Skeleton Flowers
November is the month when flower gardeners who have not yet cut down all of their herbaceous plants may still find a few specimens in the garden for dried bouquets.
View ArticleColorful Shrubs
This native grows 6-9 feet tall in full sun or partial shade and has white flowers in the Spring and then white berries later. Another possibility is Doublefile Viburnum ‘Pink Beauty' (hardy zones...
View ArticleThanksgiving Table
On today's Focus On Flowers, we've got a festive design for your Thanksgiving table!
View ArticleWinterberry
Winterberry produces a grand display of bright red berries that persist and light up its branches long after all of the leaves have fallen.
View ArticleSt. Cecilia and Spirituality in Gardening
It has been said that when the weather is cold, as in British gardens, there are paths for walking, and where the weather is hot as in desert areas of the world, there are more pools and places to...
View ArticleCreating A Thanksgiving Centerpiece With Texture
As the cold weather comes into my Midwestern garden, I grow somewhat mournful because it will be months before I see the results of the bulbs planted this fall.
View ArticleSpicebush Provides A Refined Softness To A Shady Landscape
Lindera benzoin, commonly known as spicebush, is a native multi-stemmed, understory shrub that can grow as wide as it is tall.
View ArticleRed Chokeberry
Our native Aronia arbutifolia with the common name of red chokeberry is a shrub that offers four seasons of interest in our gardens.
View ArticleNative Sumacs
Our native sumacs have vibrant, colorful foliage in autumn, and yet they are often overlooked as shrubs for residential gardens.
View ArticleMore Plants To Avoid
More invasive plant to avoid include oriental bittersweet, garlic mustard, reed canary grass, common reed grass and the autumn olive.
View ArticleFillers Supplement Flowers In A Bouquet
At certain times of the year we just don’t have quite enough flowers. This is when "filler" is really important.
View ArticlePyracanthas’ Berries Brighten Winter Landscape
Pyracantha is a shrub with evergreen glossy foliage and broad spreading growth. One disadvantage is its thorns, thus the common name of firethorn.
View ArticleThanksgiving Flowers and Leaves
For flower lovers, a Thanksgiving table is not complete without some blooms.
View ArticleAmerican Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana makes a good hedge on the outskirts of a garden, as well as excellent ornamental focal points in borders.
View ArticleTwelfth Night
Do you wait until Twelfth Night to take down the Christmas tree and holiday decorations?
View ArticleCardinals
Plant lots of nasturtiums, coneflowers, and sunflowers to provide seeds for these year-round garden residents.
View ArticleShrubs For Shade
The catalogs have arrived in the mail, so we are all thinking about what to order...
View ArticlePreparing For Winter
I make my potpourri using the rose petals and flower heads that I cut off while deadheading all summer.
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