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Planting Grape Hyacinth, Muscari
Planting and Caring for Muscari They're colourful, carefree, vigorous and pleasantly scented. They have a well-deserved reputation as a reliable perennial and excellent naturalizer. They attract bees, but foraging deer...
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Early Spring Blooming Flowers
Planting early blooming flowers generously throughout your garden or landscape is the best way to usher in the warming days of spring. Just imagine large swathes of colour and texture...
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How to prepare your garden beds for spring
A little over a month away, and yet you can almost feel it in the air: spring! While you can't dive into the garden right now, there's much you can...
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How to Grow Ranunculus
Ranunculus are cool season perennials with exquisite, multilayered flowers that come in stunning hues of red, orange, pink and yellow, to name just a few! Ranunculus are a natural fit...
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Snow and frost in the garden
Protecting your Spring Garden from Unexpected Snow and frost Another late-season cold snap? When warmer weather is followed by a cool-down, early-growing bulbs can freeze. It's essential you take immediate...
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Preventing storm damage to your garden
With springtime flowers come all those showers! Flash floods and heavy rain are markers of springtime around much of the U.S. Purposeful planting, timely execution and a bit of luck...
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Crocus Celebrated as 2015 Flower Bulb of the Year
There can be no more welcome sight in the last dreary days of winter than colorful crocuses popping up, often through the last of the season's snows. They bring with...
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Fritillaria imperialis—The Crown Jewels of Any Garden!
A majestic sight in the late spring garden, Crown Imperial, or fritillaria, has a long history, cultivated as early as the 16th century. Throughout the years, countless varieties have been...
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Wish You Were Here - Hyacinths in Lisse
From Easter to May Day, many US gardeners enjoy Dutch bulbs blooming in springtime planters, beds and borders. Here in the growing fields of Lisse, in the Netherlands, merchants and...
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Spring bulbs for every stage of spring
"Spring is nature's way of saying, let's party!" - Robin Williams While nature gets busy redecorating the world, you may be trying to remember what you planted, and where. Chances...
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Frost Protection for Spring Bulbs
The temperatures are the highest they've been in months and the soil's warmed up too. I know what it is you think we're getting at- it's prep up for spring...
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Wish You Were Here - Crocuses blooming in Ontario
It's been a long and dreary winter - especially in the Great White North! The folks at our Canadian branch - serving Canadian customers out of West Lorne, Ontario -...
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Naturalizing with daffodils
Ever a visual delight, daffodils are colorful and carefree, and a wonderful choice for naturalized gardens. Naturalizing with daffodils doesn't just beautify the landscape, it also ensures the color and...
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Conquering clay - the natural way!
If you have heavy clay soil, you understand the frustration of adding copious amounts of organic matter to condition the soil, only to have it swallowed whole by the ground...