Blue garden

For lovers of charming homes and gardens, decorative touches, and world travel, Victoria nourishes the feminine soul and promises a return to loveliness.

The garden experts at HGTV.com talk about colorful perennials that can grow up to 9' tall like hardy hibiscus, delphinium, hollyhocks and canna.

Have you ever found a picture of a bouquet and wondered, “What is that flower?” Here is a collection of flower names sorted by color. A few bouquet examples are at the bottom and so…

I garden on a sloped 1/4 acre in Corvallis, Oregon. We have a small lawn and a good sized paver patio. There are bands of shrubs and perennials in between the lawn and patio, several trees to keep us cool in the summer and a small vegetable/cut flower garden to one side.

<div style="float: left; padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px;"><img src="/Images/circa1895.png"/></div><div style="float: right; padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px;"><img src="/Images/rhsAGM-75x.png" title="British Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit"/></div>Sky blue flowers grace this favorite of Gertrude Jekyll, the famous English garden designer, who lent her name to this selection. Ruffs of cut-edged petals are set off by the thread-like foliage, leading to common names such as…

We have a little patch of irises in front of our house that completely surprised me the first year it bloomed. I love moving to a new house and discovering what plants are growing where and our current property has been so fun to learn about and discover. Even going on almost our third year […]

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