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Sweet Scents in your Garden

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Gabrielle

Walking through the garden can be beautiful, peaceful and relaxing. There are many aspects to look at when planning your garden: color, architecture, bloom time, hardiness, etc. Planning for when and where you put fragrant plants would be another. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Container Gardening, Fall, Flowers, Gardening 101, Spring, summer | Tagged bee balm, begonia, chamomile, daffodils, festalis ismene, foxtail lily, freesia, geraniums, hyacinths, iris, lavendar, lilac, lily of the valley, oriental lily, peony, petunia, phlox, russian sage, sweet pea, tuberose | 2 Comments

3 Colorful Shade Garden Plans

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Gabrielle

Here are 3 garden plans to get you “shade-crazy” with your gardens! If you don’t have the same space dimensions available as the plan we have made, you should be able to make some minor adjustments on your own. Hopefully … Continue reading →

Posted in Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Gardening 101, summer | Tagged annual, Arum, astilbe, begonia, bleeding heart, caladium, columbine, cyclamen, flower, garden, garden plans, gardening, hosta, lily, perennial, shade | Comments Off

Preparing your Garden for Winter

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Gabrielle

Fall has really just arrived. It is my second favorite season, which comes just before the worst – Winter. I do not really want to think about winter quite yet, but it will arrive soon for those in Northern areas. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Gardening 101 | Tagged begonia, bulbs, caladium, calla lily, cannas, corms, dahlia, elephant ears, flower bulbs, garden, gladiolus, oxalis, perennials, peruvian daffodil, rhizome, storing bulbs, tender bulbs | 35 Comments

My Summer Garden Highlights

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Gabrielle

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 | Comments Off

Rodent and Deer Resistant Bulbs

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Gabrielle

I have 3 acres of land (1.5 acres of wetland), many flower beds, a large fruit and vegetable garden, but only have to deal with insect and water problems. When we first moved to this property 10 years ago (from … Continue reading →

Posted in Deer resistant, Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Gardening 101, Rodent resistant, Spring, summer | Tagged allium, anemone, begonia, botanical tulips, bulb, caladium, calla lily, canna, chionodoxa, crocus, daffodils, dahlia, deer, deterrents, fall, flowers, fritillaria, galanthus, gardening, gladiolus, hyacinth, iris, liatris, lilies, lycoris, muscari, oxalis, pests, rununculus, scilla, species tulips, squirrels, tuberose | 4 Comments

the skinny on flower bulbs

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Gabrielle

Bulbs are easy to grow, provided that you stick to some essentials. Probably no other plant group gives as much variety and pleasure to the gardener with so little effort. The unique thing about bulbs is that they need little … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Gardening 101, Spring, summer | Tagged allium, begonia, bulbs, calladium, canna, chionodoxa, colchicums, corms, crocus, cyclamen, daffodil, daffodils, dahlias, fall, flower bulbs, flowers, fritillaria, garden, gladiolus, hyacinth, iris, muscari, oxalis, perennials, rhizome, Spring, tuber, tulips, tulipworld | 4 Comments

My Begonia update and losing spring

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Gabrielle

My first sign of life for my Apricot/Scarlet Begonia- after 1 week! Do you remember when I said we had unseasonably warm weather on April 10, when it was 80°. How wonderful that day was! Well, 1 week after on … Continue reading →

Posted in Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring | Tagged allium, begonia, bulbs, chionodoxa, flowers, frost, puschkinia, Spring, squill, tulips | Comments Off

Celebration!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Gabrielle

Weddings, showers, garden party, birthday, Easter… I have gotten calls for flower bulbs for a baby shower, funeral, garden party, Easter and of course weddings in the last 3 months. My brother in-law and his bride recently gave yellow candies … Continue reading →

Posted in celebration, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring, summer | Tagged allium, amaryllis, anemone, baby shower, begonia, birthday, bulb, colors, crocus, daffodil, dahlia, easter, flower bulbs, freesia, funeral, galathus, garden, gardne party, gladiolus, glads, hyacinth, iris, lily, meaning, oxalis, party, phrases, ranunculus, showers, tulips, wedding favors, weddings | 8 Comments