Longfield Gardens

Garden Basic Essentials

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60 Deer-Resistant Plants for Your Garden

Annuals, Perennials and Bulbs That Deer Usually Ignore If you live in an area with a large deer population, you are probably all too familiar wi...

Best Tools for Planting Fall Bulbs (Video)
Best Tools for Planting Fall Bulbs (Video)

The Right Tool Makes Every Job Easier What's the best tool for planting tulips, daffodils and other spring-blooming bulbs? See a number of differen...

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Bloom Time

Popular Bulbs and Perennials and When They Bloom If you want your flower garden to be colorful from early spring through fall, you need plants that...

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What Makes Flower Bulbs Special

Enhance Your Garden With the Beauty of Bulbs Flowering bulbs have an important advantage over regular plants: they can store energy from one growin...

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Spring Checklist for Flower Gardeners

Get Your Garden Off to a Great Start As the days begin to lengthen and winter turns to spring, gardeners everywhere breathe a collective sigh of re...

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Know Your Growing Zone: Cold Hardiness and Heat Tolerance

Right Plant, Right Place Today’s gardeners have easy access to amazing plants from all over the world: agapanthus from South Africa, ferns from New...

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How Sunlight Affects Plants

Plants Grow Best With the Right Amount of Light Some plants are not fussy about whether they are planted in sun or shade, but most have a preferenc...

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Fall Leaves Are Garden Gold

Recycle Your Leaves for a Better Garden Raking leaves may not be your favorite thing to do on a beautiful fall day. But rather than thinking of it ...

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Types of Bulbs

Learn About Bulbs, Corms, Tubers and More! Many of the plants that we commonly consider "bulbs" are actually corms, tubers, tuberous roots or rhizo...

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Fall Checklist for Flower Gardens

What to Do Now for a Better Garden Next Year This October/November to-do list includes six tasks that will set the stage for next year’s garden. Th...

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Hardiness Zone Map

Find Your Location and Climate Zone For the most up to date USDA hardiness zone map CLICK HERE.

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Bloom Time Planning Guide for Spring and Summer Flower Bulbs

Plan for a Succession of Colorful Blooms Flower bulbs make it easy to keep your garden colorful from early spring through fall. You can get a jump ...

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Bloom Time Chart for Spring and Summer Bulbs

Fill Your Garden With Color From Spring Through Fall Spring and summer bulbs make it easy to fill your yard and garden with color from early spring...