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Hyacinth Colors Have Expanded

Hyacinth Colors Have Expanded

Hyacinth Colors Have Expanded from just blue, pink, white, and yellow.  Now we have a larger palette of colors with which to work. Blues are now found in a range from Aqua and light blue through dark purple and some have lighter edges.  Orange and Peach are now...

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Planting Creeping Thyme Seeds

Planting Creeping Thyme Seeds

Creeping Thyme Seeds - Creeping Thyme is a popular and adaptive dwarf ground cover that is popular for landscape designs. Use it often as borders on flower beds and in between pavers on walkways. This is a ground cover that can handle moderate foot traffic. Creeping...

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Planting Saffron Crocus

Planting Saffron Crocus

Saffron Crocus is a bulb that produces the stamens that, when cut and harvested, produce the most expensive spice in the world, Saffron.  This bulb is grown in great quantities in the Middle East and India along with many other countries.  My bulbs come from The...

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White Amaryllis Belladonna

White Amaryllis Belladonna

White Amaryllis Belladonna is a beautiful addition to the growing list of warm climate bulbs! This is a large bulb and produces large, lily or trumpet shaped flowers around a central nexus, They grow best in Zones 6-9 and each bulb sends up a stem from bare ground,...

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Watsonia is a Tall, Cutting Flower from the Gladiolus Family

Watsonia is a Tall, Cutting Flower from the Gladiolus Family

Watsonia needs only sun and water and amended soil to thrive, multiply and keep producing tall stems as the corms produce 4-6 foot blooms! They make a good back of the border addition and require no special care. Outdoor Beds Find a location where the soil drains well...

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