Flowers

BEAT THE HEAT. THINK WILD.

An unusually hot summer, such as this one, can cause even the most dedicated gardener to rethink his or her planting scheme. To combat the need to ...

PLANNING FOR A NEW ROSE

September is the ideal month to consider adding a rose to your garden. It's a good month for planning, not planting. The possibilities are endless! ...

SOIL FOR ROSES

Roses abhor heavy soil, which holds water. If a handful of your soil balls in your hand and does not easily break up, it's full of clay. On the ...

CHOOSING A ROSE

Now to choose that rose! You can start with a catalog, or a visit to a local nursery, but by far the most helpful source for rose growing ...

FORCING FOR ALL-YEAR BULBS

Bulbs, and their immediate relatives corms, tubers and rhizomes, come in so many forms that this family of flowers can provide blooms all winter ...

WHEN TO PLANT YOUR BULBS

An easy-to-maintain, dependable flower garden of bulbs starts with the early bloomers, like crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. A planting of ...

PLANT A FULL BED

A tulip and narcissus bed is just about impossible to over-plant. A four-by-ten-foot bed can accommodate scores of bulbs and will create a lot more ...