 One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. ~W.E. Johns, The Passing Show
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How to Grow and Care for Daylilies
Few perennial plants are as rugged, widely adapted, or versatile as daylilies. And with over 97,000 cultivars available, there's a size and flower color for every garden. |
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Growing Flowers 101
If you'd like a low-maintenance flower garden, your most important work will be done with pencil, paper, and some reference materials. |
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Herbal Tea Recipe
Once you've harvesting your herbs for tea, here's how to blend and brew up a healthy pot of tea. |
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Establishing a Wildflower Meadow
A meadow of mixed flowers and native grasses can replace your lawn, cover a slope, or enhance a roadside. Most meadows require much less water and fertilizer than lawns do, and they rarely need mowing. For best results, prepare the soil thoroughly before planting. |
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Getting Started With Garden Perennials
You don't need to be an expert gardener to grow perennials. Many types of perennials are easy to grow and provide years of pleasure with minimal upkeep. |
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Daylilies (Hemerocallis)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
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Pride of Barbados (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
[Editor's note: this is one of my favorite plants!! It grows so well in our Texas heat and the blooms are so beautiful.]
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 3-10 feet
Plant Spread: 3-10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White, Orange, Other
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall, Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Wildlife Attractant: Birds, Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant, Drought tolerant |
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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Pastel Patterns')
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2020
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2021
Seedling Number: 12-103J
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream, Light blue, Violet, White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White, standards, 3/4" soft blue shaded edge, darker central midrib; peach cream falls, 1/4" blue purple marginal band, heavier cotinga purple shoulder and haft markings
Beard Color: Cream tipped rusty orange in throat, blue white tipped rust at end
Style Arm Color: Putty, lavender midrib and slight blending on crests
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Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia)
Plant Habit: Shrub, Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic, Dry Mesic, Dry
Plant Height: 60-100 feet
Plant Spread: 60-100 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous, Blooms on new wood
Flower Color: White, Yellow, Blue
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer
Uses: Will Naturalize, Erosion control
Edible Parts: Fruit, Leaves
Eating Methods: Raw, Cooked |
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Hen and chicks (Sempervivum SUPERSEMPS® Fire Quartz)
Hybrid: Yes
Hybridizer: Volkmar Schara
Country of Origin: (DE) Germany
Year of registration: 2021
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer, Late summer or early fall, Fall, Other
Uses: Groundcover, Provides winter interest
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies, Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light, Stratify seeds, Suitable for wintersowing, Sow in situ, Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets, Other
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon, Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Monocarpic
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"Pastel Patterns"
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 Photo by GigiPlumeria
"The beginning of more blooms."
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"In mostly shade"
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"My grafted desert rose, rebloom!"
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"A prolific bloomer"
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 A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. — Gertrude Jekyll
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Who doesn't love Peonies? This classic heirloom flower has charmed gardeners for centuries and is back in style again. Red Sarah Bernhardt is as dramatic as the French actress she's named for with layers and layers of purple-cerise rose petals. 
