Flowers tie the past to the present with the ability to unify across borders. They conjure physical places and points in time while offering universal meaning. This Veterans Day, we’ll honor those who serve our country with traditional blooms of commemoration, a way of visually representing gratitude and reflection across the globe.
We’re accustomed to the lovely florist cyclamens that bring cheer as houseplants, but the lesser utilized, hardy types create a long-lived ground cover of enchanting foliage and flowers. With years of recurring interest, hardy cyclamen brighten the shade garden and naturalize to form gentle drifts. Enjoy a delicate sweep of color with fall-blooming cyclamen with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
Peonies are delightful perennials that grow in gardens worldwide. They’re perfect for adding ornamental charm to a lackluster yard. If you have an established specimen, divide it to create more peonies! Follow these nine easy steps from seasoned grower Jerad Bryant to turn one peony into several.
The garden gets pretty sparse in November, especially in cooler climates. For fall planting, frost-tolerant flowers are the way to go. Cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss shares some cold-tolerant flowers that will bloom around Thanksgiving for a centerpiece that wows your guests.
Just because fall is here, you don’t have to give up on your flowers. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn helpful tips for extending your fall flower harvest and keeping your plants healthy so they can produce more blooms.
When the rest of the garden is starting to go dormant, jewel-like toad lilies are just starting to shine. Learn how to grow these exotic, yet deceptively easy to care for, fall-blooming perennials with biologist and garden enthusiast Lindsay Miller.
If you want beautiful spring flowers, consider planting ranunculus corms this fall. Flower grower Briana Yablonski will share more than a dozen ranunculus varieties that will provide you with layers upon layers of delicate petals.
Colorado’s famed wildflowers enliven the landscape in a flash of welcomed color. With showy blooms and textures that offer multi-season appeal, they withstand cold winters and offer numerous ecosystem benefits. Fall is the time to sow many of the native favorites. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the Centennial State’s native bloomers.
Acanthus brings bold, structural foliage and form to the shady border. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the handsome architectural perennial that thrives in partial sun and shady garden sites.
If you aren’t already growing woodland pinkroot, consider adding it to your collection. This jewel box of color draws hummingbirds and shines in the landscape with abundant stalks of trumpet blooms with starry centers. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring Spigelia - it may be your next favorite native perennial!
Pansies are cool-season favorites that are surprisingly cold-tolerant. We have some tips to keep these frost-proof plants going through the winter so they can spring to life when temperatures rise. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for some tips to overwinter your pansies.
Knowing the optimal time to dig up your flower tubers can help you protect your plants for the growing season ahead. In this article, gardening enthusiast Lindsay Miller delves into the details to keep your beloved blooms thriving year after year