mother's day garden gifts

If you haven't shopped for a flower pot lately, you'll notice that the offerings are far more diverse than utilitarian terra cotta pots and plastic containers of years ago. You can buy glazed pottery in every rainbow and earth-toned hue conceivable to match mom's home, landscape, and favorite flowers. Or, think outside the "pot" and give an unexpected container already planted, like a cowboy boot with trailing petunias.

outdoor wedding flowers

Simple Flower Arrangements Frame an Awesome View Rustic Wedding Flowers Don't Detract From the Mountain View.

Photo © Andrew Malone

If your wedding takes place at a site with spectacular mountain views, you don’t need a great deal of floral adornment for the ceremony. The grapevines used in this arch are rustic to match the surroundings, and the arch frames the glorious view. An overflowing vase at the base of each side of the arch anchors the arrangement, and keeps the arch from looking too leggy. Use rose petals to define the walkway for the wedding couple.

5 flower problems

It’s not fair: Winter has hung on three weeks too long, and the nurseries are tempting us with all those lovely dahlias and New Guinea impatiens. If the nursery is selling these flowers, it must be time to plant, so you bring home a flat and set them out the first time the thermometer hits 60 degrees F.

The problem with this approach is that the nursery was tending these tender tropicals in its greenhouse, and now you’ve slapped them into spring thaw mush. The plant never recovers from this shock to its system.

Solution: Contact your local county extension service to find out your average last frost date. If the plant marker says put out two weeks after last frost, follow this advice, weather anomalies be darned. For the earliest flowers stick to stalwarts like pansies and primroses.

Begonia ‘Solenia Rose’

You can save the tubers of ‘Solenia Rose’ at the end of the growing season for blossoms next year. Dig them in the fall, dry them for 10 days, and store them in a cool, dark place until the following spring.

Height: 10-12”Width: 18-24”Exposure: Partial Sun

Diabolique Iris

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Daemon Imp Iris

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