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Sowing seed is the cheapest way to grow this hardy blue, white and pink-flowered perennial in your garden. It'll keep coming back year after year!

Delphinium flowers are some of the most readily recognized of the tall, vertically-growing perennials. See how to grow and maintain them in the garden.

Delphiniums and Astilbes are gorgeous perennial plants with outstanding and unique blossoms. Learn which three species in each genus rains supreme over the rest.

Though not easy to grow by any means, delphiniums are among the most beautiful of all perennials. They are definitely worth the extra work.

The language, legends and history for the larkspur; the flower for those born in the month of July.

The perennial larkspur plant is an easy and delightful thing for many landscapers and gardeners, adding old-fashioned charm to any bed or border.

Home gardeners can mimic the success of professional landscapers by using plants of varying heights. These tall growing plants do well for behind shorter flowers.

Spring brings an abundance of wildflowers to the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon and Washington. Look for Desert Parsley, Delphinium, Saskatoon and Ball-head Waterleaf.

Add some summer blooming annuals to your garden for beautiful indoor cut flower plant arrangements. See five of the best annuals and tips for cutting and care.

You can start your own plants from seed without buying a bunch of lights, cell packs, or pricey seed-heating mats. It's called Winter Sowing, and it couldn't be easier.

Let freedom ring in a festive Fourth of July garden of floral fireworks.

Anemones, Delphiniums, Hollyhocks and Foxglove are just some of the very large and versatile range of summer flowering perennials available for temperate gardens.

A front garden devoted only to evergreen foundation plantings, doesn't have a lot of curb appeal. An array of flowering plants at the edge of your lawn has a wow factor.

Take your garden from ordinary to extraordinary using these four easy techniques.

Many flowers change color as they mature, creating the appearance of a multi-colored plant.

It may be warm outside now, and the temptation to stay inside where it's cool almost overwhelming. Use some downtime to plan your spring bloom garden.

Graceful clusters of bright flowers attract gardeners and butterflies equally. See why these charming plants are great for more than just hanging baskets and containers.

Musk mallows are a gardening favorite. Beautiful mallow plants are prolific and produce delicate flowers covering stems that grow to approximately 3 feet.

A country garden of one's own will ease the stress of living in the concrete jungle. There are lots of ways to bring that relaxed style into a small city space.

Enhance and improve the design of your garden by understanding a few guidelines that start with the color wheel.

The language of the garden can be confusing in the beginning. Knowing the difference between annuals, perennials and biennials can set the new gardener on the right path.

The Turner House (House of the Seven Gables - Salem, MA), made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne, overlooks an early 20th Century Colonial Revival Garden

Gardening at altitudes above 6500' is challenging, but with a little effort and proper plant selection, the rewards can be spectacular and unique.

Flower gardeners are always looking for more blue flowers. Grow these blue flowered annuals in your garden either in a blue themed planting or mixed with other colors.

Butterfly gardens are easy to grow and attract beneficial insects. Understanding these pollinators will help when creating a flower garden for butterflies.

Even if gardening space is limited to patio pots or window-boxes, there is no reason not to put on a wonderful cottage garden summer display.

Foliage plants play a big role in garden design. They offer contrasting leaf color and texture, and help to ground the colorful flowers in a mixed border.

An outside marriage ceremony in a garden setting surrounded by flowers is a romantic way for bride and groom to begin their life together. Don't stress over the flowers!

The old perennial borders of England are the result of ideas passed down from one head gardener to another. And those garden lessons can be recreated across the pond.

Edward Steichen, a native of Luxembourg who became an American citizen in 1900, brought the concept of color photography to life.

Many perennial flowers should be staked. Learn the best techniques and methods to use in your flower garden and when and why to stake your flowers.

The Victorian art of floriography, the examination of the language of flowers, their coded messages and contradictions.

If you want a blue flowered theme garden or just like blue flowers in your flower garden, be sure to plant some of these blue flowering perennials.

There are many choices of flower colors for wedding bouquets; bridal bouquet colors of white, pink, lavender, red, yellow, orange or blue flowers are always in season.

Planning wedding flowers can be difficult and expensive; learn how to choose bridal flowers by style, color, season and, above all, cost with a few inspirational ideas.

This small natural area preserves rare Willamette Valley oak savanna and numerous wildflowers that thrive in the rocky, pool studded property.

Claude Monet was one of the great French impressionists who drew inspiration for some of his most famous paintings from the gardens of his home at Giverny in France.

Learn how to combine favorite old fashioned flowers of all kinds to design your own colorful cottage garden filled with fragrant roses, lilacs, peonies and more.

Perennial gardens finish with a bang in autumn. Hot colors, made more intense by the changes in sun angle, render a garden complete for the season.

Now is the time to plant red, white and blue flowers. By July 4th garden plants will be blooming with America's colors, ready for Independence Day celebrations.

Country cottage gardens are reminiscent of traditional England; learn how to create and choose traditional cottage garden flowers for an old English style summer garden.

Garden maps make it easy to find plants in spring, ensuring good plants aren't mistaken for weeds. Garden maps assist the gardener in charting the garden design.

Keep old seeds or throw them out? Are they worth planting? What's the shelf life of seeds? Will seeds you already have still sprout or germinate and grow? Test them!

Navajo Indians use more species of wild plants in healing medicine more than any other Native American tribe; plant use is considered central to the Navajo way of life.

The cottage garden is experiencing a revival, but this time around, the planting beds are more defined. With mixed beds, useful plants are as important as the flowers.

Southwest America varies in elevation from high mountain to low desert landscapes; surprisingly, there are many wildflowers to be found in these tough environments.

Hidcote Garden is the work of an American who became one of the most influential gardeners of the 20th Century on his estate tucked into the Gloucestershire Cotswolds.

Use these tips and plant lists to select red, white and blue annual and perennial flowers to plant a traditional flower garden design with a patriotic theme this summer.

Top heavy floppy perennials need staking. Learn ways to stake flowers such as peonies, lilies, delphiniums or gladiolus to hold them safely upright in the flower garden.

It's possible to bring a little Sissinghurst style into any garden by following Vita Sackville-West's and Harold Nicolson's love of profusion and informality.