Flower Gardens
Feature Writer: Christine Eirschele
Here gardeners will find an entire flower gardens experience. Flower gardeners can access information on how to choose and grow gardens full of flowers like perennials, annuals, spring bulbs and seasonal flowers.
With ideas from theme flower gardens, create unusual places like rock gardens. Drought tolerant plants have found a new home in sustainable flower gardens. In scented flower gardens grow flowers to attract butterflies and birds.
Flower gardeners will gain inspiration while visiting public gardens. Explore botanical gardens with wildflowers, heritage gardens rooted with a past or rose garden collections.
Welcome to flower gardens, a list of all flower gardens articles will send you on the journey.
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Christine Eirschele
Oct 1, 2008
Stokes' Aster for Sustainable Gardens
In: Flower Gardens (general)
Drought tolerant native perennials like Stokes' Asters are good for sustainable gardens. Stokesia laevis 'Purple Pixie' is one summer blooming aster for small spaces.
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Sep 24, 2008
Planting Tulips in Autumn
In: Theme Flower Gardens
Gardeners are planting tulips in many types of themed flower gardens. Here is a primer of these Dutch bulbs in time to plant this autumn.
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Sep 18, 2008
Small and Miniature Daylilies by Grace Stamile
In: Theme Flower Gardens
Small and miniature Hemerocallis hybrids by Grace Stamile are excellent for daylily gardens in backyard spaces. These petite flowers add bold colors to containers.
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Sep 14, 2008
Fragrant Tree Peonies for Scented Flower Gardens
In: Scented Flower Gardens
The tree peony is another type of peony worth growing in scented flower gardens. Paeonia suffruticosa is a flowering shrub with large fragrant blooms.
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Sep 8, 2008
A List of Hostas to Grow in Blooming Gardens
In: Flower Gardens (general)
Among all plantain lilies, there are blue leaved hostas for shade gardens, sun tolerant hostas, hostas for small space gardens and those with fragrant flowers.
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Sep 4, 2008
Hostas For Flower Gardens
In: Flower Gardens (general)
Hostas add leaf structure, bloom fragrance and plant contrast to flower gardens. A guide to planting and caring for plantain lilies will ensure successful hosta gardens.
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Aug 27, 2008
Visit Kingwood Center in Mansfield Ohio
In: Heritage Flower Gardens
The Kingwood Center is worth a trip to the mid-western state of Ohio. This Mansfield estate is filled with heritage and display gardens, greenhouses and an orangery.
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Aug 23, 2008
Create an Indoor Flower Garden With Geraniums
In: Flower Gardens (general)
Over-wintering annual geraniums as houseplants save plants and money for next summer's gardens. Pelargoniums make good plants for indoor flower gardens.
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