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Growing Hardy Hibiscus from Seed - National Garden Bureau

Grow Hardy Hibiscus from Seed!

Easy Steps to Grow Your Own Hardy Hibiscus Yes, You Can Grow Hardy Hibiscus from Seed! When it comes to adding drama and flair to the garden, you don’t need to look any further than this year's featured flowering shrub; our very own, native Hardy Hibiscus. Hardy Hibiscus are deciduous shrubs, perennial in zones 4-9...

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Ten Victorian Flowers We Still Love

Flower Gardening

Top 10 Victorian Flowers We Still Grow Today! How Victorian Flowers were Brought to Our Garden In the early decades of the nineteenth century gardeners cultivated vegetables and herbs. There was little time or energy for flower gardening since most of the population lived on farms where working the soil took up most hours of the...

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Thank Goodness 2021 is the Year of the Monarda!

Flower Gardening, Perennials, Pollinator Gardening

The Year 2020 Has Made One Thing Clear... We Have A Great Deal To Look Forward To! I suppose one has to brain dead or living in a cave to not realize that the year 2020 was not quite normal. What with politics, storms, and a pandemic, it is not surprising, given the shutdowns and...

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Can't Miss Daffodils for Your Spring Garden - National Garden Bureau

12 Favorite Daffodils to Grow for Spring

Flower Gardening

12 Different Daffodils to Plant This Spring Now is the time to plant those trumpeters of spring! These easy to plant bulbs will bring years of bright spring color. And unlike other spring bulbs...daffodils are left alone by mice, voles, squirrels, rabbits, and deer. When to plant: The ideal daffodil planting time depends on where...

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Victory Garden 2.0 Fall Chores : How to divide your bearded irises - Year of the Iris - National Garden Bureau

Victory Garden 2.0: #Fallisforplanting (or Dividing) Your Bearded Irises

Flower Gardening, How-to

In this, the Year of the Iris, let’s talk a bit about a Victory Garden 2.0 fall gardening task that comes up every few years: dividing your bearded irises (Iris × germanica). This iris, often called German iris, produces large multicolored flowers in late spring or early summer that bear, on their slightly drooping sepals, a fuzzy “beard”,...

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Growing Wildflowers in your Victory Garden 2.0 - National Garden Bureau

Ask The Experts: Growing Wildflowers in Your Victory Garden 2.0

Flower Gardening, How-to, Pollinator Gardening

15 How-To Questions Answered About Growing Your Own Wildflower Garden Ask The Experts: Growing Your Own Wildflower Garden Wildflowers are one of Mother Nature’s loveliest gifts and a perfect addition to your Victory Garden 2.0. Their changing panorama of colors, shapes, sizes, and heights provides delight throughout the seasons. Wildflowers can be used anywhere. In...

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New Tulips for Next Spring!

Flower Gardening, Planning and Design

It's not too early to start thinking about Spring!!! And what better way than with new Tulip Bulbs? Fall is the time to plant spring flowering bulbs and why not make next spring extra pretty with new Tulip varieties? Our NGB members' newest tulip bulbs will look amazing in your garden. Order early, these bulbs...

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Plant an Iris or Two in Your Garden - National Garden Bureau

Bearded, Beardless or Dutch, there’s an Iris for you!

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design

Plant an Iris when you are looking for a showy flower to add to your garden! Fall is the perfect time to plant an iris, and they are among the easiest perennials to grow. Named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris, there are hundreds of iris species in almost all the colors of...

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The Best Flowers for Homegrown Bouquets

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design

Homegrown bouquets can decorate your home all summer long. The key to growing homegrown bouquets is by planting a combination of annuals, perennials, and flowering bulbs. This way you will always have new flowers coming into bloom. Every flower farmer knows that summer-blooming bulbs are the backbone of a cutting garden. Bulbs such as lilies,...

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Grow Your Own Scent Garden

Flower Gardening, Planting

Add an extra dimension and bring new delight to your garden by adding scented flowers. Fragrant flowers add to the ambiance of your garden. Smell is the sense most closely linked with memory, so start creating new memories by adding a few fragrant blooms this year. Roses For All Rose Stiletto Hybrid Tea Rose Brindabella...

Grow Hardy Hibiscus from Seed!

Ten Victorian Flowers We Still Love

Thank Goodness 2021 is the Year of the Monarda!

12 Favorite Daffodils to Grow for Spring

Victory Garden 2.0: #Fallisforplanting (or Dividing) Your Bearded Irises

Ask The Experts: Growing Wildflowers in Your Victory Garden 2.0

New Tulips for Next Spring!

Bearded, Beardless or Dutch, there’s an Iris for you!

The Best Flowers for Homegrown Bouquets

Grow Your Own Scent Garden

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