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Category Archives: Container Gardening
Forcing Flower Bulbs Experiment Part B
The 2 pots of Hyacinths (Jan Bos) in my warm office are open and smell heavenly! That is 3.5 weeks after I planted them and brought them in the warm office (after about 10 weeks of chilling). Some of my … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Forcing Bulbs, winter
Tagged chilling, daffodils, flower bulbs, forcing, garden, gardening, hyacinth
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What makes Lilies a garden favorite
Lilies can be a symbol of purity, refined beauty and nurturing. Asiatic Lilies, Oriental Lilies, Pixie Lilies, LA Hybrid Lilies, Double Lilies…. All are wonderful additions to perennial gardens of all shapes and sizes. They perennialize and naturalize, meaning they … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, summer
Tagged flowers, fragrant, gardening, gardens, large blooms, lilies, naturalize, no pollen, perennial, scented
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My Forcing Flower Bulb Experiment
Winter seems that it finally has ‘settled in’ here in Wisconsin. The pure white snow makes the views outside a bit prettier than the lifeless drab coloring of dormancy. Snow is beautiful when it sticks to each branch and nook … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Forcing Bulbs, winter
Tagged amaryllis, bulbs, container gardening, daffodils, flower, flower bulbs, garden, hyacinth, tulips
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Highlighting your front door for winter
Do you create a focal point at your main entrance? What do you do to add interest for the winter? A large majority of us have too cold of temperatures to have flowers survive the entire winter. 🙁 So that … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Flowers, Urban Gardening
Tagged berries, containers, Dogwood, evergreen, front door, pinterest, sprays, wreath
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HUGE blooms for winter blahs
Amaryllis are wonderful huge flowers to enjoy indoors during the winter. They are SO easy to grow. They really don’t need dirt (you can use peat) and they barely need any water. How great is that! (I am not good … Continue reading
Posted in celebration, Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Urban Gardening
Tagged amaryllis, bulbs, flowers, planting, tips, tulipworld, urban gardening
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Creative Ways to Plant your Flower Bulbs
I have planted thousands of flower bulbs over the last 15 years – I have read about some unique ways to plant them a little differently for a few years now, but there are two techniques that I haven’t ever … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Gardening 101
Tagged allium, bulbs, daffodils, fall, flower bulbs, flowers, garden, gardening, hyacinth, muscari, perennials, scilla, snow drops, tips, tulips, winter
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My Summer Garden Highlights
Wow! Where has summer gone? It wasn’t too long ago that I was longing for cooler days during the many excessive humid days we had this summer. This summer was a HOT (for Wisconsin) and dry (which I really like) … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, summer
Tagged begonia, butterflies, castor bean, coneflowers, elephant ear, flower, garden, lycoris, magic lily, monarda, perennials, peruvian daffodil, phlox, summer, urban gardening
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Snowdrop Dreams
Galanthus bulbs are most commonly known as Snowdrops or Garden Snowdrops. They are among the first signs that winter is almost gone and spring is on its way! They are very early blooming, often appearing even while the snow is … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Deer resistant, Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Gardening 101
Tagged amaryllis, bulb, deer, fall, flower, galanthus, garden, moles, naturalize, perennials, snowdrop, squirrels, tips, tulipworld
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Southern Belle Seeks Tulips in her Spring Garden // Guest Blog
As a child growing up in Northern Ohio, I recall yards filled with countless tulip and daffodil blooms. I even got in trouble once for “borrowing” red tulip flowers from a local park planted by a gardening club; I was … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Fall, Flowers, Forcing Bulbs
Tagged climate, forcing, fridge, guest blog, planting, red tulips, south
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Summer blooms beginning to appear
All my flower beds are full of foliage and many are beginning to bloom now! I’ve potted some Purple Gem Dahlias and my Peruvian Daffodil (Festalis Ismene) this year. The one Dahlia has begun to bloom and my Festalis will … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Deer resistant, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, summer
Tagged allium, bulbs, dahlia, flower bulbs, flowers, lilies, perennials, peruvian daffodil, purple
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