Bluegrass lawn was growing well and the basic flower beds were mapped out. A new home doesn't need repairs, but a myriad of needs kept cropping up to soak up any...
Be The Envy Of Your Neighbors-Get A Fantastic Looking Lawn
Generally speaking you should fertilize your lawn once in spring, summer and early fall.
Do not fertilize your lawn during the cold season months. However be certain to use a "winterizer" during the winter months. This should...
Getting Tulips to Bloom for Two Months in Your Garden
Would you like to have tulips blooming for two months in your garden? Planting a few each of the following different types will ensure a long season color show.For the most part, the species tulips bloom the earliest. Youll...
Types Of Orchids
There are over 25,000 types of orchids and, in fact the Orchidaceae family is the most numerous in the plant world! These beautiful plants have been around for over 100 million years and plants can range from microscopic to...
The Truth About Geraniums
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But would there be confusion on what plant you are talking about? There is with Geraniums.Does the idea of a Geranium conjure up an image of a quaint Greek fishing village with...
Gardens of New Zealand
When I was a teenager in school my hero was Captain James Cook, the British sea captain who made three voyages of circumnavigation around the world, before being killed by cannibals in the Hawaiian Islands, which he discovered....
How to Plan and Successfully Grow Your Tulip Garden
Every spring if you walk down past your neighbor's gardens for a stroll in the park, what do you inevitably see, both in the gardens and the park... beautiful displays of tulips. Gardens full of delight!Tulip gardens are easy...
Deer Repellants For Your Garden
Deer, which includes yearlings, fawns, doe and the buck, make it their habit to become a thorn at the side of gardeners all across the nation. Plant species such as phlox, day- lilies, and hostas are examples of what attracts...
WaterWise Gardening - The Basics Required to Create a WaterWise Garden
Even with water restrictions in place, it is still possible to make an attractive garden without using copious amounts of water.Soil PreparationSoil preparation and mulch are essential in a waterwise garden. A good mulch has many
History Of The Strawberry And The Strawberry Tree
It is difficult to trace the ancient history of the strawberry plant or strawberry tree, because there are so many different, complex, undefined species, and they have evolved in so many different places and countries.Pliny...
Five Rose Garden Ideas
If youve always shied away from growing roses because you believed their press, its time to put away your misconceptions. Far from being the finicky, pest-ridden creatures that theyre made out to be, roses are...
Growing Clematis
The flowers of the clematis would have to be one the most beautiful and showy of all. The color range extends from white, through pale to mid pinks, vivid purples to magenta and carmine and they extend up to 9 inches across....
Garden Decor - Naturalizing with Clematis
Clematis are flowering vines that come in a variety of color and shapes. They are in the same family as anemones, buttercups and peonies. They are naturalized for cooler climates such as in the northern hemispheres. Some...
Growing Hybrid Grapes
Growing hybrid grapes is becoming more popular for wine and eating. This popularity comes from the fact that hybrid grapes can be grown in areas where the traditional European grapes cannot survive. It also comes about...
History Of The Cherry Tree
There are only a few instances in the ancient historical record concerning cherry trees. This absence in the record perhaps resulted in the fragile nature and perishability of the fruit, unlike the fruit from the apple tree....
How to Prune Lilac Shrubs
Today's lilac varieties offer larger flowers and more variety in color and scent, as well as flower and shrub form. Fragrance too is variable. French hybrids are sweetly scented, while oriental varieties and their hybrids have...
Orchids Will Bloom Again
How long does it take for an orchid plant to rebloom? The answer is: it depends. I'm not trying to avoid your question, just being truthful. The truth of the matter of when an orchid will bloom again depends upon what kind of...
Hibiscus Plants
Hibiscus, the fascinating flowering tropical plant, had its origin in Asia. It has spread to several parts of the world and is among the most popular garden plants. Hibiscus are also grown for landscaping and as hedges. Today,...
Caring For an Aloe Vera Plant - No Green Fingers Required
Aloe Vera is a wonderful plant which can easily be grown in any home. One of the reasons that Aloe Vera is easy to care for is that the growers produce hybrids of two or more species. The benefit of this is that the hybrid...
Add Color and Fragrance to Your Garden with the Korean Spice Viburnum
One Shrub Perfumes the Entire NeighborhoodThere are two things that are essential in every spring garden - color and fragrance. As the cold days of winter become the warm days of spring, there is nothing better than looking at a
Red Rose History
Evidence suggests that the red rose is nearly 35 million years old. The most commonly available roses belong to two broad categories: the Oriental species and their hybrids, and the European or Mediterranean species and their...
