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When the temperatures drop, prepare plants for the cold months ahead. Follow these expert tips on how to winterize your garden and reap the rewards by spring!
Here are the four things every Southerner should do to prepare perennials for winter. Assess Your Plants. Each perennial in your garden may have unique needs to withstand the colder months. Take ...
Find out if ranunculus are perennials where you live, and how to protect the corms from winter cold. Ritu Vincent / Getty Images Although somewhat challenging to grow, ranunculus flowers are ...
Dianthus (/ d aɪ ˈ æ n θ ə s / dy-AN-thəs) [1] is a genus of about 340 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species in north Africa and in southern Africa, and one species (D. repens) in arctic North America.
Dianthus barbatus, the sweet William, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to southern Europe and parts of Asia. It has become a popular ornamental garden plant. It is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 13–92 cm tall, with flowers in a dense cluster of up to 30 at the top of ...
Dianthus pavonius is a hemicryptophyte scapose plant [2] [3] reaching 2–25 centimetres (0.79–9.84 in) in height. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] This short-stemmed carnation occurs in dense clumps. It has bluish-greenish pointed leaves and purple-pink coloured flowers, with a blue or brown heart.
Many plants provide benefits over the winter months and can be left in place until spring. Coneflowers , coreopsis, and liatris, for example, provide food for winter birds in the form of seeds.
In the darkest depths of winter, thoughts of springtime blooms get us through. And so, to set our cold climate gardens up for success, we asked our friend Kate Karam, editorial director of...