Category: Flowers
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How to Grow Saffron Indoors
Growing saffron indoors is one of my favorite gardening projects because it’s both rewarding and surprisingly simple. With just a few corms and the right conditions, you can grow saffron at home and harvest your own threads. Below is everything I’ve learned about soil, spacing, care, and harvesting. Soil – Saffron thrives in sandy loam…
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How to Grow Common Pearlbush
Common Pearlbush also known as Exochorda Racemosa and Pearlbush is a native plant from China. This enchanting shrub gets its name from the lovely pearl shaped flower buds that grow on its branches. These buds open up into five petal white flowers that can be grown all over the world. Zones – 4 –…
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How to Grow False Shamrock
The false shamrock plant is a beautiful green and purple plant that originates from Brazil. Although it has large clover like leaves it isn’t in the clover family. False Shamrock also known as Oxalis triangularis is actually a rhizomatous wood sorrel plant. It spreads and grows through underground corms. Below you will find growing and…
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How To Grow Patiohit Roses
Mother’s Day is coming soon which means roses and flowers will be sold everywhere because we all love mummy, and grandma too! Patiohit Roses are miniature rose bushes that are cultivated to grow in small spaces. They were designed to grow on patios hints the name and are largely sold and giving out as present…
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How To Grow Catawba Rhododendron
The Catawba Rhododendron is a perennial flowering plant that can live for 75 to 100 years. It is originally from the Smoky Mountains making the Catawba the hardiest of all Rhododendron as it can live through the cold harsh winters on top of the Smokey Mountains. Sun – Catawbas need 4 to 6 hours of direct…
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How to Grow Poet’s Narcissus Flowers
Poet’s Narcissus flowers originate from Europe. These lovely little flowers are in the daffodil family and only come in one color. Well that one color is actually three colors because each flower is adorned with three colors white, yellow, and orange. Sun – Poet’s Narcissus flowers love 6 to 8 hours for full sun everyday.…
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How to Grow Hyacinth Flowers
Hyacinth flowers are thick rubber flower that originate from Eurasia. These hardy flowers home in nine different hues ranging from white and blue to red and apricot. They are easy to care for and are beautiful addition to any flower bed. Sun – Hyacinth flowers prefer full sun all day but can also live in…
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How to Grow Bearded Iris
Bearded Iris is Mediterranean flowering plant that come in a variety of hues ranging from the ever popular purple to orange and even black. This beautiful breaded lady’s can be grown from rhizomes that grow underground. Rhizomes resemble large roots like potatoes and ginger. Unlike other flowers with rhizomes the Bearded Irises rhizomes are not…
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How to Grow the Irish Shamrock Plant Seamróg
The Irish Shamrock plant originally named seamróg but also know as white shamrock is a summer clover plant with white flowers. The word seamróg in Irish means clover and is used to describe both three leaf and four clover. A little not so well known fact is that clover is also edible and in Ireland…
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How To Grow French Lavender
French Lavender also know as Top Lavender is originally from Spain. It has two to three petals at the top of the flowers followed by tiny dark purple flowers in clusters at the top of its long stems. It is different from other lavender plants because it has gray leave and stems when it is…