Archive for 'Flowers'

Choosing the Correct Roses for Your Garden

July 8th, 2009 – 7:08 am Posted by Patti
Tagged as: Flowers

Roses are some of the most beautiful flowers that grace a garden. They are a flower that symbolizes love, friendship and a sense of sympathy.  On the down side, they are also very fragile flowers that can take up a fair share of time. If you are new to the world of growing roses, then [...]

Sweeten Your Yard with the Scent of Lilacs

June 16th, 2009 – 10:19 am Posted by Patti

If you know anyone who has a lilac bush in his yard, then you probably have stopped by it frequently in late May and early June to breathe in the scent of its blossoms. It is a smell that I never grow tired of. Lilacs blossom for only a few weeks of the year, so [...]

Growing Gladiolus in Your Garden

May 27th, 2009 – 9:37 am Posted by Patti
Tagged as: Flowers,Gardening

There is nothing more glorious than a rainbow of colors in your garden! The gladiolus fits the bill perfectly for this. It is a tall flower that produces large blossoms of a multitude of colors. Glads, as they are sometimes called, grow in colors of pink, white, orange, yellow, purple, peach and green. It is [...]

Open Your Garden to the Beauty of a Dahlia

April 21st, 2009 – 9:54 am Posted by Patti
Tagged as: Flowers,Gardening

One look at a dahlia, and it is hard not to fall in love with its beauty and majesty (even if you are not a flower lover!). Dahlias are beautiful, big faced flowers that can bring lots of color and life to any garden. Dahlias are as lovely as their name suggests. A flower of [...]

Easy Flowers to Grow for the Non-Green Thumb

March 31st, 2009 – 10:48 am Posted by Patti
Tagged as: Flowers,Gardening

If you love the look of beautiful flowers in a garden but are not much of a green thumb, then read on for some flowers that are very easy to grow and can make your garden shine with color and life! Geraniums Geraniums are very easy to grow and are popular among novice gardeners and [...]