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I love flower gardens! All about growing and decorating with flowers including seed starting, pollination, garden design, garden art, cottage gardens, and the…
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Forced bulbs - lovely! From A Wayward Wind
Pots of Amaryllis Amaryllis and other bulbs bloom inside during the winter months and help create an exotic display when grouped together.
If I had but two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy Hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.

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Tips for growing giant, mammoth sunflowers including seed options and best growing conditions. #gardentips #sunflowers #empressofdirt
Find out the right time plant sunflowers in your garden. #gardentips #sunflowers #empressofdirt
Tips for growing giant sunflowers including seed options and best growing conditions. #gardentips #flowers

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Grow a beautiful flower rooftop or wall in your garden with this simple method. No building required! #gardening #greenroof #flowergarden #verticalgarden #gardenhack #empressofdirt
Old-fashioned garden advice and wisdom to use in the home garden. #gardening #oldfashioned #gardenmyths #gardentips #wivestales #empressofdirt

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Empress of Dirt
Flowers ✿
These instructions for growing a sweet pea garden arch are from the book, Gardening on a Shoestring: 100 Fun Upcycled Garden Projects by Alex Mitchell. Grab some sweet pea seeds and willow rods, and make this gorgeous, scented archway (or secret tunnel) for your garden. Garden Art Projects, Backyard Diy Projects, Garden Ideas, Garden Tips, Beautiful Flowers Garden, Flower Garden, Growing Flowers, Planting Flowers, Growing Peas
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These instructions for growing a sweet pea garden arch are from the book, Gardening on a Shoestring: 100 Fun Upcycled Garden Projects by Alex Mitchell. Grab some sweet pea seeds and willow rods, and make this gorgeous, scented archway (or secret tunnel) for your garden.
Empress of Dirt
Empress of Dirt
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These annual and perennial flowers will attract hummingbirds to your garden. With varying bloom times, you can provide nectar-rich plants throughout the growing season in a cold climate garden (hardiness zones 4 to 8). Keep them coming back by providing a pesticide-free, diverse habitat. Flowers For Butterflies, Love Flowers, Butterfly Plants, Lovely, Sugar Water For Hummingbirds, Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds, Attracting Hummingbirds, Diy Hummingbird Feeder
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These annual and perennial flowers will attract hummingbirds to your garden. With varying bloom times, you can provide nectar-rich plants throughout the growing season in a cold climate garden (hardiness zones 4 to 8). Keep them coming back by providing a pesticide-free, diverse habitat.
Empress of Dirt
Empress of Dirt
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These beginner tips show how to plant flower bulbs in fall including tulips, daffodils, snowdrops, hyacinth, and more for beautiful blooms in spring. Planting Tulip Bulbs, Planting Bulbs In Spring, Planting Dahlias, Garden Bulbs, Spring Plants, Daffodil Bulbs, Bulb Flowers, Tulips Flowers, Daffodils
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These beginner tips show how to plant flower bulbs in fall including tulips, daffodils, snowdrops, hyacinth, and more for beautiful blooms in spring.
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Empress of Dirt
Flowers ✿
These annual and perennial flowers will attract hummingbirds to your garden. With varying bloom times, you can provide nectar-rich plants throughout the growing season in a cold climate garden (hardiness zones 4 to 8). Keep them coming back by providing a pesticide-free, diverse habitat.
These annual and perennial flowers will attract hummingbirds to your garden. With varying bloom times, you can provide nectar-rich plants throughout the growing season in a cold climate garden (hardiness zones 4 to 8). Keep them coming back by providing a pesticide-free, diverse habitat.
Empress of Dirt
Empress of Dirt
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Ever wonder how to grow giant sunflowers? These insider tips share how to pick the right seeds and provide the right conditions to grow tall sunflowers with massive flowers in your garden. Giant Sunflower Seeds, Sunflower Seed Recipes, Mammoth Sunflower, Gardening For Beginners, Gardening Tips, Cold Climate Gardening, Growing Sweet Peas, Large Outdoor Planters, Growing Sunflowers
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Ever wonder how to grow giant sunflowers? These insider tips share how to pick the right seeds and provide the right conditions to grow tall sunflowers with massive flowers in your garden.
