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I grow a variety of flower bulbs indoors, but my favorites in December and January are amaryllis (Hippeastrum sp.) and paperwhites (Narcissus tazetta.) After all, it's always been …
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Yesterday, as I finished up a piece for Fiskars on forced bulbs (bulbs coaxed to bloom indoors during winter) Non-Gardening Best Friend, Aimee, called. Because I was working on an …
If you're thinking about ordering fall bulbs, read on for what I'm planting this year. Fall bulbs make great spring flowers. Scilla siberica, so tiny and so true …
Since my amaryllis and paperwhites didn't bloom for Christmas I'm now enjoying my indoor flower garden in January. This might be even better because the flowers don't have to …
I know soup and beans have very little to do with gardening, but with the cooler weather, I am soup and bean obsessed. Yes, it's warm and horribly windy in Oklahoma today, but …
Ever since we returned from Portugal last month, I've been swamped. December is a busy garden time of year. November is pretty busy too with Thanksgiving and such. Then, I …
For this month's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, I don't have much blooming indoors, but since it's snowing, I'll share those photos too. Snow day! We've had snow twice this …
Planting bulbs indoors and outside. That's what's happening at our Little Cedar Garden the past few weeks. That and continued storm cleanup. We removed most of the large limbs that …
It's happened. I have a bonafide red aglaonema addiction. It sounds like a nasty rash, but actually, it's an affliction of indoor plant happiness. Chinese …
Good morning plant friends! It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, and I want to share some of my favorite indoor blooms and tropical plants for January. Many thanks to my co-host on our …
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A couple of weeks ago, before our annual Advent/Christmas party, I planted paperwhite holiday gifts in milk glass. I found the milk glass in antique shops in Guthrie, Oklahoma, …
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What does a red-dirt-garden girl do in winter, or even late fall while her garden gently sleeps? I can't speak for anyone else in red-dirt land, but I plant amaryllis and …
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