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Dahlias for today's gardeners offer a really big gardening treat. The flowers are wide-open and daisy-like for a really colorful display of their brilliant hues. Like other groups, Cactus Dahlias can be of various heights, as long as they have 'cactus'...

Amaryllis How-To: Ever grown an amaryllis inside the house? Once in flower, it's best to keep plant out of direct sunlight to keep the blooms from fading. At the end of the summer, place the pot on its side and allow the soil to dry out.

In a new or established wildflower meadow, the wildflower plants grow up around the daffodils hiding the fading foliage, so there's no work to do. A real dazzler trumpet daffodil in bloom.

Shades of fuschia, berry red and white paint each petal differently making each bloom unique. Every bulb you plant grows a beautiful bouquet of tulips to enjoy either in the garden, in patio pots, or as cut flowers.

The beauty of the small lavender flowerheads of chives have always been a decorative highlight in herb gardens. (The word, Allium, means 'onion' in Latin.) Many Allium species are native to Iran, where many tulips also originate, and the edible Alliums...

Dutch Irises are the ones you always see in fabulous spring flower arrangements. A true rainbow of beautiful combinations. Easy to plant, great in a vase! (Iris hollandica) They're just as elegant in your garden, with tall, stately stems and exquisite...

It's best to position them against a wall or be ready to stake them, since they are brittle, and must be protected from high winds. Growing Dahlias: All the gardener needs to do is plant the tubers after spring frosts in good garden soil with full sun.

These plants have been hybridized into various heights from short bedding plants to tall bushy ones. Photos A and C are examples of Dinnerplate Dahlias. As you can see, they come in both solids and bi-colors.

Be sure it's never too hot, and never too dry. (Anemone coronaria 'St Brigid') Hardy in zones 7-10, these are considered an annual in all other zones. 'St Brigid' Anemone Mix delivers double-flowering, slighty-ruffled blooms in a rainbow of colors.

With some shade, the flowers will last longer than in full sun. The rarest color in flowers makes this hyacinth a stunner. One of the most powerfully fragranced blooms in the flower kingdom is the justly famous Dutch hyacinth--the result of hundreds of...

Scarlet tuberous begonias provide upright color and are grown for their showy doubled petaled flowers. Ideal in window boxes, containers or shady beds, plant these colorful beauties to revive dark areas.

With stems as long as 20 -24”, the stem length makes these tulips a great cutting flower for floral arrangements. Harvest Mix tulips emerge in late spring and offer large colorful blooms on sturdy stems.

Almost instantly, the bulbs will sprout, and in just 6-10 weeks, you'll have a flurry of fragrant daffodils right there on the coffee table. Everybody loves "Paperwhites". (Narcissus tazetta)

With red, orange and yellow sprays of unfurling blooms, each flowerhead is a graceful piece of one-of-a-kind art. Prefers moist soils. Crocosmia Mix brings a warm-toned blend of unique, hummingbird-attracting flowers on arching stems to the landscape.

About the famous Emperor Tulips: Early in the 20th Century, a talented Dutch hybridizer named Lefeber worked long and hard with a wild tulip called 'Tulipa fosteriana' from Central Asia.

Purple Shamrock is a mounding plant that boasts deep, almost black, shamrock-shaped foliage. Its contrasting, delicate pink blooms put on a show all summer long! Perfect for containers or a sunny spot in the garden.

For smaller spaces create a charming cottage garden feel on your patio when planted in pots. Double Late Tulip Dream Touch has magenta pink petals with crisp white edges. This full peony-like tulip is gorgeous when planted in large groups.

All you have to do is pick the spots. And if you're planting wildflower seed, what could be easier that to pop in the bulbs when you have the ground already turned? Its fragrant, solid yellow blooms bring cheer to the garden in the early spring.

The lush, rose-like blooms of 'Tecolote White' Ranunculus are absolutely perfect additions to summer wedding decor and bouquets. Each flawless flower is comprised of thousands of pure white, crepe paper petals, and the tall, straight stems of this Persian...

The sunny colored downward facing flowers fit neatly between other plants and also make a great addition to patio pots. Perfect for bouquets. Martagon Lily Sunny Morning has up to 50 flowers per stem that are golden-orange with dark spots.

Dahlias for today's gardeners offer a really big gardening treat. One expert has said, 'Never have so many gardeners received so much for so little work, as when they grow dahlias.''

They are known for their traditional Tulip shaped flower. Dramatic tulip blooms make beautiful cut flower arrangements so be sure to plant extra! The Triumph Tulip is the most important and largest group of Tulips.

Amaryllis How-To: Ever grown an amaryllis inside the house? Once in flower, it's best to keep plant out of direct sunlight to keep the blooms from fading. At the end of the summer, place the pot on its side and allow the soil to dry out.

This Dutch Crocus mix creates a rich blue and purple pool of color. Stunning in the spring lawn. (Crocus vernus)

This one is the real thing, and no lily common name is more mis-used.) Trumpet Lilies Sometimes called 'Aurelian Hybrids' or other names, the large, tall trumpet lilies are all descended from The Regal Lily, a white wild species lily from China.

After a few days, they are almost flat, like a huge pointed-petaled poppy. The blooms lengthen, then begin to open wide. They're tall, compared to most, with thin, but large blooms as you can see in the photos.

Plant in a border, or on a sunny patio in pots. Double Late Tulip Foxtrot has petals with a soft white line in the center that turns blush pink with rose pink edges. The edges are slightly ruffled making the tulip look full and lush similar to a peony.