Flower Garden Basics

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• Why did you start to garden?

  ...k as I can remember. No one in my family was into gardening. I guess it is just in my genes! When I was young I liked houseplants.Later I started with a couple of veggies in pots. Then when I got my own house… More

• Garden Surprise

  ... noticed a bud on it- figured it was too young to flower yet (this is it's first or maybe second year) It's a very pretty all white flower- strange considering my neighbor has… More

• High quality flower pots

  ...ing if anyone knew a good source for high-quality flower pots? I'm going to use them to plant in as well as decorate the house. The pots sold at my local home and garden stores aren't very pretty or well-made. More

• dog and flower beds.

  ... a dog and I'm worried about him getting into the garden beds that I want to do in the back yard. He's not an outside dog but he goes out there to do his business and romp around a few times a day. What have you guys done… More

• Garden stones

  ...his bank its a little steep .lol. No.2... pea and flower bed. No.3... other end of pea and flower bed. No.4...sent this basket with the wife to her brothers. More

• Fast blooming flower from seeds

  ...nt to do a project with my garden club on growing flowers from seeds and I'm trying to find out what flowers will not only germinate fairly quickly, but how soon they will actually start to bloom. Any ideas? More

• flower bed on the north side?

  ...bought our first house this summer and it needs a garden! I found some plans online for a garden and I really like these plans..however, I realized today that the front of my house faces north. My backyard is south. I wanted… More

• Herb/Flower Combo best friends sortof

  ... the best friends in the garden for the herbs and flowers--say like what would you plant in the rose bed along w/6 roses bushes---Garlic? Chives ? thanks More

• Plant ID very tall yellow daisy like flower without the petals

  ...irements. Tall 5 foot plus, marigold-like leaves. Flowers could be described simply as buttons - just like shasta daisies without any petals. In my opinion it can be an attractive… More

• What happens if you plants flower seeds too early?

  I started my first backyard garden recently and afterwards I read that seeds should be planted after the last frost. Well, as my luck goes, I planted my seeds a few weeks ago and then there was a frost that same night... and the next night. I see no sprouts… More

• A question about flower seeds!

  ...eeds/soil. I don't know a lot at all about plants/flowers, except that I love their beauty. One thing I don't understand are some directions on the flower seed packets I… More

• Moon Flower Bush

  ...he garden, and I have a question: I have two moon flower bushes, first year, they were 6'' tall in two 3'' pots, when I bought them,… More

• Hope you can help me identify the name of the flower...

  Hi, Here are some flowers that are blooming in my garden right now - does anyone know what the first pink flower is? They are quite lovely and bloom most of August and September every year. I look forward to hearing from other members. Thanks, Shirley More

• Mint garden

  ... my garden to them. Can anyone tell me what mints flower? So far I have lemon balm, bee balm and peppermint and catnip/catmint. More

• This is what my garden looks like....

  ...I am way behind this year. But I have been fixing flower beds , replacing mulch, transplanting trees. You name it, it seems. And now it is suppose to rain tomorrow evening and all week-end. Then they said rain next week also. My garden will just… More

• Name of this blue flower?

  ... mother-in-law sent me a photo of a flower in her garden that she has forgotten the name of...does anyone know what this is? Thanks!! More

• Patriotic Flower Garden

  ...ked this question: What can I plant to get summer flowers that I can separate and create spots of red, white, and blue? The criteria: 1. Be perennial 2. Be a single specie (if not, be a similar specie) 3. Be 1' or less in height 4. Bloom… More

• My Flower Garden In Connecticut

  Here are a few photos of my flower garden. The giant blue spruce tree is in my front yard, and the honeysuckle vine (that's what I think it is) is around the lampost. Although it's hard to tell, in my flower garden are: Clematis vine, Iris, Lilly (white,yellow & orange),… More

• What is this flower?

  ...now what this plant is? I was visiting a friend's garden and asked her what it was and (hold on to your hats) she said it was a Terrorist Plant! Of course I gulped...she then said I don't know, ask Joe (her hubby) that's what he calls it!… More

• Mystery Flower

  ...y flower and has shown up since my family started gardening here so about 3 to 4 years. I like the flowers very much but always wondered what the name of the plant could be I don't see it in garden centers so I am wondering… More

• Hemlock Flower

  ... everyone, a friend of mine who knows that I love flowers gave me a plug of a hemlock flower plant. It is a very beautiful flower when it grows, however I do not know how to grow it as a house plant. She has a garden in California and… More

• advice on what to plant in my new idea, "flower garden shaped like a house"

  Hi, I decided to have a flower garden this year, and when my husband brought me the timber to begin my garden,I suddenly was inspired to shape it like a house. So far I have put in a couple of Petunia's, pansy's, and marigold also I have planted bachlor button… More

• Butterfly Flower

  Has anyone planted this in their gardens? Anything specific I should know? I have planeted the Butterfly bush in the past with no success. Zone 5 didn't seem to be warm enough. The always died over the winter. I have a neighbor who had a similar experience with this. I… More

• Identify this flower

  This is an early fast grower, has small yellow flowers, grows in shade nicely, will mostly die out after blooming but may attempt a second growth later in the summer. Seems like a perennial but not sure how consistent/strong of a perennial it is. Will spread from year to year.… More

• Wondering about a flower

  ... school this week and there was this awesome blue flower! It was blue and just gorgeous, but the bud was so distinctive. It was pentagonal shaped. Really cool! Anyway, I WANT ONE!! LOL! I didn't have my camera with me and… More

• Name this flower please

  Hi, I am hoping someone can tell me what this flower is? I recieved seeds for this and as the plant grew I lost the label as to what is was. It turned out to be one of my favorite flowers but I have no idea what it is. and… More

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