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Empress of Dirt
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Whether you want to reduce your grass lawn or replace it, there are lots of options for alternative eco-lawns including wildflowers, clovers, and fescue grass seed mixes. Meadow Garden, Wildflower Garden, Wildflower Seeds, Lawn And Garden, Dream Garden, Cottage Garden, Backyard Garden, Backyard Landscaping, Budget Backyard
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Whether you want to reduce your grass lawn or replace it, there are lots of options for alternative eco-lawns including wildflowers, clovers, and fescue grass seed mixes.
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Empress of Dirt
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Want to know the secret to beautiful garden containers? These plant lists tell you exactly which plants you need to create these eye-catching planters. Plants For Planters, Potted Plants Outdoor, Flower Pots Outdoor, Backyard Plants, Landscaping Plants, Cool Plants, Porch Planters, Basket Planters, Pretty Plants
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Want to know the secret to beautiful garden containers? These plant lists tell you exactly which plants you need to create these eye-catching planters.
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Empress of Dirt
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There are several ways to overwinter geraniums (Pelargoniums) from your garden. With some newspaper, a cardboard box, paper bag, or a sunny windowsill, you can keep these tender perennials for the winter and have fresh blooms next spring and summer. I’ll walk you through the options and provide winter care tips. Overwintering Geraniums, Growing Geraniums, Geraniums Garden, Growing Plants, Garden Plants, Red Geraniums, Caring For Geraniums, Growing Vegetables, Geranium Planters
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There are several ways to overwinter geraniums (Pelargoniums) from your garden. With some newspaper, a cardboard box, paper bag, or a sunny windowsill, you can keep these tender perennials for the winter and have fresh blooms next spring and summer. I’ll walk you through the options and provide winter care tips.
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Empress of Dirt
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Learn how to grow sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) using these tips. These flowers need rich soil and consistent water and do not tolerate high heat. Perennial sweet peas are invasive in many areas so check that your seeds are annuals. Cut Flower Farm, Cut Flower Garden, Flowers Perennials, Sweet Pea Plant, Sweet Pea Seeds, Growing Vines, Sweet Pea Flowers
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Learn how to grow sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) using these tips. These flowers need rich soil and consistent water and do not tolerate high heat. Perennial sweet peas are invasive in many areas so check that your seeds are annuals.
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Empress of Dirt
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Red and orange poppy flowers in the garden. Garden Art, Garden Design, Home And Garden, Growing Poppies, Seed Starting, Photo Essay, Simple Beauty
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If you love gorgeous flowers, consider growing poppies in your home garden. Blooming early in the growing season, they definitely steal the show.
There are plenty of fast-growing flowering annuals you can sow in mid-summer to enjoy flowers into fall in colder climates. Have a look at the choices and get your seeds ready so you don’t miss out. Sowing, Fast Growing, Flower Seeds
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There are plenty of fast-growing flowering annuals you can sow in mid-summer to enjoy flowers into fall in colder climates. Have a look at the choices and get your seeds ready so you don’t miss out.
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Empress of Dirt
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To “deadhead” means to remove old flower blooms. This helps tidy up plants we don’t want to produce seeds and makes room for second blooms. Many of our favorite plants bloom repeatedly including petunias, daisies, echinacea, and more. Garden And Yard, Garden Landscaping, Garden Tools, Summer Garden, Garden Projects, Flowers Garden
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To “deadhead” means to remove old flower blooms. This helps tidy up plants we don’t want to produce seeds and makes room for second blooms. Many of our favorite plants bloom repeatedly including petunias, daisies, echinacea, and more.
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Empress of Dirt
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Do sunflowers really move their flowerheads to face the sun throughout the day? Are they really tracking the sun across the sky? Let’s have a look at what these beautiful plants are up to. Garden Gates, The Sun Facts, Facing The Sun, Garden Veggies
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Do sunflowers really move their flowerheads to face the sun throughout the day? Are they really tracking the sun across the sky? Let’s have a look at what these beautiful plants are up to.
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Empress of Dirt
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Not all hydrangea flowers can change color, but, if you start with the right variety and expose it to the right conditions, it is possible to change some flower colors from pink to blue or blue to pink. I have provided step-by-step instructions below. Bigleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea Bloom, Hydrangea Colors, Hydrangea Macrophylla, Flower Colors, Hydrangea Flower, Green Flowers, Colorful Flowers
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Not all hydrangea flowers can change color, but, if you start with the right variety and expose it to the right conditions, it is possible to change some flower colors from pink to blue or blue to pink. I have provided step-by-step instructions below.
