Articles related to "Red Flowers"



Have an Explosion of Pinks in your Garden
Grow this cheerful flower in your garden or in containers for a brilliant profusion of pinks and reds.
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In the Pink with Dianthus:
Growing garden pinks, they are easy and come in other colours. Oh, the heady scents, bliss.
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Red White and Blue Flowers
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.
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Bromeliad, the Unusual Houseplant
Brilliant hues of the foliage and flower of the amazing bromeliad create beautiful color as a houseplant. An unusual array of leaf formation and color.
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Cool-Season Cut Flower Annuals
Add a few cool-season annuals to your garden for color during off seasons. See five of the best cool weather annual cut flower plants.
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Cottage Garden Plants Part One
There is something delightful about the ironic nature of a cottage garden; heirloom plants, vines and flowers filling every available space. See twelve of the best!
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Midnight Gardens: Black Plants in the Landscape
How to identify the underlying color of black plants and use them in garden designs.
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Poppy, Lupine and Wildflower Seeds
Save money by planting seeds rather than seedlings. Wildflowers, Lupine, and California Poppy seeds can be an inexpensive start to a beautiful garden.
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Three Cheers For Oswego Tea
Oswego Tea or Bee Balm and other species of Monarda are among the most colorful natives for the summer garden.
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Easy Garden Rainbows - Red
Easy Rainbows is a 7-part series recommending easy-to-grow flowers in each colour of the rainbow. Red Flowers focusses on annuals, perennials and vines.
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A Tropical Garden With Cannas
At the nursery this year, we have many landscape customers buying tropical plants. Cannas are a top seller because they are easy to use in the garden and in containers.
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Hummingbird Food and Feeders
Making homemade nectar and a feeder that will encourage hummingbirds to visit your garden or deck is easy and requires very little time.
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It's Daylily Season
A listing in a local garden magazine told of a garden with 800 varieties of daylilies. There was no way I could stay at work and miss this garden tour.
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Hamamelis – Landscape Aristocrats
Hamamelis (witch hazel) species and varieties bring interesting forms, flower and leaf gold to temperate landscapes when gardeners least expect color and fragrance.
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Patriotic Themed Garden Plants
What better place to celebrate Independence Day than in a garden full of plants that celebrate that spirit of "freedom and liberty for all".
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Waterwise Sages
Some are true sages, some are misnomers, but all have a place in a waterwise garden
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Impossible Gardening: Hot, Dry, Clay Soil - Part 4
Part 4 of a series of articles on plants that have thrived in dry, clay soils, in light shade.
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Let Your Trowel Dig True for the Red, White and Blue
Celebrate Memorial Day and the rest of summer. Check out these annuals for great red, white and blue combinations.
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Blooming Biases - Plants that will never make my "A" list.
It's your garden party - so give some thought to the invitation list. Do you really want bores, or uptight plants, or those that demand to be pampered and petted beyond endurance? Or would you prefer those that bring delight and variety to the party?
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Grow annual vines for quick cover
Looking for a quick fix to cover that chain link fence? Try a fast growing annual vine.
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Amaryllidaceae: Rhodophiala.
The Gradual unmaking of Americans, with Apologies to Gertrude Stein. Amaryllidaceae: Rhodophiala.
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A Birdbath Full of Sedums
Garden tours can be a source for creative ideas to take home and recreate in your own gardens. Today's article will help you create your own birdbath full of sedums.
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Flowering Bulbs to Force Indoors
Want to beat the dreary winter dull-drums? Try growing these flowering bulb plants indoors to brighten your winter days!
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Frosty Morn Sedum
Frosty Morn Sedum is a problem solving perennial in my garden. It has earned a place in the garden by being a low maintenace plant that looks great without flowers.
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Going Native - Plants for the Rural Garden
The use of native plants can help to integrate a rural garden with the surrounding countryside.
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Heat Loving Plants
Plants that thrive in the heat of summer. From vines to colorful annuals the summer can fun and fancy free for everyone, including the the gardener.
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Annual Poppies as Landscape Focus
Seaside and sheltered landscape plantings and herb gardens present some down-to-earth examples for using annual poppies in natural appearing gardens.
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Beyond Snow & Sugar Cookies
Many schools and teachers stress about the holidays, because they want to make the season enjoyable without stepping on any toes. Honor the season with a cultural unit.
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Carmenère, The Bordeaux of Chile
The star of Chilean red wines and the grape that gives the locals cabernets their distinction, carmenère has had enjoyed a storied history.
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Colorful Fall Perennials
Fall does not always mean the shut down of the garden, there is still plenty of color that can be found with these colorful fall perennials.
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Developing Math Skills
Fun and simple games to help develop enthusiasm and joy in Math while building Important Skills with Numbers, these games are for all the family.
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Eastern Redbud Trees in Landscapes
Eastern redbud trees and cultivars enrich landscape gardens with varieties of form, silhouettes and unusual seasonal color. Site selection is essential for good display.
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Echiums
One hit wonders? Or monocarpic beauties? Read all about 4 Echiums here.
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Feng Shui for Success
The final article in this series will help you to determine the ideal design for a successful career.
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Grow Red White and Blue Flowers
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.
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Growing Native Annual Vines
North American native annual vines are colorful through the summer and easy to grow from seed.
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Herbal Holiday Decorations
Now is the time to start thinking about how to incorporate herbs into your holiday celebrations. Learn how to make the most from your herbal harvest.
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Herbs to Dye For
Herbs from a dyer's garden.
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How to Attract Birds
Attracting birds to your yard is an enjoyable hobby which has other benefits. For example,a bird sanctuary can provide natural insect control for your garden.
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How to Grow Sage
Sage is a useful herb that is easy and fun to grow. It makes a great landscape plant, can be used in the kitchen as a seasoning, and makes a great tea.
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Late Winter Flowers
Persian Parrotia has a lot to offer the garden. Unfortunately, late winter flowers are not on the top of the list. Witchhazel is the choice for winter flowers.
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Leaving Behind your Planting Mistakes - Rental Style
What was that Grade 10 History Class Moral? It was repeated again and again; really I should remember this.... Here is a list of planting mistakes I have learnt from, and am glad to leave behind. I hope you will share some of your planting mistakes, so that we can all share and learn in our blunders somehow.
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Memorial Day Activities
Have fun celebrating Memorial Day with these fun and interactive activities that can help you teach your child why this day is so important.
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My Garden at this Time of the Year
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Native Penstemon Plant Profile
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.
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Peonies are Legacy Plants
The garden shouldn't be skipped when looking for treasures to share with your children. Peonies are perfect plants to share with future generations.
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Perennial Plants for the New Year
See the best of the new perennial plants available to home gardeners in 2008. New colors, healthier plants and interesting flower forms can all be found.
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Plan a Back Yard Treasure Hunt
A fun way to spend a summer day with friends, neighborhood kids or cousins, is to set up and conduct a treasure hunt.
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Selecting a Crabapple Tree
Are you thinking of buying a crabapple but have heard that they are disease prone? Today's article will help you select a crabapple that is disease resistant.
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Species Rhododendrons
A look at some of the species rhododendrons.
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