Red Rose History
Evidence suggests that the red rose is nearly 35 million years old. The most commonly available roses belong to two broad categories: the Oriental species and their hybrids, and the European or Mediterranean species and their...
Iris - Species and Care
Iris is the name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. The various Iris species have showy and beautiful flowers which make them popular in gardens and in floral arrangements. The name Iris is...
Saving Tomato Seeds - Simple Steps Towards Next Years Tomato Crop
Saving tomato seeds from your best plants is easy to do. Seeds saved from heirloom varieties are best to use. Seeds from hybrids will not grow true to the fruits of the previous season. Heirloom tomatoes are those that are...
Coneflower or Echinacea - the Best Thing in Your Bed
There are few things more exciting for gardeners at this time of year than dreaming of new plants. Ill focus on a few of the better plants in the next few weeks but lets start with the best example of new breeding.Our old...
How To Read A Seed Catalog
Long before the first daffodils of the year come into bloom, seed catalogs are delivered to our mailboxes to herald the arrival of Spring. A good seed catalog contains so much information, it can sometimes be overwhelming for a...
History Of Plum Trees And Their Hybrids
The documentation of ancient plums growing in antiquity is sparse. The best evidence of that oldest existence is best documented through Americas most famous pomologist, Luther Burbank, who reported in his twelve volume...
Saving Seeds From Your Garden
For many gardeners, the garden actually starts in January when the first seed catalog arrives in the mailbox. While the cold wind howls outside, we retire to a cozy chair and leaf through the catalog, carefully notating which...
An Introduction to Bonsai Maple Trees
Bonsai trees have long been a favorite hobby of many due to their interesting shapes and decorative appeal. Bonsai trees can be grown indoors to decorate a living room, den or office or left in the garden for an exotic look....
The Most Popular Roses
When most think of flowers the image that comes to mind is that of a rose. A rose can be used to express any kind of emotion. It can indicate love or it can denote sadness. It can bring a peace of mind or it can excite the...
The Best of the Yellow-Blooming Magnolias
The first magnolia tree was discovered in 1703 and was named for Pierre Magnol, a French botanist. Over the next 250 years dozens of species were discovered and hundreds of hybrids introduced, all with blooms in various shades...
How To Use Crepe Myrtles To Transform Your Backyards Into A Peaceful Sanctuary
Today's backyard is more than just a place where the lawn needs mowing. It can be a dynamic living space, an extension of the home where you can indulge in your favorite activities. For many, the backyard has come to symbolize...
Necessities For Growing Orchids
Have a tropical paradise inside the house. When raising orchids, care must be practiced at home. However, they are no harder to grow than many other houseplants if the particular growth requirements are used. Actually, many...
New Crape Myrtle Trees Flourish in Both Northern and Southern Climates
If you really want to give the gift of color this holiday season, skip the clothing and jewelry and instead consider a crape myrtle tree for your home and garden. These fast growing trees are very ornamental, with clusters of...
History Of Blackberry Plants
Blackberries were perceived by the ancient cultures as being a wild plant, and historical accounts for a backyard culture of blackberry bushes are few. The Greeks used the blackberry as a remedy for Gout, and the Romans made a...
Modern Hybrid Canna Lily Improvement
Modern canna cultivars (varieties) began appearing 250 years ago with the collection of native wild cannas that are technically referred to by botanists as species. Canna wild species produced large leaves that were fast...
Growing Aloes
Aloes are easy going succulent plants that need very little maintenance. When growing your aloes it is good to know what the aloe habitat of that aloe species is and try to imitate that as much as possible. On the other hand,...
The Not So Common Day Lily
For many people, when asked to name their favorite flower, it will be the rose. Roses bloom for about a month in June, then in September they will re-bloom at about half strength. Roses are beautiful and last a long time when...
The History Of Hostas
The History of hostas starts in Japan. Hosta is a known as giboshi in its country of origin but it is also sometimes spelt as giboushi in some regions. Hostas grow rampant and wild in Japan. Although the plant is also native to...
Web Review Of Victorian Canna Hybrids
Great progress began in 1870 in the hybridizing of the canna lily by a combination of genetic materials from the wild canna species that had been collected from around the world, leading to the production of the 'Madame Crozy'...
History Of Grapevines
The first documentation of grapevines growing in the Americas was discovered in researching the logbook of navigator Giovanni de Verazzano, who reported in 1504 that a large "white grape" was vigorously growing at Cape Fear,...
