Why You May Want to Grow Black Eyed Susan in the U.S.

During the height of summer is when one is able to discover a plethora of Black Eyed Susan flowers blooming healthily in fields as well as on roadsides all over North America.

Its golden yellow daisy flowers are almost universally loved but the Black Eyed Susan (rudbeckia hirta) is often thought of as a weed rather than a garden plant.

However, if you’re looking to add more wildflowers and native plants to your landscape, Black Eyed Susan should be at the top of your list of candidates

Whether your idea of the perfect garden is a meadow of wildflowers and grasses, or an old fashioned formal flower border, Black Eyed Susan flowers will be right at home in your landscape.

Wild types of Rudbeckia are perfect for natural gardens and are easy to grow from seed. Newer varieties with larger flowers in a wide variety of warm colors will perform beautifully alongside the perennials and annuals in your existing sunny flower garden.

You can even find

How to Make Your Poinsettia Bloom Mega Beautifully

The poinsettia is best known for its beauty at Christmas time. Most people throw them away after Christmas, when they start dropping leaves and appearing ill thinking there is no chance of blooming again.

With a little know-how, your poinsettia can bloom year after year. The traditional poinsettia was red, white poinsettias later became available.

Currently, there are over 100 varieties of poinsettias with special designs and colors ranging in shades of red, white, pink, light green, variegated, dotted, and marbled.

Have you ever received a unique poinsettia and wished that

Recommended Climbing Plants for Shady Walls and Fences

Don’t be put off by shady walls and fences. There are more climbing plants and wall shrubs that enjoy partial or complete shade than there are those which like full sun.

Many climbers like honeysuckle are woodland plants which love having cool, moist but not waterlogged roots. In their natural homes they scramble up trees to find the sun, making them ideal for north and east facing aspects.

Vertical gardening takes up very little sideways space. In very small gardens where trees and shrubs cannot be grown, climbing plants are invaluable for

Why on Earth Plant the Notoriously Invasive Butterfly Bush?

If you want to attract butterflies to your garden, the best plant you can grow there is the aptly named Butterfly Bush. The very pretty flowers of Buddleia davidii, or Buddleja davidii, as it is also spelled, is the perfect ornamental shrub if you want to see these beautiful insects where you live.

Of course, it isn’t only

Getting Into Some Essential Info On Annual and Biennial Plants

Annuals

Annuals are the ‘decoration’ of a garden—the embroidery on a plainer background. They are perky and impermanent, making patches of color for a few weeks and then fading. For the most part they are undemanding and will grow in any sort of soil.

They can be scattered haphazardly and left to fend for themselves, or they can be

20 Aesthetically Pleasing Annual Plants to Prettify Any Home Garden

Annual Coreopsis (Calliopsis)

These have attractive golden yellow daisy like flowers with brown centers. They grow to about 60cm/24in and are very good for cutting.

There is also a dwarf variety with flowers of crimson, gold and maroon. These will tolerate difficult conditions and are good in town gardens.

California Poppy (Eschscholzia)

Another tongue twister of a name for a delightful old-fashioned flower sometimes known as Granny’s Nightcap. It will grow on poor, dry soil and likes full sunlight when it will produce flowers that are double, semi-double and single in

Glamorize Your Garden with These 17 Half-Hardy Annual Plants

1) Annual Pinks (Dianthus)

These sweetly scented little flowers may be treated as annuals and sown outdoors from April onwards, but for early flowering sow them under glass and plant them out in late May. They grow about 20-30cm/8-12in high and make an excellent edging plant.

2) Asters

For late summer flowering asters are ideal. Their richly colored flowers come in