Who's ready for spring flowers? I know I am! Learn how to design the flower garden of your dreams and discover some of the easiest flowers to get you started. Plus, enjoy a peek into a colorful garden and learn a few tips from it's creator, discover a shrub that will brighten your late winter garden, and get ready to play Shrub Madness! Will your favorite win this year?
What's stopping you from planting the flower garden of your dreams? Get tips and hints like layering flowers from low-growers to tall spires to keep sight lines intact and create a more natural look (as shown above).
Are you a beginning gardener? Do you want a few no-fuss flowers in your garden that will make you look like a pro? If you answered yes to either (or both) of those questions, you're going to want to check out this list of 21 easy-to-grow flowers.
Take easy flowers to the next level with a Flower Pillow. What's that, you ask? Click here to find out!
Celebrate with Tulips!
Tulips signify deep, unconditional love. They also symbolize rebirth and new beginnings, a perfect pairing as we all look forward to spring. Learn more about the history of tulips and celebrate Flower Bulb Day on March 4th.
We also encourage you to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th by sharing a fresh bouquet of tulips with a woman who has inspired you. We hope this small act of kindness will become a new tradition.
The bright yellow flowers of this early-blooming shrub light up late-winter gardens like a burst of sunshine. Find out more about how to grow forsythia, plus how to bring some of its sunshine inside to brighten your day. Can be grown in Zones 3-9, depending on the variety.
Celebrate Spring with Shrub Madness®, a competition that pits shrub against shrub in a battle for World Champion—with your votes determining the winners! There are 2 ways to play:
1 - Fill out your predictive bracket by March 5th in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize that includes the top 4 shrubs, a $250 Corona Tools gift card, and a trip for two to Grand Haven, MI, to tour the Proven Winners® ColorChoice® trial and display gardens.
2 - Or, you can just play along and vote each week from March 6-31 to win weekly prizes.
Come take a walk with me through this colorful Massachusetts garden that has become a neighborhood landmark. Read about the challenges that homeowner Joyce Ahlgren Hannaford faces each year, a bit about her garden philosophy, the personal touches she has added as reminders of friends and family, and her advice for new gardeners.
The other day, I was looking at the flower buds on my redbud tree wondering when they were going to bloom. Then I remembered I had taken a picture of it last year on my phone (*scrolls through hundreds of photos until March 20, 2022*). Guess I have a couple more weeks to go! But, while going back through all those photos, I realized I really need to organize my garden photos. How do you go about organizing your garden photos? (Asking for a friend—haha!)
Happy gardening!
- Linda
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