Flowers
Waking Up Your Dahlias
With unlimited varieties (cross-pollination creates new ones all the time!), in so many colors and intriguing flower patterns, it’s no wonder why the dahlia has become so popular. From pom-pom blooms to spider-like petals, dahlias make the best bouquets and ensure a vibrant garden in the summer and fall months.
Read MorePlant Bulbs Now For Cutting Next Spring
Plant tulips, daffodils and allium in the mid to late fall for cheerful cutting flowers in the Cape Cod garden next spring.
Read MoreDrying Your Garden Flowers
This is the time when those on Cape Cod can pick their hydrangeas and dry them for long-lasting bouquets and flower displays. When the hydrangeas are new and fresh in July they will shrivel instead of drying well, but from late August into September, most of them are thicker and more mature, and these flowers…
Read MoreWhen Seeing is Not Believing
Rainbow roses, and flowers like kittens…no, these are not some of our favorite things. They, and the “butterfly begonias” are fakes.
Read MorePlanning A Cutting Garden
Now is the time to start planning which shrubs, perennials, annuals, and bulbs you’ll grow for making bouquets this summer.
Read MoreFun With The Language of Flowers
Plant an assortment of flowers this year and make give-away bouquets that send a message through the language of flowers.
Read MoreEscape to Beauty & Joy: Cutting Gardens
Spring is the ideal time to put plants in your garden that will supply you with cut flowers for bouquets all summer and fall. Escape to beauty and joy!
Read MoreEscape to Beauty and Joy: Edible Flowers
Plan on growing some edible flowers this summer and you’ll have colorful blooms in the garden, on your table, or in your glass!
Read MoreIn Bloom In June…
Learn why kousa dogwoods are so amazing right now, maintenance for June-flowering perennials, and all about the fragrant invader rose.
Read MoreKeeping Dahlias For Next Year
As we inch toward our first hard frost, It’s time to decide if you want to keep your Dahlia tubers for next season or not. If you want to keep Dahlias for next season, here are the steps for doing so
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