December 7th, 2011 
admin All-America Selections is pleased to feature the following 2012 AAS Winners. Following a trial period where these new, never-before-sold varieties are “Tested Nationally and Proven Locally®” the AAS judges have submitted their evaluations and selected only the best performers as AAS Winners. These varieties are available for immediate sale and distribution. Commercial growers and retailers [...]
Posted in AAS Winners, Holyday plants, winter flowers 
Tags: AAS Winners, fiery hot edible fruit, Ornamental pepper "Black Olive", purple foliage, Salvia " Summe Jewel Pink", southern gardens 
Comments Off November 22nd, 2011 admin You may be surprised to learn that many of the same elegant heirloom flowers that inspired “Tulipmania” in the 1600s, and appeared in paintings of the Dutch Masters at that time, are still available to plant in gardens today. You can purchase many of these “time-traveling” tulips from garden centers and mail-order catalogs for fall [...]
Posted in Tulip, Tulips Tags: Clusiana tulip, garden centers, Rembrandt tulips, Tarda tulip, Viridiflora tulips Comments Off November 14th, 2011 admin One of my favorite fall perennials is the calico, or horizontal, aster and cultivar (cultivated variety) ‘Lady in Black’. This short perennial is hardy, with no serious problems, is deer resistant, and its many small flowers are a rare late-season treat for butterflies. Asters are in the composite or daisy family. The species name for [...]
Posted in Montreal Flowers Tags: black-eyed susan, calico, Calico aster, fall perennials, lady in black, ornamental grasse, red-leaved sedum, Russian sage Comments Off November 3rd, 2011 admin Any discussion of how to help roses survive the vagaries of winter is sure to initiate a lot of different opinions ranging from “do nothing” to “bury plants completely” or “it can’t be done!” Personally, I believe many roses–namely shrub roses–can survive in cold climates with a little winter protection. Roses can be killed or [...]
Posted in Rose, winter flowers Tags: bury plants completely, Climbing roses, hybrid tea varieties, northern gardeners, shrub roses Comments Off October 18th, 2011 admin I love spring-flowering bulbs, and of these daffodils are my favorite. Daffodils provide welcome and cheerful color after a long winter, require almost no care, are quite hardy (generally to air temperatures of -20 to -30 degrees F), and are avoided by deer and most other mammals. Daffodils can be grown in almost any garden, [...]
Posted in flower gardens, flowering potted plant, Flowers at your garden Tags: butterfly, daffodils exotic types, double daffodils, Fortissimo, planting outdoors, Ring of Fire, spring flowering bulbs, spring-blooming bulbs Comments Off
