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There is nothing more luxurious than having fresh flowers delivered to your door daily. I am sure the only thing that stops many of us from arranging this service is the astronomical cost. So why not take matters into your own hands and grow an annual flower garden you can cut and bring indoors? Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: African marigolds, ammi majus, apricot brandy, bright lights, butterfly flower, celosia, chine aster, Chinese forget-me-not, clary sage, claryssa series, cleome, cosmos, Drummond phlox, explorer, four-o’clock, French marigolds, giant imperial, gladiolus, Helen Campbell, heliotrope, Italian white, rocket, scabious, scarlet sage, snapdragon, stock, suncatcher, sunflower, sunshine, sweet pea, zinnia

English cottage gardens are usually a hodge podge of classical heavily scented flowers and plants. There is no rhyme or reason to the design. You might have a Sweet William plant popping up in four or five different places. A clump of Delphinium may be blooming on one side of your garden and a clump of Foxglove on the other side. Pathways through the garden are often overgrown with groundcover or taller flowers and might be difficult to see as you make your way through the growth. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ‘bath’s pink, ‘merton, chives, clematis, cleome, climbing rose, common witch hazel, cosmos, danse du feu, delphinium, dianthus, dill, dwarf apple, English Garden, feverfew, four o’clock, foxglove, jackmanii, old-fashioned weigla, scotch thistle, shrubby cinquefoil, sweet alyssum, sweet violet, sweet William, wonderland, wormwood

Nothing beats a beautiful well-tended garden with its perfectly trimmed bushes, weed free soil, and bright full blooms. However, if you are like me, you do not want to spend your entire weekend hedging, pruning, weeding, watering, fertilizing, deadheading and mulching. Yet, you still want a garden that is the envy of the neighborhood. If you are willing to put in a few hours of work one weekend you can have a glorious easy to care for garden with beautiful flowers and shrubs. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ‘bath’s pink, ‘merton, chives, clematis, cleome, climbing rose, common witch hazel, cosmos, danse du feu, delphinium, dianthus, dill, dwarf apple, English Garden, feverfew, four o’clock, foxglove, jackmanii, old-fashioned weigla, scotch thistle, shrubby cinquefoil, sweet alyssum, sweet violet, sweet William, wonderland, wormwood