Articles related to "Phlox"

Cutting flowers to bring indoors - a luxury of having a home garden that everyone should enjoy. Here are a few perennial plants with summer blooms that last indoors.

Known for evergreen foliage color and a blanket of color in the spring, creeping phlox is a well-deserved favorite of garden borders, rock gardens and raised beds.

There is something delightful about the a cottage garden; heirloom plants, vines and flowers filling every available space. See part two of the twelve best plants!

These super-hardy early flowering perennials are great in the gardens and the wild in zones 4 and colder.

These super-hardy early flowering perennials are great in the gardens and the wild in zones 4 and colder.

Phlox is a spring flower that can give a dynamic statement to your garden in spring. This article will instruct you how to grow and care for phlox.

In this group of plants all have names that reflect spring themes! A fun way to pay tribute to this fleeting but powerful time of the year.

What could be more wonderful than strolling through a flower garden full of scent and fragrance? Here are some top perennial picks for a pleasing fragrant filled garden.

Plants with mounding growth habit add weight and substance to a container planting combination by filling it in and creating a mass of color.

Perennial groundvers can be attractive and useful and you don't have to restrict your choice to just Ivy or Vinca.

Learn which perennials thrive in windy Northeastern North American gardens.

Organic gardening opens the door for seeds to germinate wherever they fall. No herbicides will interfere. Nature provides rich rewards for the receptive garden.

Any flower planted en masse or in large groups will result in a stunning display. A border edged in the same plant will offer the same show and a neat orderly appearance.

July might seem a little early to plan a fall garden, but the timing is just about right.

Here are four unusual annual plants gardeners will find worth growing in summer gardens. These recently introduced flowering plants will tolerate hot weather.

Every perennial gardener wants a showy display of flowers all season from spring to fall. Here's how to get it. Follow this guide for your best perennial garden yet.

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.

The third zone in a desert garden is the "arid" zone, one that requires little or no supplemental water after they are established. Read about the "arid" zone, and the pl

Learn some guidelines for using evergreens in the garden to provide winter interest. Look at the types of evergreens available, and variety of uses for your landscape.

Plant these flowers to grow a garden that is deliciously, wonderfully, romantically fragrant, perfumed with floral scent and in bloom all season from spring through fall.

If you like blue flowers and need blue flowers for shade or prefer native plants with blue flowers, try planting some of these unusual flowers in your flower garden.

Author of Jekka's Complete Herb Book, Jekka McVicar presented a rereleased book on cooking with flowers in 2003. Here's a dip into the coverage and currency of the book.

Plant these beautiful, easy to grow flowers in your shady or partially shaded garden for colorful blooms all season from spring through summer and fall.

Feeding birds and planting bulbs also rings the dinner bell for some uninvited guests.

Design with big, easy perennials: eye catching, attention grabbing plants that bring excitement to the flower bed or mixed border. Special plants that say "Look at Me!"

Like broccoli, cabbage, and other related vegetables, many wild mustards are tasty and have anti-oxidant properties which help prevent cancer.

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.

Dry summer weather can be a problematic time in areas across the country but there are a few perennials that you can depend on to make your yard shine during the heat.

Rock gardens, interesting because of the variety of plants, are grown in confined spaces under often harsh conditions. They are ideal additions to dry, sunny gardens.

Wrigley Field, home playing field to the Chicago Cubs baseball team since 1916, has been replicated in miniature in the suburban Chicago backyard of a longtime fan.

False indigo, or wild indigo is a useful perennial plant for flowering gardens with attractive fall seed pods and late spring flowers.

When creating a bouquet to bring inside, choose a good amount of both annuals and perennials, and even some foliage plants such as Lamb's ear or artemisia.

Plant these summer flowers to keep your garden looking fresh and blooming all season: choose from annuals, perennials, shrubs, bulbs, vines and tropical plants.

Catmint was originally grown as an herb for tea and to keep flying pests out of the garden. Now, many cultivars are highly ornamental.

Yoshino Cherry Trees bloom the last week in March in Macon Georgia. With more than 300,000 trees, the people of Macon say they are pinker than the folks in Washington, DC

There are always things to do in the garden even after it's been put to bed for the winter. After the leaves have fallen, the garden is a blank canvas to build with.

Flowers and butterflies (and caterpillars) go together. Plan your flower garden to attract butterflies and grow a magical butterfly habitat in your own back yard.

Flowers for the white garden or moon garden include multitudes of white flowered annuals, biennials, perennials, bulbs, rhizomes, and tubers.

Are you growing these lovely old time nostalgic flowers? Many terrific old roses, perennials, annuals, bulbs, and flowering vines have stood the test of time!

The Perennial Plant Association offers a list of dependable perennial plants for gardeners. The Geranium 'Rozanne' is the 2008 Perennial Plant of the Year winner.

These ornamental flowering shrubs are mostly hardy and prefer slightly acid soil. They produce brilliant displays of bold white pink or scarlet blooms from late winter.

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

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

Apply organic gardening methods in the greenhouse to control pests, and enjoy fresh flowers, herbs, and vegetables all year.

Provide a green foil for your organic flower and vegetable beds by establishing an organic lawn without pesticides or other chemicals.

Green roofs create a unique microclimate that must be considered to ensure plants flourish and perform.

Perennial gardens can be stunning in just a couple of years. A big budget helps, but there are cost-cutting tricks to building beautiful perennial gardens.

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.

There is an ever-increasing need to provide butterfly habitats as current ones are disappearing at an alarming rate. Many seniors are planting butterfly gardens.

When planning your garden, choose plants that flatter the style of your home and attract complements from birds, butterflies, and neighbors.