Who would have thought that cabbage could ever be considered as an attractive addition to a yard or flower garden? Not just any cabbage is considered an attractive addition to the landscape, but ornamental cabbage, otherwise known as flowering kale, is a well-sought-after addition to yards and annual gardens in many cool weather locations. It’s ...
Some popular annual flowers, like impatiens or petunia, are easy to grow and pretty to look at, yet they are not a good choice for cutting to make flower arrangements. Try some or all of these annual flowers for your flower garden. All these annual flowers will grow in a full sun garden and can ...
I love pretty blooming flowers in the summertime and a garden full of annuals are some of my favorites.I can’t wait to get out there and start working in my flower beds when the first sign of spring approaches. Here are my 10 favorite annual flowers for my flower beds and garden. They are all ...
As far as annuls go many gardeners simply head to the nursery in spring, buy their four packs of petunias, marigolds, impatiens, and geraniums. While this is great for everyone involved, I have found a new love for planting annuals from seed. A seed packet generally costs about a dollar, but the blooms that you ...
The name sweet alyssum is a beautiful name for a beautiful annual flower. Sweet alyssums are appropriately named too. Sweet alyssums are sweetly fragrant, and the scent of sweet alyssums blends well with other fragrant flowers. Consider the sweet alyssum if you want an annual flower that’s just as fragrant as it is beautiful. Description ...
Strawflowers, which are also known as paper daisies, are amazingly beautiful annual flowers that are befittingly named. Strawflowers look like dried flowers, but strawflowers are actually one of the brightest most beautiful annual flowers you could choose for your yard or garden. The petals of strawflowers are intricate, and they are unique in color, texture, ...
Attracting hummingbirds to your yard isn’t as hard as you may think. There are plenty of annual flowers that attract hummingbirds that can provide food for these energetic fowl. Planting annuals in the garden is an inexpensive way to go, plus you can interchange your flower variety each year. The annual flowers (bloom only one ...
Statice flowers are beautiful annual flowers, and if you’re looking for a superior annual flower, statice flowers are definitely worth planting. Statice flowers make a fantastic addition to cool as well as warm weather gardens in a wide range of hardiness zones. Statice flowers provide stunning blooms all summer long in warm weather climates all ...
Spring has sprung and it is a great time to be thinking about your garden. Whether you like to plant vegetables or blooming flowers, involving your children in the garden is a wonderful way to spend time together and accomplish something everyone can be proud of. Below are five of my favorite gardening ideas for ...
Description of the Viola Flower Viola flowers, also known as Viola cornuta, are exceptionally beautiful annual flowers that look a lot like pansies, but the blooms of viola flowers are generally smaller, and viola flowers don’t have the characteristic dark centers that pansies have. Viola flowers have blooms that are available in solid colors, bicolor, ...