Flower Gardening



You know I've been flower gardening for more years than I care to admit and I never get tired of it. Here are some of the growing tips and techniques I've learned.

I'm a frugal gardener and I confess I start a lot of my own seeds for my personal flower gardening. I think that's the cheapest and most interesting way to get a lot of new plants. Seed starting is easy once you understand the basics and there are articles here on that.

This section is intended to focus on some of the nitty-gritty questions such as pruning petunias to get them to be as bushy in your containers as they are in the nursery (not all long and straggly). There's a video here for that.

From starting seeds to saving money buying bedding plants, I've tried to pass along concrete hints and tips from my gardening experience as a nurseryman and crazy garden guy. :-)


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Annual Seed Starting

gardening pots Easy ways to start your own annual seeds - can't miss systems

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Growing On

outdoor lighting Here's what to do with those seedlings after you've started them to avoid long, leggy plants.

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Moonlight Gardening

garden mulch You work all day - and your garden is in bloom. Why not have a garden that blooms when you're home at night?

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Buy Bedding Plants

landscape contracts Too many gardeners don't know how to save money when buying bedding plants - here's how to both get the best plants and save money.

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Why Won't My Plants Flower

There are several primary reasons why plants don't flower - here's how to fix darn near any plant.

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Pruning Petunias Properly

How to prune petunias - a video showing you the real technique, not what most people think it is.

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Clay Soil Gardening

Some practical hints on gardening on clay soils

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Raised Bed Gardening

There's really only one major difference between raised bed gardening and in-ground gardening - here it is.

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Under Black Walnuts

Lists of plants that will grow under black walnuts fighting off the effects of juglone

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How to Kill Plants

There's always a plant or two you need to kill in your garden - here are a few techniques that work.

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How to Kill Grass

Grass is enemy number one in most gardens and here's how to kill it organically.

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Edible Flowers

Edible flowers are one of summer's treats, here's a short list you can grow yourself

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Winterizing Evergreen Shrubs

Here are a few tricks for winterizing evergreen shrubs stopping them from turning "ever-brown".

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Butterfly Plants

A list of proven butterfly plants for attracting butterflies into your garden

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Mulching Groundcovers

What about mulching ground covers to help them through the winter?

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Deadheading

Sometimes it's tricky to decide how far down the plant to deadhead - here's an explanation

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