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National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Winter Annuals A colorful way to garden this winter... |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Best Winter Annuals For gardeners in the South, fall is the time to switch gears. While northern gardeners are pulling out plants in preparation for freezing temperatures, southern gardeners can plant pansies, violas, and other hardy annuals to provide color from winter to early spring. |
National Gardening Peter Kopcinski |
All About Petunias Petunias have always offered nonstop summer bloom, but now you're more likely to find a color, size, and growth habit to suit your garden needs. New, vigorous trailing types and miniature-flowered types have rekindled gardeners' interest. |
National Gardening Susan McClure |
Rediscovering Zinnias A cut above other annuals, zinnias fill your garden with color in record time... |
National Gardening Robert Kouric |
Herbes de Provence How to grow and make this gourmet seasoning |
National Gardening June 2000 Charlie Nardozzi |
Delightful Delphiniums New forms of these classic garden flower are more heat tolerant |
National Gardening Alice Knight |
Winter Heaths Early fall is prime time to plant these hardy long-blooming evergreens. |
National Gardening |
Shade-Loving Annuals Even if buildings, fences or trees shade your yard, you can still grow magnificent flowers. And the number of annual plants that grow and flower well in the shade is expanding yearly. |
National Gardening June 2000 Victoria Matthews |
Tropical Visions Given the right conditions, these flamboyant vines can grow almost anywhere |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Durable, Delectable Nasturtiums They're charming, easy, and good to eat, too |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Gold Medal Plants For the past 15 years the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has awarded gold medals to under-appreciated woody landscape plants. The 2003 gold medal winners include two noteworthy plants in particular that gardeners may want to try in their yards this year. |
National Gardening |
Gardening Climates 101 National Gardening has created its own system of 14 "gardening zones." Rather than minimum temperature alone, these regions are defined by largely similar gardening conditions. Expert gardeners in each region report on conditions and happenings in their region twice monthly. |
National Gardening |
Planting and Care of Annual Flowers When it comes to cut flowers, it's hard to beat annuals for their sheer production and ease of growing. |
National Gardening |
Choosing Perennial Plants When choosing perennial plants you'll need to consider their hardiness rating, your planting location, and when they flower so you'll have season-long color. |
National Gardening John R. Dunmire |
Guide to June Gardening The month may present different images in various parts of the country, but to most gardeners, it conveys feelings of richness, abundance, and completion. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Set Your Garden Aglow For a number of years plant breeders have been introducing yellow- or light green-leafed varieties of popular shrubs. The goal has been to select plants with attractive foliage that complements the flowers. |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
All-American Daylilies No other perennial gives as much for so little |
National Gardening April 2000 Barbara Pleasant |
Power Plants For plants that outperform all the rest, look for the trophy takers |
National Gardening Becky Heath |
Wildflower Tulips Wild tulips are less formal and more resilient than larger hybrids. And wild tulips like 'Apricot Jewel' come back year after year. |
National Gardening Veronica Lorson Fowler |
Amazing Annual Vines These speedy climbers offer old-fashioned charm and quick landscape solutions |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Peony: The King of Flowers There is nothing dainty about peonies. Peony flowers come in a variety of forms and in nearly every color except blue. And this long-lived perennial can thrive in your garden with little care. |
National Gardening Michael MacCaskey |
Summer Bulbs Consider these for summer color |
National Gardening October 1999 Michael MacCaskey |
Prolific and Terrific: Ranunculus In the temperate South and Southwest, planting time is near. Elsewhere, buy tubers now to plant in February or March. |
National Gardening Eliot Tozer |
Stars in the Shade: Impatiens America's favorite bedding plant. |
National Gardening Leonard Perry |
Best Perennials: The Midas Touch Just as King Midas in Greek mythology turned whatever he touched to gold, so cushion spurge can turn your landscape golden in early spring. |
National Gardening Robin M.W. Parer |
Hardy Geraniums The precise appeal of these often diminutive, sometimes bold charmers is tough to pin down. But it's simple from a gardener's point of view. Hardy geraniums give a lot and require very little. |
National Gardening Joseph F. Williamson |
Fuchsia Flair A Victorian favorite offers contemporary elegance. |
National Gardening |
Annuals and Perennials for Containers Learn the differences between annuals and perennials, and use this guide for planting and caring for them in containers. |
National Gardening Eileen Murray |
Hot Color: Crocosmia Graceful, bright, and easy-going, they light up late-summer gardens. |
National Gardening Joan Huyser-Honig |
Quick Cut Flowers These 11 grow in any garden and have a long vase life... |
National Gardening Holly H. Shimizu |
Brilliant Bee Balms These showy native plants make a healthful tea, too |
National Gardening April 2000 Barbara Pleasant |
Balloon Flower Easy to grow, reliable, looks great as a border -- and it's blue |
National Gardening February 7, 2003 Joseph F. Williamson |
A Gardener's Guide to Zone Maps Which climate zone do you garden in? Why does it matter? |
National Gardening Lynn Ocone |
Heucheras: Versatile, Colorful Natives Heuchera plants have different uses in different places. |
National Gardening Lynn Ocone |
Lavatera Annuals and perennials for cottage gardens |
National Gardening Kasha & David Furman |
Chinese Tree Peonies A guide for planting and cultivating Chinese tree peonies. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Colorful Grasses For winter color in gardens of the desert Southwest, gardeners need look no further than the ornamental native grasses... |
National Gardening Lynn Byczynski |
Organic Flower Farming Growing cut flowers for farmers' markets. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Tropicanna Canna This new canna is a flamboyant beauty that can add a striking tropical look to your garden -- with or without flowers. |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
The New Patio Trees After filling my garden with roses, delphiniums, irises, daylilies, buddleia, heliotrope, and a host of other plantings, I ran out of space, but not out of the desire to grow more plants. So I turned to plants called standards or patio trees. What are they? |
National Gardening Diane Bilderback |
All About Dahlias These easy-to-grow plants produce prolific flowers in the summer and the fall. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Marc Cathey: The Zone Map Man Whether it's through his maps, research or books, Marc Cathey has given home gardeners valuable tools for becoming more knowledgeable and more successful. |
National Gardening December 1999 National Gardening Association |
They Live On Air... Exotic-looking tillandsias are easy to display and maintain, and make ideal houseplants |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
New Crapemyrtles Crapemyrtles (Lagerstroemia) are often called the "lilacs of the south." They grace many homes with beautiful flowers in midsummer when few other shrubs are blooming. Although considered a southern plant, new varieties of crapemyrtle have proven hardy in colder climates. |
National Gardening Jane von Trapp |
Entry Garden Make-Over A front entrance garden has to be functional and inviting, but where do you begin? |
National Gardening Kris Wetherbee |
'Pink Reliance' Grapes This grape has it all: great flavor, disease resistance, and beautiful, fragrant spring color... |
National Gardening June 2000 Leonard Perry |
Agastache 'Blue Fortune' Plants that combine beauty with edibility are in vogue, and a new selection in the mint family fits this bill.... |
National Gardening |
Growing Flowers 101 Old homes occupied by expert gardeners often feature gardens that are beautiful for decades after the gardener departed, almost as if they evolved naturally. Planning is the reason. |
This Old House |
Going Native in the Garden Select plants that are true to their home and yours. |
This Old House |
Flowering Plants for a Cutting Garden Two dozen of Roger's favorite flowering plants, perfect for your very own cutting garden. |