Edible Flowering Plants to Brew Tea

hibiscus flower

With a move back to victory gardens, edible landscapings and organic or homegrown food and drink, one easy project to try is a tea garden. Many of the common tea ingredients are from flowering plants or flower petals, giving gardeners the perfect opportunity to grow their own tea ingredients, while enjoy beautiful blooms in their [...]

Differences Between Asiatic and Oriental Garden Lilies

Fragrant Oriental Lily Flower Attracts Hummingbirds.  Photographer: Chuck Eirschele

Hardy garden lilies are from the Lilium species, with many being hybrid plants, bred for better plants or flowers.  Lily flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies to any type of sunny garden. A garden lily has an erect plant form growing 2′ – 6′ tall.  The narrow lance-shaped short leaves encircle up and down each stem.  [...]

Growing Coleus Plants Indoor and Outside Gardens

Coleus is one of the easiest plants to grow, whether for an indoor garden or outside.  Many gardeners began growing with coleus and went on to collect them because of the more and more leaf color combinations and plant sizes discovered. Coleus plants are more often grown for their leaves rather than for the nondescript [...]

Winter Interest Article Series

I just finished the core collection of the winter interest articles discussing the six main ways to use plants in the garden to add winter interest. I’ll be adding the more detailed information in some of the articles throughout the month so if you know any plants that have winter berries that are white or [...]