How often to water your flower garden

How to water a garden and how often is a question that gets asked all the time. I've been gardening for close to a decade now and this

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Flower container design ideas: thriller, filler, and spiller

A Tried and True Design Concept The golden rule of container design uses three types of flowers: thriller, filler, spiller. Thriller is your focal plant. It's big and

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Planning a flower garden – Part 2

Yesterday's blog post was about garden design in general but today I want to get into the nitty gritty of actually choosing the plants you want to grow

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Planning a flower garden – Part 1

When I first started my garden, I didn't come up with much of a plan. I bought some dahlia tubers and some seeds from Johnny's Select Seeds and

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