Learn more about the plants we are growing for our sale on Mother’s Day weekend. (May 10-12, 2013)
Perennials
Growing Your Easter Lilies Outside
Do you hate to simply discard your Easter Lily after it has finished blooming? Here is some advice provided the Kansas State University Extension Service for repeat bloom in subsequent years. After the flowers have faded, remove the flower stalk so that energy does not go into making seed. Keep the plant inside until the…
Video Blog – Daffodils
Daffodils are blooming all over the Garden right now.
Video Blog – Pruning Ornamental Grass
February is a good month for cutting back your ornamental grasses
Video Blog – Hellebores
Learn more about this charming little winter blooming plant.
Video Blog – Paperwhites
Paperwhites are great bulbs for the winter garden.
Lions, Tigers & Bears . . . Oh My!
I live in a botanical garden, not a zoo. However, I am not surprised that some people think about animals when they are here. Walking around the garden there is a veritable menagerie of plants with animal names. Let’s take a look at a few of them. Visitors on safari outside the education offices will…
Seeing Red
With the temperature getting hotter, we are seeing a lot of red these days. There’s more red showing in the thermometer, people walking around the garden sometimes have red faces flush from the heat and exercise, and of course there are plenty of red flowering plants. This is especially true in the hummingbird garden. The…
Spring Odyssey
There are two types of people who visit the Garden… Wait, that sounds like the start of a bad joke. People come to the Garden for many different reasons, but generally people come with a specific purpose in mind or they come to wander around and see what’s here. In other words, for some folks…
Creepy Plants
Halloween is almost here and people are getting all excited to scare each other. I love a good fright now and then too. Last year I talked about some seasonally scary plants, but I really didn’t mention a few that truly creep me out. These are the ones that will sneak up on you as…