Have you ever thought about building a garden of stepping stones? You are reading this because you love your garden. The time you spend digging in the dirt is special to you. Your flowers, plants, and shrubs bring you a lot of joy. They help you relax and decompress. Do you enjoy sharing your garden …
Ornamental Gardens
If you’re sick and tired of losing your shrubs to deer, you’re going to love these 5 Bambi-proof plants. Let’s make something clear: planting deer resistant shrubs will not make your garden 100% deer proof. If deer are hungry enough, they will eat just about anything. What it does is dramatically lower the odds that …
Red flowers add a pop of color to any garden. As a symbol of love, courage, and respect, red flowers are guaranteed to brighten your landscape in every season. Adding crimson hues will give a bold statement to your garden as it draws attention to certain focal points and pairs well with most colors. Read …
You may be resistant to changing your existing landscape into a xeriscape, or drought tolerant landscaping. If it’s important for you to not only beautify your surroundings but use less water too, think of making the change. Everyone wants to make their carbon footprint as small as possible. Drought tolerant landscaping seems like a misnomer, …
I love the carefree nature that hydrangea trees bring to any garden, with their late-blooming clusters of flowers. These versatile trees are one of the easiest ornamentals to maintain, thriving in shady locations and well-drained soil. There are over 100 varieties of hydrangeas trees varying in size, color, and shape. It can often be difficult …
There are few things in the world as beautiful as rose pictures, apart from actual roses in real life. The rose is a type of flowering shrub. It comes from the Latin word Rosa. It’s a woody perennial and there are over 300 different species and thousands of cultivars. It is one of the most recognizable …
The climbing varieties of honeysuckle (lonicera) bear sumptuous, often sweetly scented blooms from early summer to autumn. Some also have attractive evergreen foliage. Growing climbing honeysuckle vines in your garden can add amazing displays of cascading flowers. Bees will LOVE your garden! And so will you 😉 Why Grow Climbing Honeysuckle Vines Before we get …
Every flower garden should include dahlias for color and excitement from July until the first fall frost. There is a dahlia flower for every taste, from simple to exotic. Here’s a quick refresher on how to grow dahlias. How To Grow Dahlias Dahlias (Dahlia pinnata) rule in the late summer flower garden and continue …
Camellias have a long blooming season and can put on a real show. Their blooms come in lots of different shades, sometimes peeking out from under a late spring snow. Here’s how to care for camellias (Camellia Japonica), so you can enjoy their gorgeous flowers in your own garden. Cultivated for many centuries in the …
What a beautiful vine! The firecracker vine (Manettia inflata), also known as candy corn vine, cigar flower, is a gorgeous two color perennial flower that goes well in every garden. Growing candy corn vine is quite easy, and this plant rejuvenates easily after taking cuttings. Where does candy corn (manettia) vine grow? Manettia will thrive …