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Your ultimate guide to Fgen: Everything you need to know with expert info for beginners and advanced gardeners alike.
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Trimming Wildflowers – How And When To Cut Back Wildflowers
Should you cut back wildflower plants? Click here for tips on wildflower pruning and learn when to cut back wildflowers in the garden.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Staking Wildflowers – How To Keep Wildflowers Upright In Gardens
Wildflowers support bees and other important pollinators, but occasionally they need some support too. Click here for tips to keep wildflowers upright.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Harvesting Cut Flowers – How And When To Pick Cut Flowers
Success in arranging your own cut flowers requires knowledge and consideration for the harvesting process. Get tips for cut flower harvesting here.
By Tonya Barnett
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What Is Disbudding – Is Disbudding Flowers Necessary
Learning more about disbudding and pinching can help gardeners understand the growth process of various flowering plants. Click here for more info.
By Tonya Barnett
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Does Vinegar Keep Flowers Fresh: Using Vinegar For Cut Flowers
Looking for an innovative way how to extend the vase life of your cut-flower bouquets? A popular method is using vinegar. Learn more here.
By Tonya Barnett
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Moisture Loving Wildflowers: Choosing Wildflowers For Wet Climates
Growing wildflowers in your yard or garden is an easy way to add color and beauty, and to develop a native ecosystem right in the backyard. If you have a wet or marshy area that you want to beautify, you can find several moisture loving wildflowers. Here are some suggestions.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Planting Flowers To Deter Weeds: Using Flowers To Keep Weeds Away
Unfortunately, many times when we till the ground for new planting beds, we are also stirring up weed seeds that quickly germinate in regularly watered soil that is exposed to the sun. Use this article to learn how to stop weeds using flowers.
By Darcy Larum
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What Are Reblooming Flowers: What Are Flowers That Bloom Again
No more flowers here today and gone tomorrow thanks to reblooming varieties. With little effort, you can have flowers that bloom again. Learn more here.
By Darcy Larum
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Harvesting Edible Flowers: How And When To Pick Edible Flowers
Most of us grow flowers for their pleasing aromas, shapes, and colors, but did you know that many are edible too? Learn how to harvest them here.
By Amy Grant
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Gesneriad Culture – Tips For Growing Gesneriad Plants
The only place you cannot find Gesneriads growing is Antarctica. The group of flora encompasses over 3,000 species. What are gesneriads? That is a hard question to answer because the group is so diverse and unique. Click here for more info.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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What Are Mesophytes: Information And Types Of Mesophytic Plants
What are mesophytes? Unlike hydrophytic plants that grow in saturated soil or water, or xerophytic plants that grow in extremely dry soil, mesophytes are ordinary plants that exist between the two extremes. Click her for more info.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Hardy Perennial Plants: Best Plants For Cold Regions
Cold climate gardening can be challenging, with gardeners facing short growing seasons and the possibility of frosts occurring late in spring or early in late summer or fall. Get tips on cold climate gardening here.
By Becca Badgett
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Using Flowers To Create Borders
In order to complement the surrounding landscape, make sure that the flower border is large enough to create a pleasing visual effect but keep it small enough to maintain easily. Get more tips in this article.
By Nikki Tilley
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Mood Altering Plants: Creating A Fragrant Garden Plan
Within a fragrant mood garden, each plant has its own unique smell. Scents can alter your mood in a variety of ways, so when you plan your garden, let your nose decide the arrangements. Get tips here.
By Nikki Tilley
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Fall-Flowering Gardens: Creating Color And Interest With Fall Garden Plants
Flower gardens need not be restricted to spring and summer enjoyment. There are many plants that bloom throughout the fall season as well. Get design ideas and plants for fall gardens here.
By Nikki Tilley
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Daisy Plant Varieties – Growing Different Daisy Plants In The Garden
The term daisy brings to mind the classic white daisy with yellow centers. However, there are many types of daisies. Learn about them here.
By Teo Spengler
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Flowers For Hot Weather – Beautiful Heat Tolerant Flowers For Color
The dog days of summer are hot, too hot for many flowers. Need to find the right plants for hot weather color? Click this article for suggestions.
By Mary Ellen Ellis