My Flowers

Chelsea Flower Show blooms defy drought and gloom - Reuters

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Chelsea Flower Show blooms defy drought and gloom Reuters By Amanda Cooper | LONDON (Reuters) - A towering pyramid of color, a lesson in water-conscious beauty, patriotic fervor, Olympic enthusiasm and a host of green-thumbed celebrities kicked off one of the world's most lavish flower shows on Monday. Chelsea Flower Show 2012, as it happenedTelegraph.co.uk Chelsea flower show: mud, B-list celebs and a rickety pyramidThe Guardian all 515 news articles »

Mike Cox: Leave my garden alone - Inside NoVA

Mike Cox: Leave my garden alone Inside NoVA I wasn't thirty yards from my parking area when I spotted movement. I froze and waited for whatever had caught my eye to move again. There, in the deep flower bed of the owner's side yard, I saw the flicker of a deer's ear.

NATIVE PLANTS: Peter's Purple Monarda a beautiful garden addition - Lufkin Daily News

NATIVE PLANTS: Peter's Purple Monarda a beautiful garden addition Lufkin Daily News Last spring I planted a Peter's Purple Monarda in my flower bed. It didn't grow much and after last summer's extreme heat it disappeared. This spring it came up and quickly grew to six feet tall and is now sporting spectacular purple blossoms.

Great garden flowers: A gaillardia with plenty of moxie - Christian Science Monitor

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Great garden flowers: A gaillardia with plenty of moxie Christian Science Monitor (That's a long name for a particular variety of an easy-to-grow perennial often called blanket flower.) But for all those attributes, gaillardia is a plant I've never gotten really excited about. Sorta ho-hum in my view. What attracted me to this one?

Jenova Chen is wrong: "Dumb" games are good enough for adults, too - VentureBeat

Jenova Chen is wrong: "Dumb" games are good enough for adults, too VentureBeat It may help me nonverbally communicate with in-game players, but it's quite a stretch to assume it'll help with the rest of my life. Phil Fish once referred to Fez as a "stop and smell the flowers kind of game. and more »

Buds and Blooms Floral Shop offers a full array of flowers - Kingsport Times News

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Buds and Blooms Floral Shop offers a full array of flowers Kingsport Times News "I've always loved flowers. There's nothing like a delivery person bringing you flowers or you giving them to someone as a gift," McNally said. She recruited friend and floral designer Molly, who adds a special pizazz all her own. "My favorite part of ...

Take time to stop and smell the flowers - Columbia Daily Tribune

Take time to stop and smell the flowers Columbia Daily Tribune By Jan Wiese-Fales This spring, my already crazy life revved up another notch, preventing the plant junkie in me from getting out to smell the roses frequently enough to satisfy my habit. When a good friend invited me to visit Powell Gardens on May Day ... and more »

What Do Spoilers Spoil? - New York Times (blog)

What Do Spoilers Spoil? New York Times (blog) By STANLEY FISH Over 10 percent of the comments on my “Hunger Games” column brought up the question of spoiler alerts. “Haven't you heard of a spoiler alert?”, one exasperated reader asked. Another reader, Jim, reported that he was “trying rapidly to ...

Peter Costa: Memorial Day brings cycles of geraniums - Suburban Life Publications

Peter Costa: Memorial Day brings cycles of geraniums Suburban Life Publications As much as it is to keep the grass cut and the flowers fresh, it is also about continuing the silence. Cemeteries grow quieter as we grow older. It is not because youngsters are disrespectful. It is because senior citizens generate fewer unnecessary ... and more »

Fun with garden colors, plants that work in harmony - Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog)

Fun with garden colors, plants that work in harmony Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog) Yellow corydalis lutea, red caladiums and pink torenia make a pretty combination (in my opinion). Photos by Doug Oster Most flowers will pair well with each other. At least I think so. It's hard to make mistakes with anything that blooms in my opinion.