Spring is in Bloom at Keukenhof in Holland
Keukenhof is the world's largest and most colorful spring flower garden. In a park-like setting that covers 79-acres, you can wander through...
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How to Use Purple in Your Flower Garden
Photo by Clive Nichols, taken at Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire, England. In art and literature, purple is associated with royalty, spirituality, serenity...
Spring Checklist for Flower Gardeners
As winter finally turns to spring, gardeners everywhere breathe a collective sigh of relief. At last, we can get back outdoors where the birds...
Top Lilies for Your Flower Garden
Every flower garden needs lilies. These easy, summer-blooming bulbs always put on a stunning display. Their long-lasting flowers are big and bold, yet...
5 Tips for Growing Peonies
Peonies are one of America's best-loved perennials. Their lush, early summer flowers are the height of elegance, yet the plants are as tough as nails. If...
7 Tips for Beginning Flower Gardeners
Thomas Jefferson was one of our country’s most ardent and knowledgeable gardeners. In addition to writing the Declaration of Independence,...
DIY Wedding Flowers - Tips for Growing and Arranging
Are you considering growing and arranging flowers for an upcoming wedding? Taking on a DIY wedding flowers project is not for the fainthearted, but it...
Design Tips for Cottage Gardens
We think of cottage gardens as quintessentially British, yet they are also distinctly American. In colonial times, cottage gardens were the only...
Five Star Plants for Your Garden: Dahlia HS Date
Dahlias are fabulous cut flowers and that’s the #1 reason people grow them. But dahlia HS Date has so much more to offer. It's the kind of plant...