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Empress of Dirt
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These fast-growing annual flowers can be started from seed with the quickest ones like calendula blooming in just six weeks. Beautiful, easy to grow, and reliable, they are favorites for many gardeners. Growing Flowers Indoors, Fast Growing Flowers, Growing Plants From Seeds, Easiest Flowers To Grow, Fast Flowers, List Of Flowers, Fast Growing Plants, Annual Flowers, Types Of Flowers
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These fast-growing annual flowers can be started from seed with the quickest ones like calendula blooming in just six weeks. Beautiful, easy to grow, and reliable, they are favorites for many gardeners.
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Empress of Dirt
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Chocolate is a fun theme for a garden! Find plants with the fragrance of chocolate and flowers and foliage to resemble both milk and dark chocolate. Together they create a chocolate-lovers garden dream. They are not edible though, so you’ll have to take care of cravings with the real thing. Garden Fencing, Fence, Chocolate Flowers, Chocolate Color, Outdoor Projects
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Chocolate is a fun theme for a garden! Find plants with the fragrance of chocolate and flowers and foliage to resemble both milk and dark chocolate. Together they create a chocolate-lovers garden dream. They are not edible though, so you’ll have to take care of cravings with the real thing.
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Empress of Dirt
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Want perennial flowers that bloom in spring from the moment winter fades? These favorites from my garden provide continuous bloom in spring. Spring Perennials, Veggie Garden, Backyard Ideas, Early Spring Flowers, Spring Blooms
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Want perennial flowers that bloom in spring from the moment winter fades? These favorites from my garden provide continuous bloom in spring.
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Empress of Dirt
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The trick to long-lasting blooms in your perennial flower garden is plant choices, timing, and care. I will show you tips for continuous blooms from early spring until fall. Garden Flowers Perennials, Garden Yard Ideas
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The trick to long-lasting blooms in your perennial flower garden is plant choices, timing, and care. I will show you tips for continuous blooms from early spring until fall.
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Empress of Dirt
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Want nice full zinnia plants with lots of flowers? The secret is pinching. By cutting back some stems while the plant is young, zinnias respond by creating more stems and that means more buds and blooms. Once you see how it works, you’ll want to make pinching part of your summer plant care. Zinnia Garden, Perennial Garden, Flower Farm, Flower Gardening, Dahlias Garden, Zinnia Flowers, Zinnias
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Want nice full zinnia plants with lots of flowers? The secret is pinching. By cutting back some stems while the plant is young, zinnias respond by creating more stems and that means more buds and blooms. Once you see how it works, you’ll want to make pinching part of your summer plant care.
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Empress of Dirt
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If you love gorgeous flowers, consider growing poppies in your home garden. Blooming early in the growing season, they definitely steal the show. Garden Tours
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If you love gorgeous flowers, consider growing poppies in your home garden. Blooming early in the growing season, they definitely steal the show.
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Empress of Dirt
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If you want perennial flowers that bloom in late spring and early summer, here are some favorites. Summer Flowers, Strawbale Gardening, Gardening Trends
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If you want perennial flowers that bloom in late spring and early summer, here are some favorites.
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Empress of Dirt
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At the end of the growing season when your zinnia flowers are brown and dry, it’s time to save seeds for next year. Use these tips to know when to harvest and how to prepare your seeds for storage. Backyard Farming
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At the end of the growing season when your zinnia flowers are brown and dry, it’s time to save seeds for next year. Use these tips to know when to harvest and how to prepare your seeds for storage.
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Empress of Dirt
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Love delphinium flowers with those tall stems and blue blooms? These delphinium care tips show how to grow and maintain these beautiful plants in your garden including tricks for growing them from seeds. Delphinium Plant, Delphiniums, Irises, Hummingbird Plants
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Love delphinium flowers with those tall stems and blue blooms? These delphinium care tips show how to grow and maintain these beautiful plants in your garden including tricks for growing them from seeds.
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Empress of Dirt
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If you need to transplant bulbs, use these tips to safely dig up flower bulbs and replant them in another location. This works for all bulbs including tulips, daffodil, hyacinth, and more. Tulip Bulbs, Spring Flowers, Tulips, Easy Garden
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If you need to transplant bulbs, use these tips to safely dig up flower bulbs and replant them in another location. This works for all bulbs including tulips, daffodil, hyacinth, and more.
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Empress of Dirt
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