Choosing the Right Roses for Your Garden by Ron King The selection of roses you can grow in your home garden is enormous. With so many to choose from, finding just the right ones may seem more like work than play. To make this process easier, here are a few important factors to help you narrow down your field of choices. Color How will the color of your roses affect your garden? For color ideas, look at rose catalogs, at nurseries, and at your neighbors’ gardens. You should consider the colors of nearby plants and flowers that will be sharing the garden. Will the assortment of colors look good together, or will they clash? For some gardeners, color is a priority; for others, it’s no big deal. Climate Choosing the right roses for your particular climate zone is essential. In order for roses to grow healthy and bloom generously, they must be able to adjust to your climate. If [...] Continue Reading…

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How Do I Order Flowers Online Just as you want your groceries to be fresh, you should also expect your flowers to be. Unfortunately, flowers do not have a “best before” date stamped on them. There is virtually no way of knowing just how fresh they are, or how long you can expect your flowers to last. Essentially the typical supply chain works likes this… At the end of a flower growers day, all previously cut flowers that are not sold directly to consumers like yourself (Direct from the Grower), are then shipped to auctions or wholesalers throughout Canada and the United States. These are in turn sold at a discount to florists who stock them as inventory in their coolers until they can be sold to consumers. Therefore, through the traditional supply channels, consumers often get a three to five day old bouquet. Because we cut our flowers every day of the year, we don’t have to maintain [...] Continue Reading…

Bulbs are unique plant structures in that they have two ways of propagating themselves. The first way is by seed, which is the result of a fertilized ovary (the pistil) by the male pollen (the stamens) that are found as parts of the flower. Almost all plants that are grown as bulbs will produce seed this way.

For those looking for the truly unique and different flowers, this is how you discover them – by growing from seed so that new and differing characteristics can be created in future generations. Whether it is growers of tulips, daffodils, iris, lilies, hyacinths or daylilies, pollinating one plant with pollen from another (called controlled breeding or crossing) will hopefully yield new and exciting selections.

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Xeranthemum.—These charming everlasting annuals retain, in a dried state, their form and colour for several years. They are of the easiest culture, merely requiring to be sown in spring in light, rich soil to produce flowers in July. Height, 2 ft.

Xerophyllum Asphodeloides (Turkey’s Beard).—A showy hardy perennial with tufts of graceful, curving, slender foliage. From May to July, when it bears spikes of white flowers, it is very handsome. It does best in a peat border, and may be increased by well-ripened seed or by division. Height, 1-1/2 ft.

Xerotes.—Herbaceous plants, which thrive well in any light, rich soil, and are readily increased by dividing the roots. They flower in June. Height, 2 ft.