I dearly love roses. During the first several years of our marriage, my thoughtful husband, Kevin, often brought them to me or had them delivered to the bank where I worked. After buying a home in the country on two acres of land, Kevin wanted me to have a steady supply, so he started a…
Planting Annuals: Tips for a Beautiful Flower Bed
Question: We have several bare areas where we want to plant something. We might be moving this summer, but maybe not until next year, so we don’t want to spend a lot. We have not had good luck with the packs of annual flowers in the past. How do we make annuals work? Answer: Annual…
Received Potted Flowers as a Gift? Here’s How to Keep Them Alive
By now, you surely know that Valentine’s Day was last week. If you didn’t give flowers and you need to make up for it, you may want to give an entire plant. Or maybe you did get a plant and want to know how to keep it alive. Several potted flowering plants are commonly given…
Lunar New Year Flowers in Flames as Hong Kong Farmer Burns Unsold Stock
January 29, 2022
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HONG KONG—Flower farmer Leung Yat-shen has burned thousands of flowers he cannot sell this year as Hong Kong’s stringent measures against the Omicron variant of coronavirus have halved his Lunar New Year demand. Leung, 70, runs a traditional farm in Hong Kong’s rural Yuen Long district growing sword lilies, water lilies, and tulips. He had…
Planning Your Garden? Consider These Stunning, Award-Winning Flowers
This week, I received five gardening catalogs in the mail. I expect a few more will be coming soon. I also look online for new varieties of plants. One way that I know a plant could work well in my garden is that I look for the red, white, and blue logo of All-America Selections…
Fairytale-Like Footage of This ‘Blue-Eyed, Handsome’ Horse Will Take Your Breath Away
When a Russian photographer taking photos in a flower-filled meadow invited a white horse to join the scene, magic happened. Her fairytale-like footage has since racked up tens of thousands of fans on social media. Photographer Kristina Makeeva met dwarf tinker Hidalgo at the beginning of summer 2020 in her home city of Moscow. She…
Can Gardening Save Your Life?
A meta-analysis of studies on gardening shows that short-term or long-term gardening can reduce depression, anxiety, and stress, elevate mood, regulate Body Mass Index, increase the quality of life, provide a sense of community, and improve cognitive function. Every gardener knows how great they feel after being outdoors among nature and tending to their plants….
Ukrainian Artist Paints Huge Flowers in Deliciously Larger-Than-Life Watercolors
Spreading color across surfaces spanning over a meter, a Ukrainian artist renders beautiful garden flowers that are larger than life. Using delicate watercolors to transfer nature’s pastels onto the page, her works are stirring the imagination of art lovers from all over. Born and raised in Odessa, Zhanna Pulcho, 24, was introduced to watercolors in…
Rose Care: Commonly Asked Questions
Summer is rose time, so let’s answer some of your questions about roses. Q: My roses are dropping their leaves. They turn yellow and fall off. What can I do? A: Take a close look at the leaves. Are they just turning yellow, or do they have some black spots on the yellow leaves? If…
How to Divide Irises
Q: We have some bearded iris that have spread out from their original planted spot and now form a circle with an empty spot in the middle. Can we divide them and replant them back into the spot they came from? It’s the best location to see them from between some bushes. A: Yes, you…
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