General Flower Garden Care

Image by LeeYiuTung Not everyone has the time or energy to be in the garden every day, and that’s okay! Just because you can’t devote a lot of effort doesn’t mean you can’t have a beautiful garden. In fact,…

Image by janaph Part of gardening is learning patience. Your landscape vision will not occur overnight, no matter how hard you may wish for it to be finished. Plants take time to grow and fill in, so instant…

Image by PicturePartners Flowers that grow high have important roles to play in the garden and in flower beds. Choose a variety of plant heights for a more interesting garden. Use the tall flowers in spaces…

Image by Lagui What are mesophytes? Unlike hydrophytic plants, such as water lily or pondweed, that grow in saturated soil or water, or xerophytic plants, such as cactus, that grow in extremely dry soil,…

Image by Petr Svoboda Cold climate gardening can be challenging, with gardeners facing short growing seasons and the possibility of frosts occurring late in spring or early in late summer or fall. Successful…

Image by ob3rt82 Mass planting is essentially a method of filling in garden or landscape areas with flower groupings of one or more kinds of plants. This is often done to reduce maintenance by minimizing weed…

Image by Hank Grebe By Stan V. Griep American Rose Society Consulting Master Rosarian – Rocky Mountain District I enjoy the beauty of wildflowers. I also enjoy various types of gardens, so one of my favorite…

Image by Lsa1978 Numerous plants bloom throughout the autumn season. Fall flower gardens not only provide appealing blooms but they also add additional color and interest to the landscape. Let’s answer the…

Image by undefined undefined Nothing brightens up a room or table centerpiece quite like a fresh bouquet of flowers, but sometimes knowing how to keep flowers fresh eludes us. However, keeping cut flowers…

Image by Elenathewise Rather than plant borders all at once, try planting flower bed borders in stages. As with any gardening task, plan ahead and do your homework. Ask questions. For instance, is there…