May 29th, 2011 
Don Belvedere Team Have you ever wished you could enjoy the beauty of summer flowers year-round? You can, if you preserve garden flowers now while they’re in their peak of bloom. Here’s how. Some flowers that are easy to preserve include baby’s breath, celosia, yarrow, statice, globe amaranth, strawflowers, xeranthemum, and artemisia. But because flowers and plant parts [...]
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Tags: baby's breath, beauty of summer flowers, celosia, globe amaranth, peak of bloom, preserve garden flowers, statice, yarrow 
Comments Off February 22nd, 2011 Don Belvedere Team Now that it’s spring, it’s a good time to organize and plan your summer garden if you haven’t done so already. The winter recess from outdoor chores is ending, so take advantage of this “low maintenance” period by utilizing your renewed gardening enthusiasm to plan your garden. Planning before you purchase i particularly important when [...]
Posted in summer garden, Summer garden flowers Tags: blooming season, dahlias, garden design, gladiolus, lilies, perennials, summer garden No Comments » August 13th, 2010 Don Belvedere Team If you garden in a cold, northern climate, and like roses, have you considered the Canadian Explorer series? Or if you have some, have you wondered just who these explorers were? This series of about 22 cultivars was bred from the 1960′s through the 1990′s, at the agriculture research stations first at Ottawa, Ontario and [...]
August 3rd, 2010 Don Belvedere Team We have the Aztecs to thank for the dahlia, a summer bulb that brightens up the late-season garden. Dahlias range in color from white and yellow to orange, pale pink, lavender, and red with blooms from half an inch to a foot and a half in size. Flowers may be pompoms or pinwheels with single [...]
July 23rd, 2010 Don Belvedere Team If you’ve tried growing roses in our cold northern climate, only to have them die, you may have given up. But don’t, as there are many varieties that are hardy and will survive with little care. The most common problem in choosing roses is trying to grow all the latest hybrids you see advertised in [...]
