All About Hellebores

All About Hellebores

Laura Root

What Are Hellebores? Beautifully Unique, Early Blooming Perennial Flowers Are you searching for a winter blooming perennial to plant in your early-season garden? Hellebores are unique flowers that bloom in...

All About Hellebores

Laura Root

What Are Hellebores? Beautifully Unique, Early Blooming Perennial Flowers Are you searching for a winter blooming perennial to plant in your early-season garden? Hellebores are unique flowers that bloom in...

Why Monarch Butterflies Need Milkweed

Why Monarch Butterflies Need Milkweed

Kathy Keeler, A Wandering Botanist

Why Are People Planting Flowers for Monarch Butterflies? Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, are big black-and-orange butterflies, found all across North America. They are easily recognized, familiar butterflies. Ecologists were shocked...

Why Monarch Butterflies Need Milkweed

Kathy Keeler, A Wandering Botanist

Why Are People Planting Flowers for Monarch Butterflies? Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, are big black-and-orange butterflies, found all across North America. They are easily recognized, familiar butterflies. Ecologists were shocked...

All About Plant Selection and Hardiness Zones

All About Plant Selection and Hardiness Zones

Susan Humphrey

It’s Easy to Find Your Growing Zone and Why it Matters to Gardeners The USDA has divided the country into climate zones based on temperature. Each Zone is numbered so...

All About Plant Selection and Hardiness Zones

Susan Humphrey

It’s Easy to Find Your Growing Zone and Why it Matters to Gardeners The USDA has divided the country into climate zones based on temperature. Each Zone is numbered so...

All About Speedwell Veronica

All About Speedwell Veronica

Kathy Keeler, A Wandering Botanist

Easy to Grow, Speedwell (Veronica) Blooms in Spires for a Dramatic Garden Display Veronicas are handsome plants with tall spires of flowers in colors from deep pink to purple and...

All About Speedwell Veronica

Kathy Keeler, A Wandering Botanist

Easy to Grow, Speedwell (Veronica) Blooms in Spires for a Dramatic Garden Display Veronicas are handsome plants with tall spires of flowers in colors from deep pink to purple and...

American Native: Gaillardia Blanket Flower

American Native: Gaillardia Blanket Flower

Kathy Keeler, A Wandering Botanist

Gaillardias are Beautiful Red and Yellow Daisy-like Flowers I long ago recognized the flowers, but the name wouldn’t stick. Gaillardia isn’t memorable. Their common name, blanket flower should be easily...

American Native: Gaillardia Blanket Flower

Kathy Keeler, A Wandering Botanist

Gaillardias are Beautiful Red and Yellow Daisy-like Flowers I long ago recognized the flowers, but the name wouldn’t stick. Gaillardia isn’t memorable. Their common name, blanket flower should be easily...

Bulb Care Instructions and Planting Depth Chart

Bulb Care Instructions and Planting Depth Chart

Stephan Winterfeldt

If You Like Simplicity in the Garden, You'll Appreciate Bulbs Bulb Planting Instructions Dig out the soil to the proper depth. (See chart below) Amend soil (if needed), drop the...

Bulb Care Instructions and Planting Depth Chart

Stephan Winterfeldt

If You Like Simplicity in the Garden, You'll Appreciate Bulbs Bulb Planting Instructions Dig out the soil to the proper depth. (See chart below) Amend soil (if needed), drop the...