A cut flower garden brings joy to the grower – that’s you! – as well as the recipient of the bouquets, by adding beauty not only to their home but to yours as well, both inside and out. To help you get started, here is a list of the best plants for a cut flower …
Today’s English cottage garden features a charming jumble of closely planted perennials, annuals, and bulbs. Although English cottage garden flowers are now chosen mostly for ornamental purposes, the traditional cottage garden had a more practical approach. Historically, an English cottage garden would include a mix of vegetables, fruit, and even bees and livestock alongside edible …
Self seeding plants are an ideal way to create a landscape filled with flowers and food without spending a lot of money. These are plants that you can plant just one of and watch as they return and/or multiply year after year without any assistance from you. Self Seeding Plants For A No Cost Garden …
Having a garden space that is full of bell shaped flowers is perfect for adding a wonderful curb appeal to your home. These ornamental flowers are beautiful and add quite a stunning visual to any garden area or flower bed space. The great part about adding these flowers to your space is that they come …
Large outdoor planters are an ideal way to garden without the commitment of planting flowers, plants, shrubs, and trees into the ground. These planters are essential for apartment living. You can still have a beautiful outdoor garden without worrying that you don’t have a plot of dirt to use. Large Outdoor Planters Ideal for all …
Filling your garden with color all year round is a guaranteed way to keep things looking bright and alive no matter what the weather has in store. Out of the plethora of colors that you can plant into your outdoor space, there’s no doubt that yellow flowering shrubs are the one that shines the brightest. …
Butterfly gardening is a fun hobby for many today. Just imagine colorful butterflies flitting around in your flower garden, moving from one bloom to the next, and creating a beautiful show just for you! Let’s look at some of the easiest to grow plants for your butterfly garden 🙂 Best Plants For Butterfly Gardens …
Growing bonsai trees is an art form. Bonsai trees grow with beautifully twisted branches and unique trunks, and they fit perfectly into their cute ceramic pots. You heard about bonsais being easy to maintain, and want to give it a go yourself, right? We looked up the best bonsai starter kits to get you started …
Looking to inject some real drama and vibrancy into your garden? You need to incorporate some red flowers. And, for a real statement, add a few red flowering shrubs. Beautiful, scarlet flowers will set your outdoor space ablaze with color throughout the summer. Some red flowering shrubs, like the Scarlet Firethorn and Winterberry, will even …
Attracting birds to the garden is easy when you know the lifestyle of that bird. Bluebirds are one of my favorites! So, naturally, finding the best bluebird feeders was on my “to do” list when we moved to our current property. Bluebirds don’t actually like seeds. They LOVE mealworms. So, getting the right bird feeder …