"There are no hothouse blossoms that can compare in beauty and fragrance with my bouquet of wild flowers." So declared Laura Ingalls Wilder decades after her pioneer childhood. In 1932, Laura published the first book in the Little House series, “Little...
I leave the seed pods for them and they keep my insect population in check. It is a trade-off with the birds and in my experience, they generally clean up most of the seeds without any help from me, leaving only a few wayward seedlings to sprout each...
Wildflowers are beloved little treasures that have inspired poets, artists and storytellers from around the world and learning to recognize them and preserving their declining habitat is something all gardeners should aspire to.Ephemeral plants normally...
Many cultivated plants can trace their 'roots' to common roadside wildflowers and gardeners often assume that the wild or native form is simply an escapee from someone's garden. Indian Pinks prefer slightly acid soil, rich in organic matter.
It was also used in witchcraft as an ingredient to make people work together, or as a love potion. That is probably why many wedding bouquets of the time included phlox. The lavender to pinkish colored blooms are held in loose clusters on stems that grow...
Wildflowers are beloved little treasures that have inspired poets, artists and storytellers from around the world and learning to recognize them and preserving their declining habitat is something all gardeners should aspire to.
I suspect that they do not like my clay soil, but I have had no luck at all growing them in pots either. Maybe so, but the plant that comes to mind for me is the mariposa lily. Mariposa lilies are wildflowers found in chaparral, grasslands, deserts, and...
They are blooming right now and make for a lovely show in my back yard.These are tough little plants that can take light foot traffic once established and have an interesting history.
To take a cutting of a coral honeysuckle plant, do so when the plant is actively growing. Her brother had planted a cutting there years ago and now, its progeny happily blooms at my house, just like it has for countless relatives across the years.
I began to feel that if only I could permanently reside right there, in Paradise Valley's Chico Hot Springs, I could become a real swimmer, someone who did laps and had that lovely, lithe swimmer's body.We passed upward, however, and soon left most of...
They also cooked the leaves and ate them as a potherb, but the plants are protected today, so harvesting from the wild isn't recommended.Deer love trillium, and in fact the height of the flowers in a trillium colony can indicate the intensity of deer...
Its soft green leaves edged with cream light up a shade garden all season long. A transverse cut on the root was once believed to reveal Hebrew characters left by the wise king's seal.
An April walk down a woodland path may reward you with a glimpse of the large white blossoms of Sanguinaria canadensis. Bloodroot's leaves persist a little longer than its flowers, but they too are gone by early summer.
This seed/soil contact is key to wildflower seed germination. The double seeding improves the chances of not leaving any bare spots.Use a lawn roller or walk evenly over the seeded area to compress the seeds into the soil.
The very next spring, we mixed annual seeds with the sand in buckets and did our thing again with the roller. Every morning I would go and look at leaves - I recognized them! The cornflowers, the rocket larkspurs, the poppies, the cosmos, the verbana,...
I hope that you have learned something, too, and maybe now you have another plant to add to your "must have" list. Though ceanothuses are a stranger to most Americans, they have been beloved in Europe.
Early American settlers called this member of the Aster family "blazing star" or "gayfeather" because of its bright bottle brush-like flowers. It's also a perennial border standout and florist's staple.
These quartz monzonite formations are world-famous with rock climbers. Whether you go for the wildflowers, rock climbing, birdwatching, camping, hiking, or something else, you will enjoy the variety and unique scenery.*...
It is known to prefer damp, boggy or woody areas, and grows well in partial shade, though it can be prompted to thrive in sunnier locations with a good layer of mulch. Treat them as you would a clump of Surprise Lilies: dig up the clump, and gently separate...
Boy, did IPHOTOS OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. This lasted until 1989.ing trees along the lake created where the Colorado River flows through Austin, Texas.0th birthday, she established the famous National Wildflower Research Center with...
No pinching is needed, since they are self branching. No sooner than I entered the gate, I was smitten with the bright yellow daisy-like, nickel size flowers of the butter daisies.
The raised bed was built upon a 2-inch thick bed of 1 ¼ landscaping rock for drainage, and this is not necessary for wildflower gardens not planted in raised beds. Choose the kind of wildflower garden seed mix you want and you are ready to start planting...
Overwintered beets can produce prodigious amounts of seed List of Biennial Vegetables Botanically speaking, biennials are plants that grow one season and bloom the following spring after a period of winter chilling.
Sheets of cardboard can be used to kill off persistent weeds Perennial weeds with deep or spreading roots, including bindweed, ground elder and nettles can take a year or more to die off.
The best solution, if you have enough room in a sheltered spot, is to spread out the clippings on a hard surface and dry them out for a few days. Grass clippings are readily taken down into the soil by earthworms and other soil fauna, and also add a small...
Level places from which to work are invaluable when gardening on a slope, because gravity pulls people downhill, too. Planning a Terraced Vegetable Garden Because water always runs downhill, it is always best to stabilize a slope with reinforced beds...
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