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Resources for Growing Decorative Plants

Scroll down for Annuals, Bulbs, Containers, Hellebores, Hostas, Houseplants, Perennials, Roses, Seed-starting, Succulents, and Vines.  

 

Annuals:

Annuals for Full Sun

Annuals that Thrive in Shade

Impatiens

Marigolds

Pansies

Sweet Alyssum

Tall Growing Annuals

Zinnias

Bulbs: 

Bluebells

Bulbs that Deer and Rabbits Don't Eat

Daffodils

Day-lilies

Gladiolus

 

Good General Information Website  (once site loads, scroll down to view topics at bottom)

Guide to Planting Spring Bulbs

Snowdrops

Spring Ephemerals

Tips for Selecting, Planting, and Caring for Bulbs in Your Garden

 

Container Gardening:

Balcony Flower Garden 

Best Plants for Hanging Baskets

Bonsai

Container Gardens for Bees

Container Plants that Take the Heat

Evergreens for Containers

Fall Creative Container Gardens

Fall Perennial Container Gardens

Fall Window Boxes

Fence Planters

Fruit and Flowering Trees in Containers

Indoor Container Gardens

In Found Objects -- Mobile Planters

Miniature Garden in Container video

Native Plants in Containers

Plans for Container Gardens

Plants for Year-Round Containers

Plants that Thrive in Shade in Containers

Preparing your Pots

 

Spring Fairy Garden video by Garden Answer

Succulents in Containers

Succulent Table Arrangement video

Water Gardening (indoors) Video 

Window Boxes

Hellebores:

Growing Hellebores

Hostas:

Dividing Hostas

Houseplants:

African Violets

    African Violets - Selecting the Best Pots

    African Violets - Soil Mix

    More About African Violets

Air Plants

Aloe Vera

Best Houseplants for Fragrance

Blooming Houseplants

Cat-Friendly Houseplants

Christmas Cactus - How to Feed

Containers for Houseplants

Dracaena

Easy to Grow

Evergreens That Can Grow Indoors

Everything to Know about Caring for Houseplants

Ferns

Ficus Tree (Weeping Fig)

Flowering Succulents

Fragrant Houseplants

Holiday Cactus

Houseplant Care Guide

Houseplant Dish Garden

Houseplants for a North-Facing Window

Houseplants with Colorful Leaves

Indoor Bamboo Plant

Norfolk Island Pine as a Houseplant

Orchids -- How to Repot

Peace Lilies

Peperomia

Plants that Grow in Low Light

Poinsettias

Poisonous Houseplants

Propagating Houseplants

Re-potting Houseplants

Spider Plant Care

Succulents as Houseplants

Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter Cactus

Watering -- How To and How Much?

Winter Blooming Houseplants

Perennials:

Anise Hyssop

Balloon Flowers

Bee Balm

     More About Bee Balm

     Still More About Bee Balm

Best Climbing Perennials

Big Perennials, Big Impact

Bleeding Hearts

     More about Growing Bleeding Hearts

     Types of Bleeding Hearts 

Chrysanthemums

     Complete Guide to Chrysanthemums

     More about Chrysanthemums

     When to Set Out Chrysanthemums

Clematis

Columbines

Combination Ideas

Coreopsis

Daisies Good for Beginners

Dividing Perennials

Drought-Tolerant Perennials

Easy-Care Perennials

English Daisies

For Fall Color

For Summer Color

Fuschia

Ground Cover Perennials

Hardy Perennials

     Perennials Designed to Survive Harsh Winters

Hollyhocks 

Horseradish

Hydrangeas

     Identifying Hydrangeas

     Hydrangea Mistakes and Fixes

     More About Hydrangeas

Lavender

Lilacs

Long-Blooming Perennials

Low-Care Perennials

Milkweed

Nasturtiums

Nasturtiums as Food and Pest Control

Orange Perennials

Peonies

Perennials for Hardiness Zone 6

Perennial Planting Guide

Problem-Solving Perennials

Purple Perennials

Salvias

Sweet Woodruff

Tall-Growing Perennials

Vines

White Flowering Perennials

Roses:

Easy to Grow Roses for Beginners

Knockout Roses

Pruning Roses (video)

Seed Starting:

Collecting Wildflower Seeds

DIY Seed Starting Pots

Easiest Seeds to Start

Guide to Buying Seeds

Heirloom vs. Hybrid Seeds

 

How Long Are Seeds Viable?

     Testing Older Seeds

Sowing Annual Seeds

Starting Seeds Indoors

Succulents:

Flowering Succulents

Growing Succulents from Seeds

Hanging Succulent Planter Video

How to Propagate Succulents    

Ideas for Succulent Gardens (indoor and outdoor)

Vines:

Flowering Vines

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