Archive for the ‘Easy care perennial’ Category
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Iris Flowers Ceasars Brother
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
There is no lovelier shade of Blue Iris than that found in the variety Caesars Brother and its its near relative Little Caesar a more miniature form of blue iris they are Siberian irises and are therefore grown from bulbs and not rhizomes.
These blue iris because they sprout from bulbs are among the easiest of [...]
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IRIS FLOWERS
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Iris Flowers
Iris flowers are available in a wide range of flower colors, including pink, blue, orange/red, yellow, and purple. They bloom in spring and early summer, with some varieties re-blooming later in the summer. This second flower display is not as showy as the spring display but lasts into the fall. Also many re-blooming iris [...] -
Planting and Growing Peonies
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Herbaceous Peony flowers have been a familiar sight in home gardens for over 600 years, that much so that at one point because they were so commonly used gardeners began to turn away from growing peonies in favor of more unusual plants, after all no self respecting gardener wants to grow a carbon copy yard, [...]
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The 9 Basic Rules of Peony Care
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Rules of Peony Care
1)The first rule of peony care is that established Peony plants should be fed in early spring and perhaps again half way through their growing season.
2)The second rule of peony care is that established peonies should be treated with a moderate amount of a complete fertilizer, Apply fertilizer to the [...] -
Types of Peony Flowers
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
A Little Botany, Never Hurts Anyone.
When you receive a plant catalog or visit an online plant house or database are you some what confused with the different botanical terms sometimes used there such as genus species and hybrid I know I am but if you look at it as if it were a family [...]