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Flower Gardens Feature Writer: Christine Eirschele

Welcome to an entire flower garden experience.

Learn how to collect flower garden information on plants like perennials, annuals and wildflowers.

With ideas from theme flower gardens, create sustainable small gardens or attract pollinators with recently released cultivars. In scented flower gardens, consider new plant combinations. Speaking of fragrance, nothing says it like rose garden ideas or public rose gardens to see first hand.

Flower gardeners will gain inspiration visiting public gardens. Heritage flower gardens are rooted in the past or have exotic plant collections.

Here is a sampling of more flower gardens articles sure to prepare gardeners for an extraordinary journey.

For more garden musings check out the Flower Garden blog.


Feature Writer Articles in Flower Gardens

Finding Best Poinsettias at Dill's Greenhouse
From Ohio's Dill's Greenhouse, nursery grower talks about the best holiday poinsettia plants and and culture care to have healthy indoor flora at home.
New Sweet Alyssum Flower Called Snow Princess™
A Lobularia maritima 'Inlbusnopc' is the new Snow Princess™ sweet alyssum idea for summer gardens. This annual plant is easy to grow in hanging baskets or mixed borders.
Perennial Heliopsis and Russian Sage in a Garden
Heliopsis and Russian sage are deer resistant but attract pollinators seeking nectar filled flowers. These perennials bring bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to gardens.
Rain Gardening in the South
Rain Gardening in the South: Ecologically Designed Gardens for Drought, Deluge and Everything in Between is written by Horticulturalists, Helen Kraus and Anne Spafford.
Salvias and Sages for Blooming Gardens
Salvia and sage include tough annuals, perennials and herb plants that flower in summer gardens. These plants are easy to grow, drought tolerant and attract pollinators.


Contributing Articles in Flower Gardens

List of Flowers for Every Season
Flower gardens are not just for the spring and summer. They can be enjoyed all year round if proper planning and selection is employed.
Save Money and Have a Bigger Home Garden
Plant lovers spend millions of dollars on seasonal plants and throw them away when winter cuts them down. Buy perennials and divide them to save money.
Make New Garden Plans for 2010 by Zone
Gardeners will spend time this winter planning their purchases for spring planting. Here are ideas for each US gardening zone.
Montreal – Canada's City of Gardens
From the world's second-largest botanic garden to tiny patches of flowers that brighten dooryards on The Plateau, Montreal is a city that treasures plants and gardens.
The Rose Garden at Sissinghurst, Kent
Few gardeners haven't heard of Sissinghurst, that garden in Kent filled with cottagey roses. The very name evokes the scent and richness of a traditional English garden.