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5 Unique Cut Flowers to Grow This Year - National Garden Bureau

Create Your Own Cut Flower Garden

Flower GardeningFebruary 14, 2019gail
Bring the outdoors in and keep your garden full of blooms with a cut flower garden. A simple and easy way to create homemade bouquets while still enjoying your garden outside. Here are 5 unique cut flowers to add to your cut flower garden this year! 1. Sunflower - Sunrich Gold Sunflowers are my number...
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Fall is the Time to Plant a Colorful Spring Garden - National Garden Bureau

Fall is the Time to Plant a Colorful Spring Garden

Flower GardeningOctober 8, 2018gail
Planting Fall Bulbs = 3 Months of Spring Color! For me, spring starts when the yellow winter aconites and snowdrops peek through the soil in my garden. It has been as early as March 4th here in Wisconsin, but usually occurs around Tax Day – a day when I can always use a bit of...
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10 New Tulip Varieties for a Beautiful Spring Color

Flower GardeningOctober 5, 2018gail
New Tulip Varieties for a Beautiful Spring!  New tulip varieties planted in the fall, forgetting about them over the winter, and then being amazed when they first start appearing is a time-honored tradition (at least in my house). This spring you will be thrilled and delighted when these new tulips start appearing in your yard!...
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Boost the beauty of your spring garden with Double Tulips - National Garden Bureau

Boost the Beauty of Your Spring Garden with Double Tulips

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & Design, Planting TipsSeptember 25, 2018gail
Fall is my favorite time to plant. The soil is warm, the air is cooler, and I am traveling less. Each fall I add new spring-flowering bulbs to my garden. This year double tulips are at the top of the list. Consider doing the same and help celebrate the National Garden Bureau’s Year of the...
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21 Plants Pollinators Love - National Garden Bureau

21 Plants Pollinators Love!

Backyard Habitat, Flower Gardening, Pollinator GardeningJune 21, 2018gail
Plant some of these pollinator-friendly plants in your garden and get ready to enjoy the fun and beauty! (View slide show below to see all 21 varieties) Seven tips to help bring pollinators to your yard and community! Plant flowers and plants that pollinators love to stop for! It's easy when you add some of these...
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Benary - A Super Hero in Disguise - National Garden Bureau

A Super Hero In Disguise

Flower GardeningJune 6, 2018gail
A flower is the culmination of a seed’s story. And while there are as many stories out there as flowers, every once and awhile one of those stories stands out from the rest and deserves to be told. Sometimes it deserves to be shouted. Such is the story of one man, his family’s seed company,...
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Can't wait to see these plants in my garden center - National Garden Bureau

Impressions from California Spring Trials 2018

Flower Gardening, Garden Planning & DesignMay 30, 2018diane
To See These Plants at My Garden Center! The CA Spring Trials was an awesome adventure and I don’t know where to begin botanically. Instead, I would first like to thank Diane Blazek, executive director of National Garden Bureau for being such an awesome tour guide. She has been visiting the CA Spring Trials for years...
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Floral Watercolors discovered at CAST 2018

Floral Watercolors: discovered at CAST 2018

Container Gardening, Flower GardeningMay 23, 2018diane
As a garden designer, photographer, and writer, I’m always curious to see what new plants will be revealed on the prestigious horticultural boardwalk at the California Spring Trials (CAST). This year I had the honor of being invited to attend CAST as a guest of National Garden Bureau and All-America Selections and spent an unforgettable week...
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10 Purple Flowers to dress up your garden - National Garden Bureau

10 Purple Flowers to Dress Up your Garden!

Flower GardeningMarch 2, 2018gail
From an entire bed or just a touch of color in your containers, it has never been easier to include purple in your garden. Perfect additions if you want to add the 2018 Pantone Color of the year, Ultra Violet, to your garden design. Here are 10 new varieties to get you seeing purple... Click here...
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Grow Your Own Cut Flower Garden!

Flower GardeningFebruary 6, 2018gail
Want to fill your home with fresh flowers this year? Plant a Cutting Garden! Part of the fun and excitement of gardening is enjoying the beauty of the flowers. Plan this year to design your own cutting garden for one of a kind bouquets directly from your garden! Planning your cutting flower bed When planning, remember this is a cutting...
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