http://www.karensgardentips.com Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:10:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/six-native-woody-vines-for-an-american-cottage-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/six-native-woody-vines-for-an-american-cottage-garden/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:31:35 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=15479 Read 'Six Native Woody Vines For an American Cottage Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Scrambling over a wall or up a pergola, attracting birds, or adding color and fragrance vines can be an important part of an American cottage garden. Vines not only add color but also can be used to create atmosphere and cover up eyesores. [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/six-native-woody-vines-for-an-american-cottage-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/five-spring-perennials-for-the-cottage-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/five-spring-perennials-for-the-cottage-garden/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:00:53 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=14566 Read 'Five Spring Perennials for the Cottage Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Spring means renewed growth in the garden with bulbs and flowering trees contributing splashes of color all over the landscape. Perennials are not usually in full force during this time but there are many that provide interesting foliage as well as flowers. Some of these [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/five-spring-perennials-for-the-cottage-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/vegetable-garden/the-best-pumpkins-for-pumkin-pie/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/vegetable-garden/the-best-pumpkins-for-pumkin-pie/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:00:09 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=15499 Read 'The Best Pumpkins for Pumkin Pie' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Not all pumpkins are created equal. True, they are all edible, but some make better pie filling that others. The most desirable traits for making pie are taste and texture. Taste can be enhanced with spices and flavorings but why not get a pumpkin with a [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/vegetable-garden/the-best-pumpkins-for-pumkin-pie/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/five-fall-blooming-perennials-for-the-cottage-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/five-fall-blooming-perennials-for-the-cottage-garden/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:00:30 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=15306 Read 'Five Fall Blooming Perennials for the Cottage Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

The traditional cottage gardener had plants that bloomed in the fall just as we do. Many of those plants are still favorites today although improved cultivars are taking their place. Some of the cottagers favorites are not available anymore while others can be found [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/five-fall-blooming-perennials-for-the-cottage-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/rose-garden/characteristics-of-polyantha-roses/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/rose-garden/characteristics-of-polyantha-roses/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:00:13 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=14395 Read 'Characteristics of Polyantha Roses' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Known for their profusion of flowers, polyantha roses arose in France in the late 19th century. Their parentage is vague but probably involved a China rose and Rosa multiflora, the parent of many ramblers. The result was a relatively small compact bush that produces clusters of small flowers [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/rose-garden/characteristics-of-polyantha-roses/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/true-lilies-for-the-cottage-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/true-lilies-for-the-cottage-garden/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:00:35 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=14554 Read 'True Lilies for the Cottage Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

True lilies are one of the most showy plants found in cottage gardens.  True lilies all belong to the genus Lilium so many plants that have the word “lily’ as part of their name aren’t lilies at all.  This means that daylilies, water lilies, lilies of [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/true-lilies-for-the-cottage-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/rose-garden/characteristics-of-hybrid-tea-roses/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/rose-garden/characteristics-of-hybrid-tea-roses/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:00:24 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=14447 Read 'Characteristics of Hybrid Tea Roses' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Everyone loves roses and why not? They are beautiful flowers, suggest romance, and have been featured in literature and art for over two thousand years. Most of the roses you receive from the florist or see in rose gardens are hybrid teas. They are the most popular [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/rose-garden/characteristics-of-hybrid-tea-roses/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/five-roses-for-the-cottage-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/five-roses-for-the-cottage-garden/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:00:18 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=14531 Read 'Five Roses for the Cottage Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

No cottage garden would be complete without roses; not the high maintenance, leggy, hybrid teas that most people visualize as the typical rose but the more easy going kind that are usually called old garden roses. This is a varied group but many are fragrant and [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/five-roses-for-the-cottage-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/cool-weather-annuals-for-the-cottage-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/cool-weather-annuals-for-the-cottage-garden/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:09:34 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=13983 Read 'Cool Weather Annuals for the Cottage Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Annuals provide bright color beginning in spring and are important part a cottage garden. Typically, cottage garden annuals are easy to grow, vigorous, and self-seed, requiring little care and assistance. To get the cottage garden off to an early start, make a selection of cool [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/cool-weather-annuals-for-the-cottage-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/charateristics-of-the-traditional-cottage-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/charateristics-of-the-traditional-cottage-garden/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:00:52 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=14826 Read 'Charateristics of the Traditional Cottage Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

The cottage garden brings to mind images of a romantic scene overflowing with charming informality, abundant plant material, and quaint garden ornaments. But the original cottage gardens were borne out of the economic necessity to supplement the diet of the owners with fruits and vegetables as [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/garden-types-styles-and-designs/cottage-garden-garden-types-styles-and-designs/charateristics-of-the-traditional-cottage-garden/feed/ 0