Archive for October, 2010

List of Perennial Flowers For Indiana Gardens

This list of perennial flowers will do well in Indiana gardens. It is not all inclusive, but comprises the most readily available perennial flowers and the easiest to care for.

October 29, 2010 · Administrator · No Comments
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Full Sun Perennial Flowers

The list of flowers which will grow in full sun is quite extensive, so this list will include only the ones that are commonly available and seem to do well in my Indiana garden.

October 28, 2010 · Administrator · No Comments
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Perennial Flowers That Bloom All Summer

Are there perennial flowers that bloom all summer? Unfortunately, you will not find a single perennial flower which will bloom the entire summer.

October 27, 2010 · Administrator · No Comments
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Perennials That Flower in the Shade

There are perennial plants which will bloom in shade. This list is not all inclusive. It will have the most commonly available plants which will bloom in shade and this list will grow over time as more different types are added.

October 26, 2010 · Administrator · No Comments
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Perennial Flower Gardening

Perennial flowers are flowers which live for more than one season. There is such a large selection of perennials available that the novice flower gardener can easily become confused. Then throw in hardiness zones, light requirements, flower height and other variables and it seems much too confusing to grasp.

October 25, 2010 · Administrator · No Comments
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Best Annual Flowers

What are the best annual flower? That depends upon where you are growing them. If you have sun, then one group of annual flowers might be best. If you have shade, then another group might be suitable.

October 22, 2010 · Administrator · No Comments
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Hardy Annual Flowers

Annual flowers are divided into three hardiness classes. These classes include warm weather annuals, cold weather annuals and frost hardy annuals.

October 21, 2010 · Administrator · No Comments
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Butterboots

Another of our prized “Booter” cats has disappeared. On the morning of Sunday, October 3, 2010, Butterboots slipped out of the patio door that I held open for her into the morning mist. It would be the last time I would see her calico form flitting off into the forest. She was the daughter of [...]

October 21, 2010 · Administrator · No Comments
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Boots

The Beer Garden has lost another resident. Boots, the elder cat in our brood, disappeared a month ago today on July 11, 2009. I have delayed in writing about her in hopes that she might still show up, but after a month I fear she is gone for good. But hope springs eternal, and if [...]

October 21, 2010 · Administrator · No Comments
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Mittens

I will begin this by saying that I never used to understand the relationship between people and their pets. Sure, we had dogs and cats when I was a kid, one dog was even mine. But I never developed an especially close relationship to an animal. It was nuts, I thought.All that changed with a [...]

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