Regular watering is essential for summer bedding, vegetables, pots and hanging baskets as well as newly-planted trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. Our tips show how to water your plants properly so that they can make best use of it and so that we don’t waste this valuable resource.

Do it:
late-March - early September

Takes just:
20 minutes

Always water [...]

from Natural Life Magazine, May/June 1995
Growing Wildflowers
by Wendy Priesnitz

Aldo Leopold wrote, “Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty.” The growing popularity of landscaping with wildflowers can be traced back to the simple fact that wildflowers are pretty.
However, many people find wildflowers [...]

1. Check the company’s website to see how it sends the flowers. Are they in a vase or are they boxed? “Flowers sent through a local florist typically arrive professionally designed in a vase or container, ready to be displayed,” says Jennifer Sparks, vice president of marketing for the Society of American Florists. “Flowers sent [...]

Some People are perfectly content with a few foundation evergreens gathered around their front door and a smattering of sedate little blossoms in the back yard. However, I have never been of that persuasion. I prefer shock appeal, which might explain why I’ve developed a penchant for passion flowers.
No one will ever accuse passion flowers [...]

Blazing sun and drought conditions have you worked up into a sweat? Cool off with this list of pretty plant alternatives that go beyond cacti and succulents. These fuss-free, heat-tolerant hot shots are tough enough to handle whatever Mother Nature dishes out…and they’ll crank up the color in your garden, too!
Blanket Flower

Gaillardia species and cultivars
Perky [...]

Tulips are a favourite for spring weddings, perfect used alone or as part of a mixed bouquet with other spring blooms. Although they have a tendency to droop your florist should know how to condition them properly and use them in the right design to show them off to perfection. Available from January to Spring [...]

Flowers in Season for a Spring Wedding
Choosing your flowers by their season is a wonderful way to theme your day. Be inspired by the seasonal countryside for your Spring Wedding Flowers and find a sensational choice of colours, scents and styles. By choosing flowers that are in season you can create a truly timeless and [...]

The Groundcover rose is fairly new in the class of shrub roses, it has low spreading habit that runs along the ground. Most ground cover roses bloom continuously throughout the season.
Don\’t expect a low thick mat groundcover like moss, although the groundcover rose should stay under 1\’ in height and will creep along the ground.
They [...]

Many flower forms are available. Stems may carry one flower or multiple blooms. There are also spoon-shaped, quill-shaped, threadlike or spiderlike florets. Used as both cut flowers and blooming plants, their colors include pink, yellow, red, white, bronze, magenta and purple.

These whimsically-shaped, unusually-colored tulips have been developed from mutations of certain Late-flowering tulips, and from tulips in the Triumph group. The petals of these tulips are serrated or “fringed”. As the large flowers are exposed to the sun over time, they open so widely that they almost flatten out. The flowers are green as buds, [...]

The one question you shouldn’t have to worry about is who at your wedding will need flowers and what types of arrangements will they
need? Let’s take care of that wedding flower list right now, so you’ll know in advance what you need to order. Having a wedding flowers
list will empower you to know what is [...]

I love flowers. I would describe them as soft, fragrant, delicate, bright, beautiful, and in every way perfect. As much as I love them I
chose to go with silk flowers for my wedding, and if I could do it all again I would still select the silk. Consider my reasons.