July has arrived and I think that I’m just about ready to sit back and enjoy my garden for the next few months. What I mean by this is that from early April until last week or so, every time I visited my garden I had work to do! From spring clean up, pruning the [...]
Annuals are usually grown to provide color. Since they are only temporary plants in many gardens – if they are always treated as such, they tend to thrive anywhere. Annuals permit gardeners in cold areas to briefly ignore the prospect of inter bleakness and inject a touch of tropical summer color into their gardens. Annuals [...]
Join Dianthus – Sweet William, Pinks, and Carnations Dianthus means divine flower There are over 300 species of Dianthus, and hundreds more of hybrid varieties. The group includes annuals, biennials and perennials. Most Dianthus produce richly fragrant flowers in the spring or summer, sometimes extending right up until the first frost. Although Dianthus species vary [...]
