How to Use Blue in Your Flower Garden
Gardeners find it hard to resist the allure of blue flowers. Delphiniums, muscari, lobelia, Himalayan blue poppies, plumbago, hydrangeas, or morning glories --...
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How to Group Container Plants - Tips from Great Dixter
Great Dixter is one of the world’s most famous gardens. Located in East Sussex, just south of London, it was the family home of innovative plantsman...
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...
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...
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...
Coral Flowers: The Trending Color Your Garden Needs Now
People who work in interior design, graphic design, fashion or homewares, are always tracking color trends. They find clues in unexpected...
Decorating with Amaryllis and Paperwhites
Everyone loves fresh flowers, and that's especially true during the winter months. Cold, grey days and more time indoors makes us really appreciate...
Discover the Beauty of Double Amaryllis
My mother always had a nice flower garden, but she now lives in a small apartment with barely enough room for an African violet. Happily, there are a...