Were you familiar that there were birth flowers? Birth flowers are much like birthstones that many people are familiar with today. Birth flowers are respectively connected to your classic zodiac sign or your birth month. Your classic zodiac sign is distinguished by the birth month – therefore someone that is born in December will be ...
Although there are many plants that thrive in shady areas, offering you a wide variety of design options that will fit your needs, few plants have the flexibility of bulbs. Bulbs are easy to grow and naturally adapt to challenging conditions. While we are often led to believe that most flowering bulbs prefer sun, many ...
Gardeners are often mystified about what to do with the shady places in the landscape. Landscapes with a lot of beautiful, valuable trees and shrubs often also have a lot of shade that makes growing flowers challenging, but not impossible. A woodland garden may simulate the look of a wild forest, Romantic willowy flowers sit ...
For people who love scents, but don’t care for the alcohol undertones, or sometimes overpowering qualities of inexpensive perfumes and colognes, perfume oils may be the answer. Generally, perfume oils last longer, are richer and impart a deeper, more authentic scent than liquid scents. They are quite cost effective as well. Although the bottles are ...
Spring is the time to enjoy all of those hardy bulbs that were planted in the fall. The crocus, hyacinths, daffodils and tulips put on their gorgeous show and then disappear until next spring. But spring is not the only time to enjoy bulbs, since they flower in almost every season. There are several hardy ...
Got a passion for lilies? Want a good sampling of choices for your native garden? Below are seven easy growing native lilies to get you started. Lilies are some of the prettiest flowers around today, and getting native lilies will be easier to plant. Lilium canadense L. (Canada Lily) Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta ...
Pine trees are beautiful and practical in a number of ways. Not only do they provide a natural windbreak, but they look and smell amazing. The scent of natural pine is unlike anything available in a bottle, and pine trees are an eye-catching and appealing part of the landscape. In addition, shade-loving plants that require ...
Lily of the Valley, or Convallaria majalis to botanists, is a dainty yet cute flower to grow. Similar in flowering growth to the Bleeding Heart plant, these florets droop off the stems they grow out on. Sometimes confused with being a hosta, Lily of the Valley’s flowers are upside down bell shaped, and most are ...
There are some flowers whose shapes have a certain charm to them. One of those shapes for me is a bell. Bell shaped flowers, whether they are lily of the valley or campanula, look beautiful when grouped together with all of their different colors mixed together. This guide will describe some of the flowers that ...
Shade does a wonderful job of keeping a home cool and protected from the hot summer sun, and sitting under the shade of a big tree on a carpet of cool green grass is comforting on a hot summer day. People who don’t have a shady yard long for the cover of big shade trees, ...
