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Bee balm is a must-have for pollinator gardens. An Overview of the Bee Balm Plant Bee balm, also called monarda or bergamot, is a classic garden perennial that's a must-have...

Plan Bee: Attract Pollinators to Your Garden Savvy growers understand the crucial role the bee and butterfly and other pollinators play in their gardens, nurseries, orchards, vineyards and farms. How...

Muscari flowers are 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 and ravenous rodents...

Here's to Houseplants - Keeping your house (and thumb) green all year Houseplants not only look fantastic in almost any indoor space, but they also improve your home's environment by...

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...

Homeowners and gardening pros agree: Full-sun perennials that bloom throughout the summer are treasured additions to any landscape. That's why Breck's makes sure to stock plenty of our favourite varieties...

Encompassing parts of the country from coast to coast, planting zones 5 and 6 are the most common areas to which perennials and bulbs are compatible. So, if you are...

Beautiful, jewellike, ephemeral -” the tulip has been an object of passion for centuries. The first Tulips grew wild in the area now known as Kazakhstan, and they spread east...

Arie Blom is a top hybridizer of one of the world's most popular perennials, but how he got his start in the business is a veggie tale. Arie is a...

The 1970s was a time for fads: pet rocks, leisure suits, mood rings, CB radios- the list goes on and on. Houseplants also became an obsession during the decade, tenaciously...

Introducing     Now that Breck's new Lily Lovers catalogue is on coffee tables and kitchen islands all over America, we thought it was the perfect time to express our...

A message from Ben van der Veldt, Breck Holland Directeur: 2018 marks our 200th anniversary-”a milestone I am very honoured to be a part of. As you may know, I...

Breck's is proud to be America's largest direct-to-consumer Dutch bulb importer, but 200 years ago, it was just a man with a dream and a passion for flowers. Established by...

In January, we caught up with Ben van der Veldt at the van der Meijs nursery-”the birthplace of Wow! ® King-Size Hellebores. New for spring 2018 planting, these remarkable hybrids...

Our anniversary tagline, Flowers for Generations-¦and the Generations to Come, has special meaning for our Holland Directeur, Ben van der Veldt. As a third-generation bulb man, his horticulture roots go...

If you grow daffodils, it's very possible that you'll occasionally snip off a few blooms to arrange in a vase or a Mason jar. Some gardeners use old pails to...

The sea holly is a marvelous plant in many ways-”it captivates with its unique clustered blooms and spiny-toothed leaves, is amazingly versatile, is fairly easy to grow and requires minimal...

Flowers fade and die -“ it's one of nature's more questionable and perhaps least sensible policies. But we who cling to broken straws making desperate grabs at fleeting moments of...

Overcrowding, a decline in bloom quality, or just a desire for an exciting new garden design -“ there are many reasons to need to move and divide daffodils. Moving and...

Weeds, I've come to suspect, feed on scorn. All it takes to propel them into a frenzied flourish is a look of disdain! Weeds will aggressively compete for available nutrients,...

Named after the ravishing, rainbow- treading herald of the Greek gods, the Iris commands one of the most extensive color palettes in all of flower kingdom, each hue as vibrant...

The Iris's characteristic linear form -“ three upright petals (standards) sitting atop three larger outer sepals (falls) makes it one of world's most recognizable flowering plants. But with over 250...

We view our gardens as a world of our own -“ very personal and special. What we sometimes forget is that it's part of a larger world, a larger ecosystem...

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...