Today’s Garden Ideas

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If you are thinking about growing a wildflower garden do not be fooled by all those seed companies promoting wildflowers in a can or roll. Chances are you will not be very successful going this rout. Nor, can you just simply scatter wildflower seeds and believe you will end up with a wildflower meadow. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: bellflower, blanket flower, coreopsis lanceolata, daylily, delphinium, dianthus, evening primrose, foxglove, Wildflower garden, wildflowers

Most gardens in your area are made up of primarily perennial flowers. They come in all different textures and colors. Most are sun-loving perennials and the myriad of possibilities for a full sun perennial flower design is only limited by your imagination. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: bellfower, boxwood, coreopsis moonbean, crocosmia, delphinium, full sun perennial, full sun perennial plants, full sun perennials, ladys-mantle, perennial flowers, perennials, Perennials for the sun, prairie mallow, quees-of-the-prairie, scabious, sweet willian coneflower, tree mallow, yarrow

Lets hang out the welcome sign and develop a butterfly garden plan to attract and keep those beautiful flutter bugs coming back year after year. Butterfly gardens come in all shapes and sizes from large acre size to the small few feet plot. All you need are the correct butterfly garden plants that will attract the baby butterflies, the caterpillars, and keep the adults fluttering around your home. Of course you will need to plant butterfly plants appropriate for your area. And, don’t forget, butterfly gardens are appropriate year round in some climates. You just need to be sure the butterfly garden plants are flowering year round. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: African marigold, ageratum, Butterfly garden, butterfly gardens, butterfly plants, cosmos bipinnatus, dahlia, delphinium, flowering tobacco, petunia, verbena, wax begonia

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