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March Week One Update

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Hi Lovelies, Brace yourselves! This post has a lot of pictures. Just a quick peek at  nearly everything that's going on right now! Let's all just hope that this warmer weather will keep on coming our way! Not pictured is the progress on the dahlia tubers that I've started for cuttings. The reason? Well, it looks…

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Growing ‘Ali Oop’ Dahlias

Categories arrangments, bulbs, corms, cut flowers, cutting, dahlias, first flowers, flowers, gardening, Growing, guide, how to, picking, planting, reviews and trials, tubers, tutorial5 Comments on Growing ‘Ali Oop’ Dahlias

Hi Lovelies, It seems that I've managed to stumble upon another winner! I ordered 'Ali Oop' (like many of my other tubers) on a whim when things were on sale this year. While I'm not sure about the origin of the name on this one, I'll just assume that it has something to do with…

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How to Grow Anemones in Zone 6 (and probably other places, too!)

Categories anemones, annuals, arrangments, bouquets, bulbs, corms, cut flowers, cutting, fall, fall planting, fall sowing, flowers, gardening, Growing, guide, hoophouse, how to, plastic mulch, ranunculus, tubers, tutorial, Uncategorized, weed barrier16 Comments on How to Grow Anemones in Zone 6 (and probably other places, too!)

  Hi Lovelies, Well, well. It's hard to believe this is already my fifth post of October! In many ways, October is the month that I'm doing the most things. I'm planting bulbs (and ordering, lol), looking for bargains to save money for spring, and trying to enjoy the last of the nice weather before…

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Growing ‘Gay Princess’ Dahlia

Categories arrangments, bouquets, bulbs, corms, cut flowers, cutting, dahlias, flowers, gardening, Growing, how to, picking, planting, reviews and trials, tubers, Uncategorized, update3 Comments on Growing ‘Gay Princess’ Dahlia

Hi Lovelies, Well, it's day four of Blog-tober and we're still going strong - though admittedly, I may or may not be extremely worried about running out of ideas within the next week. Today we'll be taking a look at another dahlia that I grew this season. In an effort to keep these reviews completely…

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Growing ‘Honey Dew’ Dahlia

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Hi Lovelies, The rain is pouring down out there and it's cold, so that could only mean one thing! It's time for me to jump on the ole' internet machine and write about something. In honor of my goal to write about and create a sort of short "review" for everything that I grow, I…

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Guide to Growing Ranunculus

Categories bulbs, corms, cut flowers, cutting, fall, fall planting, fall sowing, flowers, gardening, Growing, guide, hardy annuals, hoophouse, how to, picking, planting, plastic mulch, ranunculus, seed starting, tubers, tutorial, Uncategorized26 Comments on Guide to Growing Ranunculus

Hi Lovelies, Buckle yourself in, because this blog post is going to be an exciting one. Well, I think it is. If you live in one of those awesome areas where the temperatures are relatively mild and ranunculus grow and overwinter outside without protection, this post probably won't serve as much help. However, if like…

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Growing ‘Cafe au Lait’ Dahlias

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Hi Lovelies, Well, I think we all knew that it was only a matter of time. It was bound to happen, so I figured I would get it over with -- let's talk 'Cafe au Lait'. If you follow pretty much any flower farmer on Instagram or any other social media, for that matter, you've…

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Growing ‘Precious’ Dahlias

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Hi Lovelies, Well, September is finally here and that means that there's something very special happening - the dahlias are in full bloom! Even though I don't have as much space for dahlias as I would like, I'm loving what I did plant. Dahlia tubers can sometimes be on the more expensive side. Well, I…

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