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Autumn Olive Berries

If you are looking for healthy berries, the small edible olives of the Autumn Olive Tree ripen in September and taste very much like cranberries. The flavor of Autumn Oilve berries is also reminiscent of other fruits from currants to peaches and is crammed with nutritional value . Autumn Olives are tart...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-20-2009
Growing Sparaxis or Wand Flower

Some gardeners like to plant bulbs and others just like to have the bulbs in the ground, planted. If you fall into the second group, you'll like Sparaxis ! These bulbs need just two inches of soil over them and can often be planted by just poking them in with your finger. What a quick and easy way...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 08-28-2009
How to care for Chinese Lantern Lily (Christmas Bells)

The Chinese Lantern Lily produces uniquely shaped, bright orange flowers, which bloom all summer long on short stems. The little flowers are shaped like Chinese lanterns or hanging bells. The Chinese Lantern Lily will bloom all summer long in the right climate and prefers well-drained soil and full to...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 08-27-2009
Indian Hyacinth Care

Indian Hyacinth (Camassia esculenta) Indian Hyacinth has soft blue-violet flowers. It is an excellent naturalizer and native to North America. This wild-looking plant adds interest to beds, borders and rock gardens. It is a perennia l plant with long grass-like leaves and violet blue star-shaped flowers...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 08-18-2009
Growing the Perfumed Fairy Lily or (Childanthus fragrans)

These delicate little fairies, with very fragrant and clear yellow flowers, are sure to please! This tender bulb is from Peru and belongs to the Amaryllis family. It has large, spherical bulbs out of which grow slender, grayish-green leaves. Yellow flowers, resembling the Narcissus, are produced in clusters...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 08-10-2009
Use Brunnera to add color to those shady areas.

Brunnera needs to be planted in fertile, moist soil in partial shade to full shade. When you plant them, space them 24 inches apart, then water well and cut back after flowering to encourage a second blooming. If you need to divide them, it is best to do it in the spring. They bloom April and May Brunnera...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 07-26-2009
Balloon Flowers take on a hot-air balloon look!

Balloon Flower is so named because of the way each flower bud swells before its starry petals unfold. It resembles a hot-air balloon! Balloon Flowers are one of the easiest perennials you'll ever grow, and they bloom in profusion in mid to late summer, when many other perennials are beginning to...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 07-23-2009
For-Get-Me Nots

Alaska's state flower is the alpine Forget-me-not . It is a perennial that grows 5 to 12 inches high in alpine meadows. The flowers have five connected salviform petals, colored sky blue, that are a quarter to a third of an inch wide. Forget-me-nots are a decorative, low-growing perennial that are...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 07-19-2009
Mardi Gras Helen's Flower

A Helen’s Flower plant is also known as Sneezeweed, and is a very showy multicolored perennial. The flower colors are somewhat “tie-dyed”, orange-red-yellow, with a flower size of 1-2” and green foliage. The flowers are daisylike, with round-toothed petals and domed centers. Because of its height, Helen...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 06-01-2009
Spiraea Shrubs

Distinguished by their size, bloom color, and season of bloom, spiraeas all have small leaves and fine, twiggy branches. Once established, they are drought tolerant. They prefer full sun to partial shade and usually grow anywhere from 1 foot to 10 feet with a spread of anywhere from 2 to 20 feet. What...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 04-26-2009

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