Growth Patterns of Primroses Growth Rate Primroses are known for their beauty and popularity among flower enthusiasts. These plants have a unique growth pattern, especially in the case of biennial primroses. In their first year, they produce a rosette of leaves, and in the second year, they send up flower stalks and bloom. After flowering…
Tall Yellow Perennial Flowers to Brighten Your Garden Perennial plants come in an endless myriad of shapes, sizes, colors and textures. You can’t fail to find something to brighten up your garden from the wide selection to choose from. The bright and attractive colours of perennial flowers, including yellow ones, will create colourful patches in…
Wax Begonia is a plant you would appreciate a lot in a shade garden. All through the season this plant keeps on blooming, displaying its white, red and pink beautiful flowers. Sometimes you can even find some species with all three colours combined. These plants should be grown in the shade but they can also…
Wake Robin plant is a perennial, and can reach between six inches and one and a half foot in height. These plants are very hardy, and will give you very little trouble so long as you match their natural habitat (more on this below). They flower very early in spring and the season lasts till…
Vines are rarely associated with gardening: the first image we have in your mind when we hear the word “a garden” is either vegetables or a patch of beautiful flowers. However, a vine or two will always add a finishing touch to your garden, and will serve so many other purposes! They will bring a…
Tulip Bulbs Planting and Growing Tulip time – it must be spring! (Or it must be fall when you are planting the bulbs!). Here are our top tips for tulip care! Yellow Tulip There are three varieties of tulips that flower at different times, so you can prolong your blooming season longer by planting tulips…
Trillium Plant is a very beautiful flower native to woods and forests – unfortunately it is seen less and less frequently in the wild, generally due to the depredations of wildlife such as deer, to which this early-rising flower is just another bit of forage. However, there has been a considerable increase in the cultivation…
The sunflower is an extremely beautiful and rather dominating flower because of the height of the plant and the massive flower heads. They look fantastic if set out in a line all smiling up towards the sun! Facts about Sunflowers The heads of these flowers can be as much as thirty centimetres across, and are…
Sun and shade perennials work well with your shade garden boarders. At the beginning of spring when there are no leaves on the trees, and as the trees start to leaf out, there is still plenty of sunlight for flower bulbs and perennials to get the necessary sun needed to flower. Once the leaves have…
For Blooms all Summer – Perennials! Growing flowers in a garden is rewarding, especially if we are talking about perennial flowering plants. Returning to bloom over and over again as years pass by, these plants provide a touch of beauty through the splashes of color and freshness. All perennials have different flowering periods: some of…