Flower Articles

Already anxious to see some new blooms? We know that feeling, so we’re already making our plans to put in our fall bulbs. We take a lot of comfort in knowing those little guys will spend the winter digging in with some new roots. They’ll just bide their time and emerge in spring–most likely to remind us that life is still worth living after we’ve made it through winter. The Farmer’s Almanac says it’s going to be a rough one.

A cyclamen is an amazingly beautiful plant. The leaves have an interesting pattern on them, and the flowers sprout like shooting stars from their stems, leaving many people in awe. However, when bringing a cyclamen plant home, it comes down to how well you can take care of it. A cyclamen is great for beginning gardeners, as long as you know what you’re doing! It’s also the go-to houseplant for those of us with a budding green thumb.

When tending a wildflower garden, it is important to remember that–unlike a vegetable or traditional flower garden–a woodland wildflower garden needs to work completely with nature. Vegetables and flowers are planted in rows in sunny places and can be successful in many different types of soil. Woodland wildflowers require the perfect spot and lots of patience. They are not all quick bloomers, and they bloom at different times during the warm season.

“Some people grumble that roses have thorns. I am grateful that thorns have roses…” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr The rose is the queen of all flowers. It is a symbol of beauty and has inspired poets, painters, songwriters, and gardeners for hundreds of years. The rose is thought to be 35 million years old and was identified in literature in the 14th century. It was even used heavily in medieval times as medicine.

Forcing the issue Having fresh flowers in the home whenever you want is such a great thing. It brightens any room and they smell terrific too. Keeping up with the high price of fresh flowers are downright difficult. It is pretty shocking to walk into a flower shop and come out $200 in the hole. The remedy for that is to create that beautiful flower arrangement yourself. One very beautiful concept is growing bulbs indoors, which is called forced growing.

If you live where winter is cold, with temperatures below freezing, it is easy to define what winter means. However, if you live in a warmer part of the country, how do you define winter when it comes to perennials? Basically, winter in your area of the country is whenever your perennials go dormant. This can happen anywhere from early September in the north to late December in the south. It is the cold that induces the perennial to go dormant.

Baby Blue Eyes plants are gorgeous flowers in the Nemophila genus with a Forget-Me-Not blue coloring. The scientific name, Nemophila, means “woodland-loving” (from nemus “grove” and philos “loving”). Growing these flowers can ensure helpful insects visit your garden regularly. The flowers are spectacular when they first bloom and attract a variety of beneficial insects such as bees, butterflies, and an entire host of other helpful insects. Baby blue eyes grow in the Western United States, primarily the Baja area of California, and are a native plant.

Not all of us were blessed with a green thumb. Some of us can kill a plant just by glancing at it. But that doesn’t mean we still can’t enjoy a gorgeous garden or lush, leafy landscaping in our yards. Fortunately, there are several truly tough perennials that we can’t kill even if we tried! Once you plant these beauties, you won’t need to do much else except appreciate them.

With their sweet fragrances, confident flamboyant petals, and their easy-going growth cycle, it is no wonder why lilies are among the world’s most admired flowers. There are more than 100 different species of the lily plant scattered all over the globe in places such as Europe, India, Canada, the United States, and the Philippines. They grow easily in fertile soil with good drainage, as well as being placed in an area that receives full sunlight.

When I moved into my house, the yard was filled with beautiful roses that had very unique colors and hues. The neighbors would walk by our house slowly just to see the lovely roses. One season, I walked outside to take a look at my blooming roses and they had all turned white. I had no idea how that could have happened. Year after year the roses continued to be white, never to posses those beautiful colors again.