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Flower DIY – How to Make a “Steel” Flower!

October 9, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

Okay, I really admit it this time, the only flowers I can really maintain are those low-maintenance cactus, which I have one on my desk right now. (and it’s still ALIVE!) For those of you who have hard time maintaining a “real” garden, you might want to try the alternatives (like me cactus) or learn how to make a steel flower . Make sure you put some anti-rust coating so your flower will be maintenance-free even if it rains. Brought to you by: Zedomax.com Flower DIY – How to Make

About Town Home Garden Shopping

September 19, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

As you run about town home garden shopping, you are looking for inspirational flowers and garden designs that will make your home living space a pleasant retreat that you can go and visit and enjoy for many hours if you have the time. You can get ideas to use in your home garden setting from every landscaped space around you that you pass including other homes and commercial businesses. From these bits and pieces of garden designs that you find as you go about town garden shopping, you ca

Care Tips And Flower Garden Protection

September 18, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

by Marshall Clewis Numerous insects and diseases attack flowering plants in the garden and so regular spraying or dusting is an essential to the maintenance of bloom around the house. Flower beds should be hoed or cultivated regularly to keep down weeds and maintain the soil in good condition. Do not use fertilizers high in nitrogen for flowering plants. High nitrogen fertilizers stimulate leaf growth and blooms will be sparse. Green Cross Lawn Green is ideal for feeding flowers. The follo

DeSantis Landscapes: Creating Beauty, Respecting Nature

September 11, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

by Lisbeth Tanz on September 11, 2009 I love a beautiful lawn…on a golf course. At my house, the less lawn, the better. My dog and I disagree on just how to have less lawn, but we’re working on coming to a consensus.To me, less lawn means more space for flowers and other plants that feed the earth. And less lawn requires less tending – a lot less. Don’t get me wrong, I love to play in my gardens. I just don’t want lawncare to be my entire life. Cutting grass can be fun – but not after the fir

we like it wild: the dahlia dell

September 10, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

Dahlias are like the lions of the flower world. With big heads (some as large as your own) and thick manes of petals, dahlias roar with color and personality. Not only do they come in nearly every color under the sun (except blue and black), they also come in an amazing range of sizes and types. Whether you like the honeycombed petals of ball dahlias, or prefer their wilder cactus-petaled cousins, there’s a dahlia for you. In short, these flowers pack a punch for surprisingly little green. Just

Flower Garden Protection And Care Tips

September 8, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

Numerous insects and diseases attack flowering plants in the garden and so regular spraying or dusting is an essential to the maintenance of bloom around the house. Flower beds should be hoed or cultivated regularly to keep down weeds and maintain the soil in good condition. Do not use fertilizers high in nitrogen for flowering plants. High nitrogen fertilizers stimulate leaf growth and blooms will be sparse. Green Cross Lawn Green is ideal for feeding flowers. The following are some hints t

Care Tips And Flower Garden Protection

September 3, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

Numerous insects and diseases attack flowering plants in the garden and so regular spraying or dusting is an essential to the maintenance of bloom around the house. Flower beds should be hoed or cultivated regularly to keep down weeds and maintain the soil in good condition. Do not use fertilizers high in nitrogen for flowering plants. High nitrogen fertilizers stimulate leaf growth and blooms will be sparse. Green Cross Lawn Green is ideal for feeding flowers. The following are some hints t

Flower Garden Protection And Care Tips

September 3, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

Numerous insects and diseases attack flowering plants in the garden and so regular spraying or dusting is an essential to the maintenance of bloom around the house. Flower beds should be hoed or cultivated regularly to keep down weeds and maintain the soil in good condition. Do not use fertilizers high in nitrogen for flowering plants. High nitrogen fertilizers stimulate leaf growth and blooms will be sparse. Green Cross Lawn Green is ideal for feeding flowers. The following are some hints t

Protecting And Caring For Your Flower Garden

September 3, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

by Marshall Clewis Numerous insects and diseases attack flowering plants in the garden and so regular spraying or dusting is an essential to the maintenance of bloom around the house. Flower beds should be hoed or cultivated regularly to keep down weeds and maintain the soil in good condition. Do not use fertilizers high in nitrogen for flowering plants. High nitrogen fertilizers stimulate leaf growth and blooms will be sparse. Green Cross Lawn Green is ideal for feeding flowers. The follo

Helen’s Flower

August 28, 2009 by Flower Garden Design · Leave a Comment 

A couple of years ago a new summer flowering plant was added to the Fairegarden. Not especially showy or splashy, but with a name that could not be denied. Helenium, or Helen’s flower. Helen was my mother’s name. Her middle name was Frances. (Shown above trying to break through to center stage between two Eryngiums.)The flowers were so cheerful and brought to mind such fond memories, a second plant was added. Both were H. ‘Mardi Gras’ and they were indeed like a joyful party. The little buzzers

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