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How To Grow Golden California Poppies

How To Grow Golden California Poppies

Lindsay shows how to sow and grow a long-blooming carpet of dancing California Poppies.

How To Grow Golden California Poppies

Lindsay shows how to sow and grow a long-blooming carpet of dancing California Poppies.

Poppies: Modern and Heirloom Varieties

Poppies: Modern and Heirloom Varieties

Of all the old-fashioned flowers that welcome the summer season, poppies are the most brilliant—they glow like stained glass when the sun shines behind them in early morning or late afternoon. Although their silky petals look delicate nodding on their...

Poppies: Modern and Heirloom Varieties

Of all the old-fashioned flowers that welcome the summer season, poppies are the most brilliant—they glow like stained glass when the sun shines behind them in early morning or late afternoon. Although their silky petals look delicate nodding on their...

Summer Long Sunflowers

Summer Long Sunflowers

Sunflowers Have a Long History The ancient Incas first cultivated splendid sunflowers and carved enormous golden images of their blooms into their temples. Seeds were carried back to Europe where they were received with wide enthusiasm and described by Spanish...

Summer Long Sunflowers

Sunflowers Have a Long History The ancient Incas first cultivated splendid sunflowers and carved enormous golden images of their blooms into their temples. Seeds were carried back to Europe where they were received with wide enthusiasm and described by Spanish...

How to Grow the Biggest, Tallest Sunflowers

How to Grow the Biggest, Tallest Sunflowers

By guest author Alice Formiga To learn the secret of growing sunflowers to record-breaking sizes and heights, I turned to Dr. Tom Heaton, the world's foremost sunflower breeder and Renee's Garden sunflower seed supplier. Tom has been breeding sunflowers for...

How to Grow the Biggest, Tallest Sunflowers

By guest author Alice Formiga To learn the secret of growing sunflowers to record-breaking sizes and heights, I turned to Dr. Tom Heaton, the world's foremost sunflower breeder and Renee's Garden sunflower seed supplier. Tom has been breeding sunflowers for...

Lavender and Roses from Seed

Lavender and Roses from Seed

Lavender and roses have been beloved garden plants throughout their long history of cultivation and their timeless beauty is easily adaptable to changing gardening fashions. In the formal gardens of the Romans, who bathed in lavender and rose-scented waters, in...

Lavender and Roses from Seed

Lavender and roses have been beloved garden plants throughout their long history of cultivation and their timeless beauty is easily adaptable to changing gardening fashions. In the formal gardens of the Romans, who bathed in lavender and rose-scented waters, in...