Category: Flowers
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How To Grow Bergenia Elephant Ears
Bergenia Elephant Ears are a type of elephant ears plant that grows pretty little magenta colored bell shaped star flowers. They are very cold hardy and will come back year after year if you take proper care of them. Below is a list of growing and care information so you can grow your own beautiful…
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How To Grow Blue Plantain Lilies
One thing that I miss about our little chateau in America are my giant blue plantain lilies lining the front of the house. We recently had them removed at the request of one of our renters who lived in the house but weren’t those lilies were so beautiful! They are also cold hardy which makes…
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7 Native Edible Plants In Ireland That You Have (Probably) Never Heard Of Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of native edible plants in Ireland that you probably never heard of. Let’s do a little recap from part 1 first. I used the word probably because maybe you have heard of some these but I admitted that I hadn’t heard of some of them before moving to Ireland and now…
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How to Grow New England Aster
Growing New England Aster Flower can be very rewarding because the plant gets very large. 6 feet tall to be exact! So if you have a small space the plant is not for you. It needs a lot of room to grow because it’s a tall almost bush like plant that grows multiple flowers on…
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How to Grow Pansies
Pansies have been around for a long time. The were invented in the 1800’s, that’s right invented. They are made up of many different flowers being crossbreed until the pansy came to be. These small but beautiful flowers come in a wide verity of colors making them prefect for planing that prefect flower garden of…
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How to Grow Dahlias
Dahlias are so big and beautiful and can be grown from tuners. You can even save tubers from flowers you grow and plant them again next year. This blog is all the basic care needs of Dahlias to help you grow an beautiful Dahlia flower garden of your own to make your chateau shine this…
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Gazania (Treasure) Flowers Care Information
Growing Gazania Flowers is always am amazing experience because they are so beautiful. Watching all of the colors unfold is incredible. When we first started growing Gazania Flowers we had no information to go off of on how to grow them. The package they came in only had to pictures on it for care and…
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How to Grow Gladiolus
Gladiolus are a beautiful addition to any garden space and come in a wide variety of colors. We love to grow gladiolus not only for their beauty but also for their fragrance. Here is a list of everything you need to know to start your very own gladiolus garden. Sun – Gladiolus love 6 to…
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Marigold Care Information
Marigolds are one of my husband’s favourite flowers. They come in different shades of yellow, orange, and red. Sometimes the care cards that come with them don’t have a lot of information about how to actually take care of them. This blog is what we have learn over the years about taking care of marigolds.…
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How To Care For Calamondin Tree Indoors
We have a calamondin tree here at Our Little Chateau that always has oranges on it. Flowers come and go all year round even in the winter. We get a lot of questions as to why and how we get our indoor calamondin tree to fruit all year long. Since we have gotten the tree…