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National cut flowers

Queen Anne really had no business making her own lace anyway.

There are actually a few different flowers known as Queen Anne's lace. The most common species, Daucus carota, that has naturalized and even...
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Gardens are a bit more woodsy with anemone clematis.

The actual flowers of anemone clematis, Clematis montana, are not much to look at, clustered at the center of four much more impressive white...
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Spring weather brings out early blooming bulbs like harlequin flower.

Even though bulbs for harlequin flower, Sparaxis tricolor, are no longer commonly found in nurseries when it is time to plant them in autumn,...
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Winter seems like spring as narcissus begin to bloom.

If their bulbs were planted when they became available as summer evolved into autumn, Tazetta narcissus and their hybrids should begin to...
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Dried flowers are the best alternative to fresh.

There are so many choices for flowers to grow for cutting between spring and the end of summer. For autumn and winter though, the choices are...
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Money does not grow on trees, but makes a nice dried flower.

As their coarse, foot wide basal clumps of foliage turn yellow and start to die down, the solitary two foot tall stalks of money plant, Lunaria...
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More than the standard cut flowers for Mother's Day

One day of the entire year we dedicate to that one woman who nearly does it all – our mothers. Whether we celebrate our own moms, our mother...
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Starting from seeds for beginners | Kick start your garden

Some die hard gardeners may have started already, but there is still plenty of time to get your seeds planted. Planting seeds in peat pots or using...
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1800Flowers delivers gifts from the garden, even in February

Psychology says that gift giving is beneficial to the giver as well as the receiver. The act of generousity is helpful to our minds and spirits and...
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