How to Use Orange in Your Flower Garden
Orange is a color that's not always easy to love -- especially in a flower garden. It has a big personality and doesn't seem motivated to blend in....
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How a Floral Designer Chooses Flowers for Her Cutting Garden
Floral Designer Alicia Schwede After many years running a successful floral design studio, Alicia Schwede decided to take her business in a...
How to Use Pink in Your Flower Garden
Gardeners often have a strong opinion about the color pink. In truth, it can be challenging to work with. Read on to learn why that’s true, and get some...
Dahlias: Why You Can't Always Get What You Want
January and February are the peak selling season for dahlia tubers by mail. Though the tubers will not be shipped for 5 months, dahlia lovers are always...
How to Protect Flower Bulbs from Voles
Voles are cute little mouse-like rodents with long tails and big appetites. Unlike moles, which are carnivores, voles are strictly herbivores. Their diet...
Midsummer Maintenance Tips for Perennial Gardens
Part of what makes public gardens like Sissinghurst, Kew or Longwood so impressive, is how well the plants are tended during the growing season....
8 Tips for Growing Better Lilies
Lilies have an elegance few other flowers can rival. With such big, exotic-looking blossoms, it seems like they'd be tricky to grow. But...
8 Tips for Growing Better Dahlias
Dahlia fever is running wild through the gardening world and there's no sign of it slowing down anytime soon. If you have caught the dahlia...
Spring Garden Checklist for a Low Maintenance Flower Garden
Boost your garden’s beauty and reduce on-going maintenance with a bit of early season care. This spring garden checklist for a low maintenance flower...