Exotic Gardeners

🌻🌺🌷🌼🌹🌸Spring is finally here! Time to spruce up the garden with some colorful plants.🌺🌷🌼🌹🌸🌻 Don't forget to add some 🌻sunflowers 🌺for a pop of yellow or some 🌼lilacs 🌹for a sweet fragrance. Happy gardening!🌸🌷🌻🌺

Beautiful Flying Duck Orchid. Now THAT's an exotic garden! 😍

"Just finished building a beautiful pergola in my backyard and it's already become my new favorite spot to relax and enjoy the outdoors. Garden structures like pergolas, trellises, and arbors not only add visual interest to your outdoor space, but they also provide much-needed shade and support for climbing plants. If you're thinking about adding some structure to your garden, consider the many options available - from simple wooden structures to more elaborate designs. Your backyard will thank you! "

Spring is almost here and it's time to get our gardens in shape! Whether you're planting a vegetable garden, tending to a flower bed, or just sprucing up your outdoor space, gardening is a great way to get some fresh air and exercise while enjoying nature. Share your gardening tips, tricks, and photos with us in the comments below! 🌷🌻🌱

Spring is in the air and so are the beautiful grape hyacinths! These tiny purple flowers pack a big punch with their sweet fragrance and vibrant color. Plant them in a bed or in a container for a pop of color on your patio. They're also a great choice for naturalizing in a lawn or woodland area. Happy gardening, friends!

Do you want to get started with gardening?

Don't be afraid to fail. Treat every setback as a lesson.

Use sizable pots. When you see images of mounds of foliage emerging from little pots in magazines or on the internet, those are lies. Assume that your plant's underground portion is around the same size as its surface-level portion.

Utilize self-watering planters. Even if you live somewhere cool, self-watering pots will ensure that a few days away won't ruin all of your hard work. This is especially true if you reside somewhere warm.

Begin with seeds. It's the cheapest way to be bad at gardening. And you will be bad, at first. Those seedlings from garden centers have had special care, shade, hardening, fertilization, numerous daily waterings, and professional observation; they are in no way ready for the challenging conditions of a novice garden. It's not difficult to decide between spending $2 for 100 seeds or $4 for one sprout that will undoubtedly die.

Play the odds; most of your plants will perish. One year, I planted more than 60 tomato seeds. I only harvested two seedlings. The following year, I received approximately 20 seedlings, but fruit on only 4 plants. Expect to fail, and when you don't, you'll be pleasantly delighted. I'm not advocating that you plant 60 tomato plants on your balcony. I'm advocating planting at least a dozen seeds if you want one tomato plant that bears fruit because some seeds won't germinate, some seedlings won't grow to maturity, and some mature plants will become ill and die before producing fruit.

There are many people willing to take your plants off your hands if you end up with more than you can handle at any time.

Grow your own food. If you've never used cilantro in your life, there's no sense in growing tons of it. Even if it could be more difficult, it's preferable to get a modest quantity of what you can utilize rather than a great quantity of what you can't.

Learn what grows best in your area. You'll save a ton of time and heartache by doing this. If you can, join a community garden organization. Talk to them in the garden department of stores; little old ladies are priceless sources of knowledge.

You can ignore the two before statements if you like. It's your garden and your money, so screw it. Even though you've never eaten a dragon fruit, go ahead and try cultivating one in Alaska. After all, someone has to be the first.

I follow the three strikes policy. If I make three unsuccessful attempts to grow something, I give up and try something else. Some things I simply cannot grow, although my neighbors can. Finding something that wants to grow in your patch is better than trying to shove trash uphill.

Fruit that is smaller is simpler. Growing cherry tomatoes is always simpler than growing larger tomatoes. Fairy Tale eggplants are simpler to grow than the large, black ones. I'm guessing this is a general norm, but it makes sense. It's challenging to produce the biggest pumpkin - that's why contests are held for it!

Play it wisely. How much light do you get in the space you're placing them in? How many winds? Do you experience heavy rains? Are there any animals that could be a problem? You will avoid a great deal of unnecessary work if you are aware of these things before you begin.

Pallet gardening can wait; focus on mastering the fundamentals first. Get BIG hanging baskets if you want to use them.

If you have any troubles, post them here for detailed help, but keep in mind that overall, this isn't difficult. It all comes down to planting seeds near dirt and water and hoping for the best. Humans naturally engage in gardening. Everyone in your family, dating back thousands of years and beginning around two generations ago, gardened. So can you.

Follow our page for tips and keep us updated on your journey!

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Today's mystery flower of the day is the Pink Sunrise Grape Hyacinth.

While the typical color range of this species is said to be from a dark cobalt to sky blue to white, the new cultivar "Pink Sunrise" beautifully varies the conventional grape hyacinth color palette. The blossoms start off bright pink in the early spring and turn blush as the season goes on.

'Pink Sunrise' is a non-fussy grape hyacinth, just like other varieties. It thrives in full sun, cool, well-draining soil, but will grow just fine with little shade. It looks best massed together in the garden to resemble a carpet because it is only 6 to 8 inches tall and extremely pale pink. Just allow some space so that in subsequent years, naturalization will help it expand.

Fall is the ideal time to plant the bulbs. Instead of making tiny holes for each bulb to fit in if you want this charmer to cover a vast area, dig the entire area 2 to 3 inches deep and arrange the lights in a natural pattern 2 inches apart.

Follow us to learn more about these special flowers and for tomorrow's mystery flower of the day.

Today, we venture to John's autumn garden in New Jersey.

"I go by the name John Markowski. I grow in rural New Jersey's Zone 6B, where there are often deer nearby and the soil is moist clay. I concentrate on native shrubs, perennials, and, my personal favorite, ornamental grasses.

In this picture, seed heads and autumnal leaves are the main subjects. Concealed by an arrangement of Autumn Joy sedum (Hylotelephium spectabile 'Herbstfreude', Zones 3-10) in the front, tall Japanese silver grass (Miscanthus sinensis, Zones 5-9) shoots up in the backdrop. A Viburnum bush is beginning to change colors for autumn on the left."

To see more of John's garden, stick around for our next post.

Looking to fill your spring landscape with an unexpected sea of soft pink hues? You can accomplish that with the aid of this lovely grape hyacinth, with its small, endearing heads of the palest pink.

Follow us to discover the name of this mystery bulb in our next post.

Hardy deciduous perennial Paeonia 'Madame Emile Debatane' provides mid- to late-spring appeal. The plant produces big, distinctly romantic, double blooms that are salmon pink and rose-shaped. The colorful, fragrant flowers, which are born on long, tall stalks, draw butterflies and form magnificent cut bouquets with a lengthy vase life.

My garden inspired me to come up with "carrot on the shelf" as an alternative to "elf on the shelf!" 🥕🤣🥕