Articles related to "Native Wildflowers"

The Perennial Plant Association has announced its winning choice for 2010. Baptisia australis is a perennial flower appropriate for native wildflower gardens

Rudbeckia, or black-eyed Susan, is a beautiful daisy-like flower that adds a beauty and splash of color to the summer garden for weeks.

Penstemons are a wildflower uniquely native to North America and depending on the species, one worth planting in your perennial flower bed or rock garden.

Forget-me-not is a perennial plant native to alpine areas of the United States and is the Alaskan State Flower.

Put away your lawnmower, and turn your landscape into a sanctuary for native plants and wildflowers. These hardy plants need no chemicals and little care.

This late-summer wildflower, a relative of garden Impatiens, can be used to treat Poison Ivy and athlete's foot.

Going to Yellowstone National Park this spring? Take US 16 to see lovely Wyoming wildflowers. Learn about five commonly seen native wildflowers of the Big Horn Mountains.

A gardener is doing a favor to the environment when he grows wildflowers in the Texas landscape. Wildflowers require little care and bloom in the spring.

Achillea and Gaillardia thrive in sustainable gardens. Yarrow and blanket flower are drought tolerant, native wildflower plants.

Attracting birds to the garden landscape can be easy for gardeners who plant perennials that provide songbirds with a source of food.

Let woodland and roadside weeds and wildflowers from native plant communities become perennial residents of the home garden.

Organic flower gardening requires much less work if you use plants that evolved in your city, state, region, or country. You may think of native plants as wild flowers.

Just because a plant is native to the US or Canada does not mean it will succeed in your garden. You want plants native to your local environment.

Penstemon was once prized only in native or wild flower gardens but is now popular for water-wise xeriscapes, hummingbird and mixed border areas as it is very hardy.

Biennial plants are usually hardy, easy to grow plants that self-sow in the garden, so these yellow blooming plants will make great additions to a yellow themed garden.

Water is crucial to desert gardens, but the nature of the desert is to be miserly with water. Now's the time to start thinking and planning water-wise solutions.

Learn how to identify the Lakeside daisy and where it is still found. This endangered spring flowering native wildflower grows, among other locations, in Lakeside, Ohio.

An introduction to growing a magical garden for kitchen witches, covering herbs, vegetables, fruit and flowers.

Here's info on great hotels in Chattanooga, plus Lookout Mountain's Rock City, Ruby Falls, and Incline Railway only a few minutes travel from downtown Chattanooga

Garden ponds attract many beneficial insects. Dragonflies and damselflies will live in backyard habitats with water and native grasses and wildflower plantings.

All flowers attract insects, but native wildflowers will bring those best adapted to pollinate.

The 45 hectare, Ramsar-nominated Hunter Wetlands Centre is home to more than 250 species of wildlife and located only 15 minutes from the Newcastle CBD.

There are alternatives to cementing the yard when lawn maintenance becomes too frustrating. Personal preferences, price, and location, influence your choices.

Monarda didyma is highly attractive to hummingbirds, honeybees and butterflies, as well as providing weeks of colorful blooms each summer and early fall. Learn more!

Goldenrod is often thought to provoke allergies, but the goldenrod pollen does not bother allergies at all. All solidago species are attractive to native butterflies.

Just three miles from downtown Portland are miles of nature trails in a wildlife sanctuary maintained by the Audubon Society and open to the public from dawn to dusk.

Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) is a showy and beautiful addition to any desert garden. But it's not sage, nor is it native to Russia.

Of all the spring flowers, the dainty white and green snowdrops are among the first to bloom, sometimes pushing up through the late winter snow.

Here are some Mother's Day gift ideas for a gardener. Visit a destination garden center for a day of plant shopping or a botanic garden to soak up gardening ideas.

Organic gardening is the practice of working with nature, not against it, by imitating and enhancing the cycles of nature.

Virginia Beach visitors and residents who want to visit several museums in the Hampton Roads area may want to consider the 7-4-1 Millennium Membership.

Whether or not global warming is the culprit, many cities are facing water shortages, and conservation measures are resulting in the browning of lawns.

To design gardens that light up shady spots in summer, try landscaping with drifts of shade-loving flowers that bloom after the main burst of early season color fades.