There a many Spring Blooming Plants that arrive very early in the year. Some even peek through the last of the winter snow. This collection will give you some idea of what to be on the lookout for this year for your spring garden. After a long and cold winter, most gardeners are really looking…
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Growing Onions indoors – 6 Ways to Grow Onions in Containers
This article shows you how to use onions as indoor plants. Growing onions indoors is a fun project and one that the kids will love to help with.Onions are easy to grow both outdoors and inside. They are one of those vegetables tha Many gardeners think that they would love to grow onions, but they also…
Forcing Paperwhites – How to Force Paperwhite Narcissus Bulbs
Daylilies at Wildwood Farms VA – Daylily Tour
Do you like Bluegrass music with a side of daylilies? If you do, you’ll enjoy this virtual tour of the daylilies at Wildwood Farms in Floyd, Virginia. Located just 42 miles from Roanoke, VA and very close to the Blue Ridge Parkway, you will find Wildwood Farms. This general store features live Bluegrass music from…
Growing Oxalis – How to Grow Shamrock Plants – Tips for Growing Sorrel
Oxalis is a shamrock-like plant that is also commonly referred to as love plant and wood sorrel. This plant is easy to grow, can sometimes be considered a weed and is a popular perennial plant that shows up around St. Patrick’s Day. Growing Oxalis is actually pretty easy. Keeping it under control can often be…
Cottage Garden Plants – Perennials Biennials & Bulbs for Cottage Gardens
English cottage gardens have a very romantic feel to them. The look may seem haphazard but is actually planned. To choose cottage garden plants, think of tall flowering perennials, self seeding annuals and hardy biennials to give your garden just the right look. A cottage garden has a very distinct style that throws formality out…
Bulbs to Plant in Fall – Get Spring Blooming Bulbs in Before Winter
Flower Bulb Types – Understanding Bulbs Corms Rhizomes Tubers
Flowering bulbs are some of the easiest plants to grow. Some of the spring flowering bulbs, such as tulips, crocuses and daffodils will give you weeks for flowering long before other perennials have started to show up. How well do you know your flower bulb types? Do the words bulbs corms rhizomes tubers and bulbets…
PlantSnap Mobile App – Tips and Tricks for Best Results
Add A Blast of Sunshine with Yellow Flowers for Water a Flower Day
Nothing quite brightens a mood like cheerful yellow flowers. There are loads of annuals and perennials that bring this bright splash of color to your garden. The contrast of the cheerful color against the green leaves makes a fabulous play in a garden bed. Did you know that May 30 is Water a Flower Day? …
Red Hot Poker – Growing and Caring for Torch Lilies
The red hot poker is a showy and dramatic plant. If you love growing perennials that give color all summer long, this is the plant for you. Other names for this showy plant are torch lily and poker plant. The botanical name for this plant is kniphofia uvaria and there are more than 70 known species…
Biltmore Estate Gardens Tour
My husband and I recently spent several days in the mountains of North Carolina with our daughter. The highlight of the trip was a tour of Biltmore Estate. We enjoyed the tour of the estate, for sure, but what really impressed me was the perennial gardens and conservatory. I thought my readers would enjoy reading a…
14 Tips for a Successful Garden Make Over
Iris – Perennial Bulb with a Majestic Appeal
It’s Lily Time – Varieties of Lilies in my Garden
Red Vols Daylily is a True Garden Stunner
Anyone who gets interested in growing perennials while find themselves also interested in daylilies. These showing perennial bulbs are dramatic, come back year after year and are easy to grow. Red Vols Daylily is a spectacular daylily that was a Better Homes and Gardens winner of the year in 2000 and it’s easy to see…
20+ Plants for A Shade Garden plus My Garden Make Over
My Vegetable Garden Make Over
I love vegetable gardening. There is nothing quite like harvesting and cooking vegetables that you have grown. If you like to grow vegetables, be sure to ready my post about how to troubleshoot vegetable garden problems as well as some solutions. One of the problems that can happen when you start a vegetable garden is…
My Garden in May – Lots of Flowers in Bloom Now
Today’s Garden Flower – My Bearded Irises are Blooming
3 Easy Bulbs to Grow for Early Spring
Today’s Flower – Gladiolus
Growing perennials means lots of color when you plant gladioli. There is something about a bare piece of ground that suddenly breaks with foliage at an amazing rate and then bursts in a splendid show of flowers a few weeks later. Gladiolus are not actually bulbs but are considered perennial corms. Gladiolus is often called…
My Garden In March – Spring has Sprung (or at least it is trying to)
Raleigh Botanical Gardens Visit
One of my favorite things to do when I have some spare time is to visit Raleigh Botanical Gardens. I love the new perennial and annual plants that I learn about and it just de-stresses me like nothing else seems to do. Raleigh has a great Botanical Garden called JC Raulston Arboretum. The beauty of…