Category Archives: Container Gardening

Purple balls of Allium

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Gabrielle

Allium (Flowering Onion) Allium species and cultivars-  most are purple .. the best color of all! 🙂 And they are hardy in zones 3-11 and do well in sun or shade!  What a great addition to all gardens. I have … Continue reading →

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My Begonia update and losing spring

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Gabrielle

My first sign of life for my Apricot/Scarlet Begonia- after 1 week! Do you remember when I said we had unseasonably warm weather on April 10, when it was 80°.  How wonderful that day was!  Well, 1 week after on … Continue reading →

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Unique Summer Flowering Bulbs

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Gabrielle

A flower that is not as popular- or not seen in everyone’s yard- almost makes it more attractive to me!  I’m not sure that is saying much- since I have said before that I really want every flower! I just … Continue reading →

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Ooh… the smell of Hyacinths

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Gabrielle

Hyacinth orientalis is the species from which all our garden hyacinths have been derived – the dutch hybrids. All hyacinths are very fragrant and excellent plants for containers and pots. With enough sweet fragrance of planted hyacinths to fill an … Continue reading →

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Glorious Gladiolus

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Gabrielle

Gladioli are named from the Latin for “little swords”, hence why some still refer to them as Sword lilies.   They have sword like foliage with tropical blooms.  I will continue to refer to these glorious gladiolus as “glads”.  They range … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Begonias

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Gabrielle

Well- I didn’t make it to the flower show (yet).  The cold, the snow and my attitude from Friday did not leave me. I decided to be lazy and hide out in my home as much as possible.  I did … Continue reading →

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Container Gardening

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Gabrielle

There is so much to talk about when it comes to containers and gardening.  I am going to cover the highlights this time.  Maybe I will get more specific at other times.  Containers were for the purpose of holding the … Continue reading →

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