If you think bulbs and recall only the hardy spring-flowering daffodils and tulips, your garden is missing the wonderful colors and fragrances of the tender summer-flowering species, from Achimenes to Zantedeschia.
Achimenes are commonly called orchid pansies. They like shade, are great hanging basket plants and like a moist medium. They are in the African violet [...]
Now that spring is here, the garden will start getting out of hand. Weeds will flourish, snails will come out of hibernation, and throughout the Bay Area, wisteria will bud out in great profusion. The Chinese varieties (Wisteria sinensis) burst into pendulous clusters like fragrant, delicate clumps of grapes hanging from leafless stems. Japanese varieties [...]
Coming soon to the garden, finally, will be the fragrance of hyacinths, daffodils and tulips. Although the flowers will be beautiful, the tips of the leaves may be brown. The warm weather in December teased the bulbs’ foliage out of the ground, where the tips were greeted by frigid temperatures, followed by weeks under snow.
The [...]
Common names: chrysanthemum, mum
Description: Colors include pink, yellow, red, white, bronze, magenta and purple.
Special care: Water blooming plants every two days, even at risk of overwatering. Wilting shortens life. Give plants plenty of bright, indirect light, which encourages buds to open. Direct sunlight can burn flowers.
Chrysanthemums are classified according to shape and arrangement of petals. The major types of hardy mums include the following.
Daisies or Singles have daisy-like flowers with yellow centers.
Anemones are like single mums but with a rounded crest of deeper color.
Decoratives have double or semi-double flowers and usually grow to over 18 inches tall.
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