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/bulbs/five-favorite-heirloom-species-tulips/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-favorite-heirloom-species-tulips/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:00:54 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=14722 Read 'Five Favorite Heirloom Species Tulips' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Growing species tulips is a rewarding experience especially considering that they are more likely to come back in future years than other kinds of tulips. Species tulips have a simple, delicate charm that makes them especially suitable for old fashioned gardens. Many species tulips, however, have been [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-favorite-heirloom-species-tulips/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-bulbs-for-damp-soil/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-bulbs-for-damp-soil/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:25:57 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=15147 Read 'Five Bulbs for Damp Soil' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Most bulbs like well-drained soil and will rot if they don’t get it. But there are some bulbs that actually like or at least tolerate damp soil. Grow them with other plants that like moist conditions such as Elephant Ear, Japanese iris, Ligularia ‘The Rocket’, astilibes, or [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-bulbs-for-damp-soil/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/spring-blooming-bulbs-for-the-cottage-garden/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/spring-blooming-bulbs-for-the-cottage-garden/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:00:54 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=13951 Read 'Spring Blooming Bulbs for the Cottage Garden' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Bulbs always play a big role in the spring garden providing bright color to a gray landscape that has been resting for several months. Many bulbs that we grow for spring bloom are at home in the cottage garden too. Chosen with an eye toward [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/spring-blooming-bulbs-for-the-cottage-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-favorite-heirloom-narcissi/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-favorite-heirloom-narcissi/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:00:11 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=14702 Read 'Five Favorite Heirloom Narcissi' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

With the increasing interest in heirloom plants the prospect of finding heirloom narcissus in bulb catalogs is very appealing. The world ‘Narcissus’ is used here as the botanical name for all the spring blooming bulbs that are called narcissus, daffodils, and jonquils. The term heirloom means different things [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-favorite-heirloom-narcissi/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/how-to-select-canna-lilies/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/how-to-select-canna-lilies/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:19:20 +0000 Chuck http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=13773 Read 'How to Select Canna Lilies' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

One quick and easy way to give a lush tropical look to a garden is the grow canna lilies. A lot of people grow them in the middle of a lawn with annuals planted around them but they look good in the border as well as in [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/how-to-select-canna-lilies/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-best-bulbs-for-forcing/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-best-bulbs-for-forcing/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:00:37 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=13563 Read 'Five Best Bulbs for Forcing' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

As bulb catalogs arrive in your mailbox during the summer begin to think about how wonderful a pot of tulips, daffodils, or hyacinths would look in January. Take time now to plan your order and mail it in by August so you get your bulbs by October. [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/five-best-bulbs-for-forcing/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/how-to-select-autumn-blooming-bulbs/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/how-to-select-autumn-blooming-bulbs/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:00:34 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=14072 Read 'How to Select Autumn Blooming Bulbs' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Most gardeners are familiar with the bulbs that bloom in the spring and summer but there are also bulbs that bloom in autumn. The good news about fall blooming bulbs is that you can plant them in the late summer or early fall and have them [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/how-to-select-autumn-blooming-bulbs/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/best-spring-blooming-bulbs-for-use-as-cut-flowers/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/best-spring-blooming-bulbs-for-use-as-cut-flowers/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:00:35 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=13894 Read 'Best Spring Blooming Bulbs for Use as Cut Flowers' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

You only have to go to the supermarket in spring to see how popular daffodils and tulips are but they are only two of many bulbs that produce good cut flowers. Try hyacinths, grape hyacinths and even snowdrops in early spring; ornamental onions [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/best-spring-blooming-bulbs-for-use-as-cut-flowers/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/how-to-store-spring-and-summer-blooming-bulbs/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/how-to-store-spring-and-summer-blooming-bulbs/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:00:25 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=13211 Read 'How to Store Spring and Summer Blooming Bulbs' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Not all bulbs are created equal when it comes to storage. Have you ever noticed that some bulbs that you buy come in peat moss, others in wood chips, and still others in a mesh bag with nothing else? Needless to say, the bulb [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/how-to-store-spring-and-summer-blooming-bulbs/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/selecting-spring-blooming-bulbs-for-fall-planting-overview/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/selecting-spring-blooming-bulbs-for-fall-planting-overview/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:00:42 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=12850 Read 'Selecting Spring Blooming Bulbs for Fall Planting: Overview' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

By the beginning of June the bulb catalogs start rolling in. It seems a bit early to be thinking of bulbs for next spring especially when the foliage from my narcissus this spring has not disappeared. Ah…but that is a good thing. I can [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/top-plant-picks-for-the-garden/bulbs/selecting-spring-blooming-bulbs-for-fall-planting-overview/feed/ 0