Plants and Bulbs

Native wildflowers in the woods around my garden. Help with the identification from fellow bloggers and Master Gardeners.

A recent blog described planting a strawberry jar with my son. But a strawberry jar doesn’t have to be planted with strawberry plants alone. Here are five different ideas for non-strawberry strawberry jars! Each combination describes plant choices for the various levels of the strawberry jar. Salsa Strawberry Jar: Homemade salsa is popular at our house [...]

One of the often overlooked beauties of a garden landscape is the fragrance given by certain landscaping plants. Sometimes in an effort for ornamental or long-lasting flowers, we forget to think about fragrance. But a fragrant flower is somehow MORE of a flower, in my opinion. So to that end I am writing a series [...]

Spring is a beautiful time for the garden landscape and presents gardeners with a wide choice of blooming plants including bulbs, shrubs, perennials and annuals to include in your garden. Here are a few favorites. Spring Blooming Bulbs One of the first categories of plants many spring gardeners think of are spring blooming bulbs. These [...]

I love theme gardens – both in design and in name. These plants all have patriotic or Independance Day themed names perfect for creating a Fourth Of July Theme Garden! Enjoy! Angela <><

Today I planted a series of plants for the shade area near the patio, part shade in the front of the patio and for the rose hedge along the side of the driveway where the picket fence will go (if I ever manage to save up enough money and stop spending it all on plants! [...]