How We Select the Best Flower Bulbs for Your Spring Garden
The world's flower farmers produce about 8.5 billion flower bulbs every year -- and 80% of them are grown in Holland. Others try, but it's...
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7 Design Tips for Shady Gardens
Some gardeners never spend a minute thinking about design. Others (like me) can spend a year finding the perfect spot for a rock. The person who created...
Love Alliums? See How a Garden Designer Puts Them to Work
Alliums are a great way to add color and excitement to your early summer flower garden. These big-blooming perennials are incredibly easy to grow, yet many...
Celebrating Spring Bulbs - From Bud to Bloom
One of the best things about spring-flowering bulbs is how quickly they come into bloom. At the first sign of warmer weather, they practically leap from...
Making an Impact With Border Dahlias
The only way to really understand a plant is to grow it yourself. So in our business, we wind up growing a lot of plants. We have a large trial garden...
Best Garden Flowers to Attract Bees
Pollinators need our help and gardens can offer them a safe haven. Like other wildlife, bees have four basic needs: food, water, cover and a place to raise their...
Facebook Fans Say Mental Health Is Top Reason for Gardening
For people who don't garden, it can be hard to understand what's so appealing about playing with plants. To be honest, I occasionally ask myself the same...
Early-Blooming Flower Bulbs Announce Spring's Return
Though the calendar says we still have a couple more weeks of winter, in many parts of the country, spring flower bulbs are already up and starting to...
Planting Tuberous Begonias: Which End Is Up?
Begonias were named the National Garden Bureau's 2016annual of the year. This family of heat-loving and mostly shade-loving plants, includes rex begonias,...