Blogs Posts in Flowers category; 287 blog posts

August lilies wallflowers worth noticing

Hosta plantaginea, sometimes known more romantically as August lily, is stunning. Its substantial, light- to medium-green leaves give rise to stalks that produce large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers that open during the lazy afternoons of l [...]

Posted On : Aug, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Alstroemerias: from garage to gorgeous

Few things get to me quite as much as gardening snobbery. I know it happens in other worlds too - take the story of Katie Price missing out on the Cartier polo tournament. She'd wanted to buy a table for £6,000 in the Chinawhite mar [...]

Posted On : Aug, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Growing a 'little bit of paradise' in Graham

Visitors wonder if they’re seeing a mirage.The sun-parched fields and pastures surrounding Beth Prichard’s house contrast sharply with the gently swaying banana trees in her yard. You are in Red Top, but her yard is straight fro [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Garden paradise opened for bees

A wildlife garden which aims to boost survival rates for bumblebees has opened at the University of Stirling. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust hope the space will act as an example to gardeners on how they can help save the threatened ins [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Going for the gold

If your summer garden is heavy with squash blossoms, this is merely a sign of good things to come. The goods also have arrived, so relish the bounty now: Picking most of the male flowers won’t compromise the harvest ahead.Those delica [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Flower pots walkabout at Al Manal Centre

Al Manal Centre, a member of Dubai Shopping Malls Group (DSMG), hosted the Flowerpots Walkabout as part of DSS 2008 activities. Curious shoppers and onlookers took photographs with the characters and children especially were amused at the [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

The Flower Lady reflects

Joanne Argante saw her business blossom into a success but big box stores and the Internet uprooted her from her career This is the story of Joanne Argante who, for 30 years, owned and operated Joanne's Flowers and Gifts in Oshawa. But it [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Gardening: Water is the theme at this year's Chelsea Flower ...

Perhaps reflecting last summer's downpours, the Show will feature a flood of fountains, springs, ponds and pools The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is always something of a fluid event, but last year was just ridiculous. Perhaps wary of anoth [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Gardening tips: 10 things to know about Horny Goat Weed or E...

I am rarely a fan of variegated foliage but I would rather that than dreary bare patches under trees. Enter the Epimedium a low-growing ground cover plant that enjoys woodland shade and whose leaves, sometimes heart-shaped, come in pale gre [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Farming flowers

This Mother's Day, David Hilliard will find himself surrounded with buckets full of white, pink and red peonies. This spring's rainy, chilly season has delayed his wholesale peony crop by a week or two. Yet it appears he'll have a bumper c [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Gardening is in their blood: The Sloans run Dexter-area nurs...

After leasing their property out to Bella Gardens for the past eight years, the Sloan family is back with a new nursery business. Last week, Mike and Janet Sloan opened Dexter Gardens at their well-known yellow Baker Road barn in Scio T [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

QUEEN ANNE'S LACE

DESCRIPTION: The broad 2 - 5" cream white flower-tops are actually a compound set of many small flowers, usually with one tiny reddish-brown floret in the center. The leaves are 2 - 8" long and very finely toothed, almost fern- [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Planting with Care

Healthy Beginnings No amount of watering or fertilizer will compensate for improper planting. On many occasions I have puzzled over the problems of plants only to discover they were planted six inches too deep or with their roots bound tig [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Separating the Plant from it's Container

Plants that are grown in containers (especially those with tightly wound rootballs) should be loosened and the soil shaken off the roots prior to planting. I know this is hard to comprehend and probably contrary to everything that you have [...]