What should you do if you see a few bugs in your garden? Look closer of course! You need to find out if it’s a friend or foe. There are...

A fall arrangement that includes fuchsia 'Galfrey Lye'. No, this post isn't about the economy - it's about flower arranging, but the...

A quick bouquet made from leftovers, including a huge State Fair zinnia. Everything in the garden slows down by late September - except...

If you’re a passionate gardener who wants to try new flower varieties, you need to find new sources for plants and seeds, sources beyond...

These are NOT early - but they're gorgeous, aren't they? This year I'll grow some early sweet peas because I finally learned about...

Sometimes I wish I had a crape myrtle tree. Like every serious gardener, I’m always wishing for more than what I have in my yard. I wrote...

One thing I’ve learned from gardening is this – you can’t have enough photos and notes. I take photos on my phone and it seems like I...

I’ve been gardening for a long time, so I know when different plants bloom. But I didn’t notice lulls or gaps in that sequence, because...

Dried flowers are not really my thing. But strawflowers and statice are two of the most useful flowers I grow, so they’ll never be...

Mariachi White lisianthus, Vintage White strawflower and Benary's Giant Orange zinnias. August for us is a slightly lazy month. Of...

I’m not a big fan of marigolds. But this year I grew a patch of ‘Giant Orange’ marigolds and when I see them in photos of our bouquets, I...

It’s August, and for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s time to lay low and stay cool. It’s time for minimal maintenance, not...

In late summer and early fall, I start looking for grasses to use as accents in my floral designs. They give a seasonal feeling of...

If you’re a gardener, that word means something to you, and it has nothing to do with Jerry Garcia. Deadheading means cutting off flowers...

I don’t like labels in my garden. Before I became a flower farmer, I kept a logbook, but I never labeled anything outside. I sometimes...

The dark accents in these bouquets are 'Black Knight' scabiosa That’s a flippant title, but here’s the truth: there are some flowers that...

Do you think you’re the only one who ever kills plants? I do it too, despite being an experienced gardener, so in this post I’ll share...

Zinnias are the queens of the summer garden, flowering non-stop through the heat, and when they’re cut for bouquets they can last a week...

I wrote a post with this name previously (read it here) because it’s good to remind ourselves that gardening is always work followed by...

A ton of snapdragons in June, and Shasta daisies too. We were so busy in June that I didn't get a chance to post my usual month-end...