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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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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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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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Attracting Birds to a Garden

Practical advice for attracting birds to a garden

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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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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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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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Magnolia Trees

Magnolia trees - I love its beautiful fragrance!

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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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The Cabbage Palmetto

The cabbage palmetto are spectacular focal points in Florida gardens

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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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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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Knockout Roses in Abilene

My favorite flowering shrub is the knockout rose. They are very simple to grow and look great. I have five planted in a bed on the side of my house that

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Flowering Shrubs

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

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Readers Stories

Readers stories - tell us yours.

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Lily of the Nile

My favorite perennial flower is one that's called Lily of the Nile. It is a beautiful flower that is a lovely shade in between blue and purple. I like

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Purple Balloon Flowers

Oh how I love the color purple! The Purple Balloon Flower is one of my favorite perennial flowers. Due to such a pretty color of purple, it has captivated

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Tulips Are Nature’s Palette.

The tulip has a long history throughout Europe and Asia, fraught with intrigue and mystique. At one time they even created a bubble, much like our dot-com

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I Could Not Live Without My Hydrangea Plants!

Planting perennial flowers can guarantee that your garden will have ongoing bursts of color and fragrance around the same time year after year. With careful

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Hoping That This Year's Roses Will Be Healthy and Beautiful

I love roses and have several rose bushes in my garden, but despite my best efforts, I’ve only been moderately successful in cultivating healthy blooms.

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From Garden to Vase

I love hybrid tea roses that have a gradient of colors. My favorites are those that have a base of deep purple, with an intermediate band of lighter lilac

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Guy from Maine with Roses

I have been blown away by the success I have had growing roses in my small garden in Maine. When we first bought our home five years ago, I had no idea

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Roses Aren't Always Red.

My favorite Perennial Flower is the Rose. They come in so many different varieties, colors and sizes. You never get bored with them and they are so easy

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Petunias

Every spring around Mother's Day, I look forward to planting my annual flowers. There is nothing quite as breathtaking to me as the first colors of spring,

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Black Eyed Gloriosa Daisies

These annual flowers are so beautiful! The contrast between the yellow flower petals and the dark center make the flower really stand out from the rest.

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Geraniums- easy to grow and beautiful

My favorite annual flower is the geranium. Geraniums are extremely easy to grow and readily available at any garden center or other store that carries

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Blue Butterfly Bush

I love many kinds of flowers and plants, both annuals and perennials. I don't know if I could pick just one favorite flower or plant of all time, but one

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Zinnias: Easy, Cheap, and Colorful

My favorite annual is the zinnia, primarily because it makes the best cut flowers. The stalks are long and the flowers big. Colors are vibrant and by mixing

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Blue Ageratum

My favorite blue annual is ageratum. I would describe the shade of blue as periwinkle. I have never raised white or pink ageratum. This is because I

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Trumpet Flowers

I think there is something truly special about annual flowers. Taking the time to plant and grow them when you know they won't be along all that long just

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Moonflower

MY favorite annual flower is the giant white moonflower. Moonflowers are a fairly hardy vine, and as long as they are planted near something that they

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Impatiens Flowers

Beautiful and Versatile Over the years, I’ve significantly expanded the seasonal flower gardens on my property. I’ve compiled quite a large collection

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The Mammoth Sunflower

What child doesn't stand in awe of a twelve-foot flower? I still gaze in wonder at these giants. Oh of course there are many more annual varieties that

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My Love-Lies-Bleeding

One of my favorite annuals is the flower called love-lies-bleeding. It sounds kind of like the title to a depressing Edgar Allan Poe poem, doesn't it?

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Snapdragons - Happiness!

I love all kinds of flowers - all shapes, sizes, and colors. However, I do have a favorite annual flower. That favorite would be the Snapdragon. I love

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My Ever Increasing Wildflower Garden

I have a large area on the backside of my shed in the very rear of my yard that looked bare. Since my yard is very large, I didn’t want to plant anything

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I Love My Wildflowers!

About two years ago I decided to try my hand at growing a wildflower garden. I had seen packages of seeds for a wild flower garden at my local store, so

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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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My Butterfly Garden

Every year I plant a flower garden in my yard. Last year I decided to plant a “Butterfly Garden,” because butterflies fascinate my young daughter. I didn’t

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Butterfly Gardens for the Midwestern Gardener

Gardeners in the Midwest are especially lucky to live on one of the main migration routes for Monarch butterflies. These flying jewels pass though here

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Butterfly Garden for Adalyn

My daughter, Adalyn, just loves butterflies, and I love watching her chase them. My husband and I decided to build her a butterfly garden. By building

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