Tag: perennials
Try Some Unconventional Cut Flowers
UNITED STATES—There is nothing like growing our own; whether vegetables, fruit or cut flowers. Most fruit and vegetables are grown to be eaten, so...
Spectacular Bloom Can Be Lethal
UNITED STATES—After providing remarkably striking foliage for many years, the biggest and boldest agaves bolt with spectacularly tall floral stalks that support horizontal pads...
Bulbs Now For Summer Bloom
UNITED STATES—Like a timely sequel, bulbs are back. Spring blooming bulbs were available in nurseries earlier, so that they could get planted and disperse...
Chrysanthe-Mum Is The Word
UNITED STATES—Only a few decades ago, when horticulture was taken more seriously, potted blooming plants like chrysanthemums, orchids, azaleas, hydrangeas, lilies and even poinsettias,...
The Right Bulbs Save Energy
UNITED STATES—After working so hard to bloom so impressively in spring or summer, bulbs redirect their efforts into saving up their energy for winter...
Covering New Ground Or Old With Groundcover
UNITED STATES—As the simple name implies, 'groundcover' covers the ground. Groundcover plants stay lower than shrubbery, and function something like mulch. They insulate shallow...
Succulents Know Recycling and DIY
UNITED STATES—There are all sorts of succulent plants, ranging from finely textured small stonecrops to huge suguaro cactus. Because aloes and agaves are succulents,...
Some Annuals Are Not Annual
UNITED STATES—So many annuals are actually perennials. They just get dug and replaced because they are not pretty enough during their off season. For...
These Bulbs Are Not Incandescent
UNITED STATES—It may seem to be too early to be concerned with narcissus, daffodil and grape hyacinth, but this is when their bulbs go...
Color Wanes As Summer Ends
UNITED STATES—Black-eyed Susan, sunflowers and a few of the late warm season annuals and perennials are still blooming, and a few will continue into...