by Ilona | Autumn, Containers
Fall for Creative Containers Bring beautiful container creations to the end of the season, don’t give up after summer! Autumn blooming flowers are sturdy enough to take some cold temperatures, and they can last longer in the season than you might expect.... 
by Ilona Erwin | Autumn, Featured Articles, Garden Design Ideas
Inevitably, as seasons change we see, and lust for, the color focus that picture perfect plantings of fall provide. In Autumn, without a doubt, it is the rich pigment of colorful changing foliage that delights our eye. Even the bountiful blooms of chrysanthemums in... 
by Ilona Erwin | Autumn, Butterfly Garden, Garden perennials
An unfortunate mistake has lead to the writing of this plant profile. From a start my dad had given me, I had early-on grown Hardy Ageratum (AKA Blue Mistflower, recently officially labeled ‘Conoclinium coelestinum’). It survived well in a poor area of the... 
by Ilona Erwin | Autumn, Featured Articles, shrubs
Most of thoughts about ornamental bushes gravitate towards those which bloom in the spring. We are in love with the flowers of spring, their fragrance and color. Some shrubs are even iconic of the beginning of our gardening season: lilacs, forsythias, witch hazels.... 
by Ilona Erwin | Autumn, garden tales, interesting facts, tulips
Tulips grown from bulbs raised in Holland are the easiest way for even ‘brown thumb’ gardeners to get fabulous spring garden color. Those big gorgeous tulip blooms don’t often recur; a realization brought home in the very next year, or two. This... 
by Ilona Erwin | Autumn, Flowering bulbs, Gardening tips
Step right up to bins and shelves full of Dutch imported flowering wonder, it’s time to choose colorful spring blooms.If you wish to make the most of your buying choices, check out these flower bulb tips for finding the best from the array of Dutch flowering...
