The Bulb Lady®
Plant Profiles
- Color in the Garden! Foliage is beautiful!
- You CAN have color in your garden all year – pay attention to the foliage as well as the flowers.
- You'll Wonder Where the Yellow Went
- Yellow is the perfect color to bring life to the garden. Here’s how.
- Fall Blooming Color
- A few years ago, a friend of mine - a real iris fanatic, sent me a photo that I was sure was a trick. It was full of autumn colors, with blazing trees and shrubs - and, in front, one lone and lovely bearded iris.
- Carefree Daylilies
- Daylilies are outstanding perennials that enhance every garden style.
- Nurturing Heirloom Bulbs
- Every year the nursery industry introduces new and improved plants. There are some older plants though that were never forgotten by the gardeners who grew them.
- Shade Garden
- Layout plan for a Shade Garden.
- Butterfly / Hummingbird Garden
- Layout plan for a Butterfly / Hummingbird Garden.
- Planting for Maximum Color Impact All Season Long
- How to maximize your garden color with plants that have an extra long season of bloom.
- Steps to Success with the Egret Flower
- Habenaria radiata, Egret Flower, is a hardy terrestrial orchid (meaning that it grows in the ground) that is native to Japan.
- Steps to Success with Pleione Formosa
- Pleione formosana is native to the higher altitudes in China and the Himalayans, but are only hardy to approximately 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit (zone 8-10) in winter in the home garden environment.
- Plants as Camouflage
- By carefully choosing the right plants for your garden, you can mask a view, create a room within your yard, or simply hide a few small areas of the yard that interfere with your visual pleasure.