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Dahlia Types Explained

Let's Talk About Dahlias Dahlias are becoming increasingly popular in landscapes and make excellent additions to border plantings, flowerpots, and cut-flower gardens. They flower continuously from summer through the first frost and will bloom prolifically if spent flowers are removed regularly. They do best in full sun and prefer well-drained sandy soils but will tolerate...

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Fabulous Flowers to Include in a Cutting Garden - National Garden Bureau

Fabulous Flowers for Your Cutting Garden

What should you grow in your cutting garden? If you adore bold colors and textures, choose cheerful zinnias and sunflowers in vibrant colors. If you prefer a softer palette and delicate blooms, consider sweet peas or cosmos. The choice is yours. You should grow what you love! What plants should you choose? Heat-Tolerant Annuals Beyond...

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Grow Your Own Cut Flowers for Beautiful Bouquets

Beautiful Bouquets from Your Cut Flower Garden

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design

Is there anything lovelier than a beautiful bouquet of homegrown blooms? Whether you adore the sweet scent of spring narcissus, the vibrant colors of easy-to-grow zinnias, or the charming cheerfulness of sunflowers, growing your own cutting garden provides the perfect way to enjoy fabulous flowers throughout the year—with garden-to-vase arrangements. But not all flowers make...

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Savor a Scent-sational Garden with Fragrant Plants

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design

What’s your favorite garden memory? Is it burying your nose in sweet lavender lilacs, sneaking a sip of nectar from fragrant honeysuckle as a child, snipping spicy roses for a bouquet, or harvesting piney rosemary for recipes? Whatever your memories evoke, they’re sure to be tied to scent. After all, smell, emotion, and memories are...

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Four Plant Sources for Your Victorian Garden - National Garden Bureau

4 Flower Sources for Your Victorian Garden

Flower Gardening

Whenever we start a garden, we wonder what we should put in it. Do I want annuals, perennials, shrubs, or maybe biennials? Perhaps some ornamental grasses would work as well. Victorian gardeners in the late nineteenth century faced this same dilemma, but James Vick (1818-1882) had the answers. Owner of a seed company in Rochester,...

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Field of Dutch Bulbs for your Spring Garden

Bulb Mystery Solved!

Flower Gardening, Planting

Rumors are swirling that there is a bulb shortage, is there? Or is this similar to the seed shortage rumors that abounded last winter and spring? Remember, the seed shortage was actually a supply chain problem as our NGB member experts detailed in two information blogs Seed Facts for Informed Buyers and Ask the Experts about...

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Summer Shade Containers are as easy as 1 plant-2 plants-3 plants

Quick and Easy Summer Shade Containers 1-2-3

Container Gardening, Flower Gardening

If your porch, patio, or balcony is more shady than sunny, don’t worry: we have container combinations for you! We've talked about Quick and Easy Summer Sun Containers, now let's talk about summer container gardening in the shade using the 1 plant, 2 plants, 3 plants method as well... One for Shade When you’re gardening...

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Create a Tropical Paradise with Hardy Hibiscus

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design

You can create your own Tropical Paradise with the Delicious Hues of Summer Spice® Hardy Hibiscus! Creating a tranquil tropical escape for summer staycations may seem daunting, especially if you garden in northern zones. After all, the spectacular blooms and lush foliage of tender tropical plants last a fleeting season when winter freezes arrive. If...

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Create your own summer sun containers, it's as easy as 1,2,3 - National Garden Bureau

Quick and Easy Summer Sun Containers, 1-2-3!

Container Gardening, Flower Gardening

Create beautiful sun container gardens quickly and easily with just one, two, or three plants. There’s a reason container gardening is so popular. It’s easy for new gardeners to grow plants without a big time or money commitment. Experienced gardeners use container gardens to add focal points, design elements, and curb appeal to their homes....

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Shrubs for Cutting Gardens: Roses, Hydrangeas, and Other Long-Lasting Flowers

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design

Design a cut flower garden with flowering shrubs that make fantastic flower arrangements If you grow hydrangea, spirea, flowering quince, or forsythia in your garden, your vases will overflow with beautiful blooms. Is there any greater pleasure for a gardener than harvesting and enjoying homegrown bounty, whether it’s a sun-warmed tomato or an armful of...

Dahlia Types Explained

Fabulous Flowers for Your Cutting Garden

Beautiful Bouquets from Your Cut Flower Garden

Savor a Scent-sational Garden with Fragrant Plants

4 Flower Sources for Your Victorian Garden

Bulb Mystery Solved!

Quick and Easy Summer Shade Containers 1-2-3

Create a Tropical Paradise with Hardy Hibiscus

Quick and Easy Summer Sun Containers, 1-2-3!

Shrubs for Cutting Gardens: Roses, Hydrangeas, and Other Long-Lasting Flowers

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