Rabbit Resistant Plants: Bulbs
Karen The vision of crocuses or tulips mysteriously disappearing in spring might scare a gardener away from planting bulbs but there are many bulbs that rabbits disdain. Some, like winter aconites,…
Five Best Spring Bulbs for Cut Flowers
As beautiful as spring bulbs are in the garden, they can be beautiful cut flowers. I plant some that I never cut and others for the sole purpose of cutting…
Selecting Spring Blooming Bulbs for Fall Planting: Overview
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…
Plants with Special Meanings for Valentine’s Day: Gift Suggestions
Valentine’s Day always conjures up visions of flowers among other things but why just give the flowers? Why not give a whole flowering plant that would last much longer than…
Name This Plant Game: Spring Bulbs 2
admin This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
How to Choose Narcissi for Fall Planting
Is there anything that gives hope in the dreary days of late winter/early spring than the emergence of bright yellow daffodils? No matter how gray or harsh the winter the…
How to Extend the Daffodil Season
The method used to create a series of blooms to extend the daffodil season are given with specific examples.