Articles related to "Zinnias"

Two children's book activities inspired by Anita Lobel's children's picture book, Alison's Zinnia, encourage children to create their own page from the book.

A flower walk at the local park or garden brings Anita Lobel's alphabet picture book Alison's Zinnia alive for children as they learn about flowers.

It's hard to find a flower that exceeds the Zinnia in beauty and ease of care. This sun worshiper makes a striking impact in any yard soon after seeds are sown.

A field trip with Anita Lobel's Alison's Zinnia teaches children about flowers at the florist.

Summer blooming annuals are plants that flower in the summer, produce seed and then die. See six of the most popular and useful annual plants for summer flowers.

Border edgings are important for blending the garden bed with the outside landscaping. See annual plants that provide color for garden border edges.

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

A perennial Gaillardia, blue Viola, bi-colored Zinnia and double flowered snapdragon have been chosen as 2010 plant winners by All-America Selections for flower gardens.

Start planning for your 2007 flower gardens with a trip to a local trial garden this summer.

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.

Fleuroselect 2010 winners belong to three native North American flowering plants. They display qualities like compactness, long flowering seasons, and vivacious colors.

Gayfeather or liatris is a plant that is native to both western and eastern North America, but different species occupy different areas of the continent.

Plants that need less water are rapidly becoming available at nurseries across the world. Colorful, fragrant and beautiful, these plants have transformed desert gardening

Combine different shapes, sizes, and colors of flowers to make your small area more beautiul and interesting.

Companion planting for pest control utilizes many different plants and herbs for healthy flower and garden beds, all without the use of insecticides to control pests.

Grow these flower bouquet favorites for home decorating, weddings, or gift giving. Roses, lilies, and other florist flowers are easy to grow without chemicals.

Design and planning is essential in order to have a beautiful and bountiful desert garden. Read about principles of design and maintenance of your desert garden.

Any outdoor space or collection of pots can become a much-needed home for bees with a few simple ideas.

Learn how to identify the shapes and parts that form flower, leaves, and stems to make beautiful floral drawings and paintings.

Is that flower an annual, perennial, biennial? Define your terms! Which one(s) are you planting in your flower garden this year? Does it matter? Of course it matters!

Butterfly gardening is a rewarding offshoot of keeping an organic garden. Learn about the flowers, host plants, and habitat that attract butterflies to your yard.

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

Green poblano chiles are stuffed with a picadillo of beef, dipped in fluffy eggs like a relleño, fried and topped with walnut cream and pomegranate seeds.

Old-fashioned cottage gardens can be a treasured addition to a home and will deliver charms and delights season after season, with some attention to details.

Long used as a cutting flower or dried in everlasting flower arrangements, the Bachelor's Buttons also go by the common name of bluet or ragged sailor.

Flower gardeners need to keep written and photographic records for future reference. The best place to do that is in your garden journal. Every good garden deserves one!

Grow a green mailbox garden sending seasonal plant postcards to the postal carrier and passersby.

With the upcoming 4th of July holiday, parades, picnics, and parties mean friends and family will visit. Here's how to spruce up your home for the 4th.

How symmetry and asymmetry affect the composition and aesthetics of an artist's drawing or painting, as shown by Van Gogh's works.

Flower gardens are not just for the spring and summer. They can be enjoyed all year round if proper planning and selection is employed.

A 2002 study conducted by The National Audubon Society found that homeowners are using 50% more herbicides than they did 20 years ago.

A marigold is a marigold, but what makes one a "Snowman" and another a "Jaguar"? Knowing about varieties (cultivars) helps you pick the best one for your flower garden.

Some plants are known for their ability to attract songbirds to the garden. These annual plants are a must for a bird-friendly landscape.

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

Autumn is time for a different sort of decorating magic. Arrange fall leaves, grasses, seed pods, and even bare branches into Autumn bouquets.

Brighten up summer gardens with bedding plants. They are ideal for spectacular color displays or as container plants. Check out Salvia, Geraniums, Violas and many more.

Summer is but a memory, but here are some easy ways to bring autumn hues and scents indoors without spending a cent.

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.

You can make your backyard a habitat for wildlife. Just look around for native plants and trees and provide food, shelter, water, and protection for young.

This is the second part of a two-part interview with Judith Phillips, a well-known author of gardening and gardening design books on the southwestern U.S.

A small garden in a kid's pool, or in any large garden planter, is just the right size for a children's vegetable or flower garden.

Gardeners will love this guide to choosing and planting the best annual flowers for a beautiful and colorful garden.

Some plants do best air dried, others with glycerin or silica. Tips for preserving plants and suggestions for plant varities to harvest are in today's article.

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.

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!

Spring is a great time to teach the child with special needs about the basics of plant care and growth. His self esteem grows as he learns responsibility and science.

Grassroots organization 350.org energized a huge global day of action on Saturday October 24 about the looming climate crisis. Find out how to maintain the activities.

Robert Hayden's exceptional poem, "The Whipping," features a speaker who observes a domestic scene that reminds him of one similar to his own experience.

There are some simple things that gardeners can do to help provide for honeybees no matter how small their space.

Wild birds can form a partnership with organic gardeners: we give them food and shelter and they give us song and beauty.