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Using a Cutting Garden for Spring Flower Arrangements

Using a Cutting Garden for Spring Flower Arrangements

Tulips, daffodils and other spring bulbs are excellent cut flowers and can be used to create beautiful spring flower arrangements for your home and to share...

What to Know About Dividing Perennials

What to Know About Dividing Perennials

 If you have a perennial garden that’s more than five years old, you probably have some plants that need dividing. Though you could just...

How to Care for Spring Flower Bulbs After They Bloom

How to Care for Spring Flower Bulbs After They Bloom

 Spring flower bulbs get the gardening season off to an early start. From the first crocuses and daffodils to the last tulips and alliums,...

Landscaping with Daylilies

Landscaping with Daylilies

 Few plants can rival daylilies for toughness, adaptability and easy care. These summer-blooming perennials perform as well in Minnesota as they...

Five Star Plants for Your Flower Garden: Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart

Five Star Plants for Your Flower Garden: Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart

 Dicentra spectabilis, more commonly known as old-fashioned bleeding heart, is an elegant, easy care perennial that has delighted generations of...

Spring is in Bloom at Keukenhof in Holland

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

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

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

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...