Historical Mechanisms Promoting Chestnut Survival Through Hybridization
Historically, chestnuts have throughout the ages provided food and wood products in both European and Oriental cultures. Chestnuts have saved some civilizations from vanishing during famines, wars, and natural disasters....
How To Grow Tomatoes In Your Vegetable Garden
For many people, growing big juicy tomatoes is part of what makes vegetable gardening so enjoyable. Whether purchasing plants from your local nursery or starting tomatoes from seed, there are a few basic steps to follow to...
Growing Amaryllis Indoors
Amaryllis FlowerNothing can break the gloom, like a bloom in the dead of winter. Of all of the flowering bulbs, the Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) is the easiest to force into bloom. Amaryllis Flower fit into any color scheme with...
History Of Plum Trees And Their Hybrids
The documentation of ancient plums growing in antiquity is sparse. The best evidence of that oldest existence is best documented through America's most famous pomologist, Luther Burbank, who reported in his twelve volume...
Choosing Easy-Care Shrubs
Shrubs tend to be the centerpiece of most peoples front yard gardening. I think thats because shrubs are easy, but theyre also expected. Homes without a row of shrubs lining the front look kind of naked and unloved.But it...
History Of The Strawberry And The Strawberry Tree
It is difficult to trace the ancient history of the strawberry plant or strawberry tree, because there are so many different, complex, undefined species, and they have evolved in so many different places and countries.Pliny...
The Not So Common Day Lily
For many people, when asked to name their favorite flower, it will be the rose. Roses bloom for about a month in June, then in September they will re-bloom at about half strength. Roses are beautiful and last a long time when...
Fragrant House Plants
With two large dogs in the house, I am forever looking for ways to keep the air in the house fresh and pleasant. I love fragrant oils burnt in lamps but the oil isnt cheap! I also sprinkle the filter on the vacuum with a...
Necessities for Growing Orchids
Have a tropical paradise inside the house. When raising orchids, care must be practiced at home. However, they are no harder to grow than many other houseplants if the particular growth requirements are used. Actually, many...
Which Hostas are Sun Tolerant?
Although hosta plants are mainly known for their love of shade there are many varieties that are sun tolerant. It used to be that these were mainly the hosta varieties with gold leaves but more hybrids are being developed...
What You Need To Know For Long Lasting Flowers
The biggest complaint of many flower lovers is that their bouquets and floral arrangements just don't seem to last very long. But what many don't know is that there a few things you can do to insure that the flowers you get...
Orchids 101
Orchids are flowering plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae in the order Asparagales. Orchidaceae is a remarkably diverse family that contains over 25,000 recognized species divided into more than 800 different genera....
The Top Myth Every Successful Orchid Grower Needs to Avoid
A little light never hurt an orchid, only a lot of light can.Lack of light is one of the main reasons orchids wont flower in the home. Dont believe what they tell you about light in the basic guidelines for growing orchids....
'Double Fantasy' Christmas Rose
A Shade Loving, Early Blooming Perennial
Through the years a variety of plants have come to be called "Christmas Rose"; they are all steeped in a legend that dates back centuries. Most frequently, the plant Americans associate...
Petite Substitutes for Petunias in the Annual Border
I don't like petunias. There - my prejudices are out in the open. I won't try to justify my dislike for the ubiquitous petunia, but if you're looking for an annual flower that will fill in some space in your flower border, and...
Guaranteed Gladioli, Summer Colour that Returns
Would you like a summer bedding plant that you do not have to renew year after year? Well by planting hybrid Gladiolus corms, you can attain mid to late summer colour year after year with only occasional renewal.Colourful...
Web Review Of Victorian Canna Hybrids
Great progress began in 1870 in the hybridizing of the canna lily by a combination of genetic materials from the wild canna species that had been collected from around the world, leading to the production of the 'Madame Crozy'...
The History Of Important Flowering Trees
Most flowering trees are small and can be planted in full sun or partial shade, being easily adapted to small yards. The Japanese Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia x Soulangiana, awakens in late winter or early spring. First growing...
History Of Grapevines
The first documentation of grapevines growing in the Americas was discovered in researching the logbook of navigator Giovanni de Verazzano, who reported in 1504 that a large "white grape" was vigorously growing at Cape Fear,...
The History And Evolution Of Banana Hybrids
Bananas are the worlds favorite fruit and many nations depend on banana trees to supply its citizens with this delicious food product to save them from famines. Bananas are available on markets year round and are rich in...