The days are longer, the sun is warmer, and sooner or later the buds of trees and shrubs will begin to grow. Best to complete pruning in the winter anyway communicated suddenly his grip. Remove dead, diseased and rubbing branches, and make any clarifications necessary to open a canopy to more air and sun. Cut [...]
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Gardering Tips
January 17th, 2012 
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Posted in House Plants, Wedding 
Tags: check for perennial, complete pruning, spring-flowering shrubs 
No Comments »Amaryllis Plants
December 28th, 2011 admin While poinsettias remain number one in popularity for holiday plants, a plant that has gained acceptance in recent years is the amaryllis. It is usually sold in either bud or blossom, is a producer rapid, and requires a minimum of care. The flower looks like a lily that it is not a member of this [...]
Posted in House Plants, Winter flowers Tags: amaryllis plants, bloomed amaryllis, flowering season, tropical bulb No Comments »Old Plants New Life
December 6th, 2011 admin During winter some of your houseplants may begin to look leggy. While they may not be in poor enough shape to discard, they do need something. Plants in this condition are often good candidates for air layering. Many house plants can be air layered–dumb cane, croton, Chinese evergreen, philodendron, rubber plant, fiddle leaf fig, oleander, [...]
Posted in House Plants, Winter flowers Tags: Chinese evergreen, houseplants, philodendron, rooting period, rubber plant No Comments »Cannas Viruses
November 29th, 2011 admin Cannas are a tender perennial, popular and grown by gardeners for their large attractive leaves and large flower spikes. Being tender, their roots need to be overwintered indoors in cold climates. Within the last ten years, virus diseases have become widespread in cannas throughout the world, so if you have these perennials you may not [...]
Indoor Perennial Problems
November 21st, 2011 admin Temperature, and its balance with light, are the two most important conditions for successful overwintering of tender perennials indoors, in addition to proper watering. Your plants will show symptoms if these conditions aren’t to their liking, but these may be confused with other causes, and once they show these it may be too late! While [...]
Posted in Fall flowers, Garden flowers, House Plants Tags: cannas, dahlias, houseplants, perennial plants, perennials indoors, tender perennials No Comments »Winter Bloom
September 18th, 2011 admin A surefire way to chase away the winter blues is to fill your home with fragrant flowers. And nothing is easier to grow than the sweet smelling paperwhite (Narcissus papyraceus), a bulb plant that can be coaxed into bloom with very little effort. The correct term is actually “forcing” as you are forcing the spring-flowering [...]
Roses For Winter
September 5th, 2011 admin Any discussion of how to help roses survive the vagaries of winter is sure to initiate a lot of different opinions ranging from “do nothing” to “bury plants completely” or “it can’t be done!” Personally, I believe many roses–namely shrub roses–can survive in cold climates with a little winter protection. Roses can be killed or [...]
Posted in Fall flowers, House Plants Tags: botanical works, bulb farm, roses, shrub roses, spring bulbs, tulip collection, tulip mania, white Zurel, winter roses No Comments »Top Perennials For 2011
August 30th, 2011 admin Each year, members of the Perennial Plant Association– the industry group representing growers and professional garden designers nationwide—vote on their top perennials. From the final group of new cultivars (cultivated varieties), or those deserving wider use, the perennial plant of the year is chosen. The elite group of perennials voted by professionals is a good [...]
Daylilies
July 27th, 2011 admin Daylilies have become a popular in many gardens as they are colorful and one of the easiest perennials to grow under a range of conditions. If you only know the orange daylilies naturalized along roadsides, be prepared to be dazzled by the vast range of colors and flower types. More than 38,000 registered varieties have [...]
Posted in House Plants, Summer Flowers Tags: Daylilies, Daylily flowers, Hemerocallis, orange daylilies, plant breeders No Comments »Nasturtium
July 11th, 2011 admin The resurgence in interest in growing old-fashioned flowers has helped the nasturtium make a comeback in gardens. The flowers have a delicate fragrance that many people will remember from grandma’s garden. The nasturtium is a versatile plant that can be used for edging in flowerbeds or in window boxes, patio containers, or hanging baskets. The [...]
