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Bulbs are and easy and inexpensive way to get some great fast growing plants. The awesome thing about bulbs is that you don’t have to wait long for them to make an immediate impact on your garden. Many spring planted bulbs will give you great foliage or blooms.
Most people are familiar with spring blooming bulbs [...]

It’s cold and there’s still snow in the ground but the planting season is just around the corner. With this in mind it’s time to start thinking about what we want to plan this season.
As with every year, this is about the time the 2010 plant catalogs start rolling in and if you are like [...]

The Red Hot Poker or Kniphofia Uvaria is a favorite of many gardeners and for good reason. This plant features tall spikes tiped with red and yellow flowers. Actually, each spike end is comprised of many little flowers to form a cone like structure at the end of the stem. What’s great about these is [...]

Dry hot spots are the hardest to garden for obvious reasons. Maybe it’s too far to get a garden hose, maybe you are a green gardener that doesn’t like to waste a lot of water or simply nothing grows there. Whatever the reason is, it can be challenging to find an attractive plant that will [...]

If you have never seen or grown a passion vine (also known as may pop and passiflora) then you are missing out on some real beautiful flowers that are unlike any other. These vigorous vines are extremely easy to grow though one would think they wouldn’t be by the looks of their delicate flowers. [...]