Flower Garden Blog

Welcome to the Flower Garden Blog. I am so happy that you are here!

This blog is designed to be both educational and helpful to flower garden lovers.

Whether you are a novice just starting out or a seasoned gardener, you will find the information posted here to be useful and inspiring.

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Evergreen Trees and Shrubs

Evergreen trees and shrubs are popular for front yard landscaping ideas and backyard landscaping designs. Learn the benefits of the evergreens here.

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Japanese Flower Garden: How to Create One

Japanese flower garden design has gained popularity all over the world. Learn the basics of designing a flower garden Japanese style here.

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Planting Roses: 6 Tips to Success

Get tips on planting roses, watering, fertilizing and pruning them for best results.

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Hawaiian Theme Party and Other Party Ideas

It seems that a Hawaiian theme party is the most popular theme for parties. Get great ideas for a luau and other theme parties here.

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Seven Easy Steps To The Garden Of Your Dreams

Seven easy steps to the garden of your dreams

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Aloe Vera Plants

Aloe Vera plants are a must-have in every kitchen. Learn how to plant them in an indoor garden, how to take care of them and how to use them.

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Annual Flowers

Get a clear definition of what annual flowers are and how they can be used in your flower garden or container gardens, along with cost-saving tips and favorites.

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Will my Kiss Me rose bloom again?

I bought my beautiful Kiss Me rose about 10 days ago. It was covered with gorgeous blossoms. I was assured that it was a repeat bloomer. The flowers

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Backyard Landscaping and Landscape Ideas

Get and share ideas for backyard landscaping, landscaping with landscape rocks, planting trees and bushes, and creating a backyard flower garden here.

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Wild Flower Garden

Get and share suggestions of creating a wild flower garden to add a natural look to your yard, plus get informed about popular wild flowers.

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The Cabbage Palmetto

The cabbage palmetto are spectacular focal points in Florida gardens

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How to Grow Hawaiian Flowers Regardless of Your Location

Hawaiian flowers are somewhat exotic and definitely beautiful. Get instructions for growing Hawaiian flowers, tropical flowers or any exotic flower that you choose regardless of you live.

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Magnolia Trees

Magnolia trees - I love its beautiful fragrance!

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Shade Plants for a Shaded Flower Garden

Find about some shade plants that grow great in a flower garden with full to partial shade.

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Selecting Rose Bushes

Learn that basics of selecting rose bushes and preparing to plant them for the best possible results.

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Flowering Shrubs

Flowering shrubs add character to flower garden. What is yourt favorite?

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Amaryllis: Great Blooms for the Holidays

Learn about planting amaryllis flower bulbs in your flower garden, or in containers for blooming for the Christmas holiday.

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Designing a Flower Garden with a Pond

Ponds are a wonderful addition when designing a flower garden. Many people think that is too much trouble, but it really is not that hard. Get design tips here.

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Attracting Birds to a Garden

Practical advice for attracting birds to a garden

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Hummingbird Vines from Heaven

We had a house out in the woods, and plenty of trees with birds that would fly amongst them from branch to branch tweeting and such, but we wanted to be

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Simple steps to attract birds to your garden

Even in a tiny urban patch such as ours, it is still a fairly simple matter to provide much needed habitat and food to attract birds to your garden. Planting

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Growing Tropical Flowers in a Indoor Garden

Tropical flowers may be threatened by your climate; however, it is possible to grow them indoors. Get tips for growing tropical plants in your own home.

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Best Flower Bulbs

Best flower bulbs

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Popular Exotic Flowers

What is your definition of exotic flowers? It can be tropical flowers, hard-to-grow or hard-to-get flowers or just your favorite flowers. Get tips on exotic flowers here.

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Growing a Basic Herb Garden

A basic herb garden can be planted indoors in containers or outdoors in your flower bed or garden. Learn the basics of growing herbs.

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Dahlias: Exquisite Flowers

Learn about Dahlias, the tuberous perennial plants with unique flowers that any flower lover would like to have in their flower garden.

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Readers Stories

Readers stories - tell us yours.

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Flowering Crab Apple

Growing up, my grandmother had the most beautiful Flowering Crab Apple tree in her back yard. I have such fond memories of sitting under its spreading

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My Relaxing Shade Garden

When people ask me what I do to relax, I always have the same answer. I go to my shade garden to let the day melt away. I began my shade garden because

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Ornamental Grass is My Secret Weapon

Everyone who comes to see my garden is just in awe of how beautiful and well landscaped it is. The flowers and the plants I have in it are well-maintained

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Garden Mulch: Why to Use It

Garden mulch has many advantages and it can make your flower garden look complete. Gets tips for selecting the mulch that is best for your garden.

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Flower Bulbs

Learn about planting flower bulbs, the benefits of them and tips for keeping them blooming year to year.

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Forsythia: The Golden Bell

Learn about the forsythia flowering bush. Where it grows and how to plant it, how to care for it, along with pruning tips.

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The Love of Dogs and Dogwoods.

Since I was a little girl, I always loved dogwoods. I remember being told the name of the tree at one point and thinking little dogs were going to grow

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Apple Tree Lessons

Apple trees are well known for producing a great fruit, as well as the beautiful white and pink flowers. It is no wonder that there are many stories about

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Abelia : A Popular Flowering Shrub

Learn about the abelia and how to grow one as part of your flower garden or landscaping.

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Florida Backyard

My Florida backyard garden oasis.

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Gotta Love An Azalea!

Although I love many flowering shrubs, I'd have to say the azalea is my personal favorite. I grew up outside Aiken, South Carolina, on the South Carolina-Georgia

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Tropical Gardening

Tropical gardening in Key West Florida - one family's story.

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A Red Dogwood Tree in Brooklyn

I love the red dogwood tree. Now one grows in my Brooklyn garden.

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The Queen Palm

When we moved to Florida we chose the queen palm for our yard.

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Northern Catalpa

The northern catalpa

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Florida Flower Garden: For Sight-Seers

Why do you always hear about a Florida flower garden when searching for beautiful gardens? Find out here.

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Flowers in My Florida Garden

Flowers in my Florida garden - plumeria, trumpet flowers, everlasting and large periwinkles

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The Cherry Blossom Tree

The cherry blossom tree

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Flowering Trees

Flowering trees can be the focal point of a flower garden. What is your favorite?

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The Magnolia

My favorite flowering tree has to be the Magnolia. The stateliness of the tree, with its dignified Southern blooms is like no other tree. Its fragrance

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Planting Palms: Reconstructing Habitat

I'm usually not one to do volunteer work, but a few weeks ago a friend invited me to go do some volunteer work. I was hesitant at first, but she kept

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