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/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/factors-to-consider-when-selecting-annual-sunflowers-for-the-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/factors-to-consider-when-selecting-annual-sunflowers-for-the-garden/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:00:16 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=13108 Read 'Factors to Consider when Selecting Annual Sunflowers for the Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

The past 30 years has brought the humble sunflower (Helianthus annus) from a roadside weed to a garden show-stopper. Just open a seed catalog to realize that there are many different kinds that vary in several ways including height, compactness, and color. [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/factors-to-consider-when-selecting-annual-sunflowers-for-the-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/five-pink-annuals-for-your-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/five-pink-annuals-for-your-garden/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 09:00:47 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=12457 Read 'Five Pink Annuals for your Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Think ‘pink’.  What do you see?  Delicate pastel pink than suggests innocence, femininity, and romance?  Or hot, shocking pink that is full of energy.  Perhaps deep rose pink is more to your liking.  If you don’t like pink at all, you are in the minority;  pink [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/five-pink-annuals-for-your-garden/feed/ 1 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/seven-good-reasons-to-grow-annuals/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/seven-good-reasons-to-grow-annuals/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 09:00:29 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=12396 Read 'Seven Good Reasons to Grow Annuals' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Annuals are those plants that complete their life cycle in one growing season. Most of the plants you see in little six packs are annuals: begonias, petunias, marigolds, red salvia, and impatients. You plant them; they grow, flower and die. Sometimes frost gets them but other [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/seven-good-reasons-to-grow-annuals/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/five-easy-annuals-from-seed-for-late-season-color/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/five-easy-annuals-from-seed-for-late-season-color/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:14:32 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=1985 Read 'Five Easy Annuals from Seed for Late Season Color' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

As the warm temperatures and sunny skies of summer bring my borders into full bloom I am thinking ahead to late summer and early fall when my borders will begin to decline as both annuals and perennials have spent their energies on their [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/five-easy-annuals-from-seed-for-late-season-color/feed/ 4 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/how-to-pick-the-perfect-petunia-for-your-gardening-needs/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/how-to-pick-the-perfect-petunia-for-your-gardening-needs/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:30:47 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=1596 Read 'How to Pick the Perfect Petunia for your Gardening Needs' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

When I go to buy petunias I am tempted to buy the inexpensive six packs but remembering my bad experiences with such petunias in the past I stop. Rain ruined the flowers of some, the high heat and humidity caused other to [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/annuals-top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/how-to-pick-the-perfect-petunia-for-your-gardening-needs/feed/ 0