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By Jamie McIntosh, About.com Guide

Care and Maintenance for a Wildflower Garden Created: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Gardeners can plant wildflower meadows as a low maintenance lawn alternative. However, wildflowers need a modicum of care to improve blooming and prevent weeds.
Organic Mealybug Control in the Flower Garden Created: Monday, May 20, 2013 Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013
Mealybugs damage leaves and shoots of many garden plants in the landscape. Kill mealybugs on flowers without using chemical pesticides.
Use Ashes in the Flower Garden Created: Saturday, May 18, 2013 Updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013
Ashes are a source of nutrients and a natural pest repellant in the flower garden.
Prevent Weeds in the Flower Garden Created: Monday, May 13, 2013 Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013
If you practice weed prevention in the flower garden, you’ll never need your chemical herbicides.
Verbena Care Created: Saturday, February 18, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013
Verbena plants are prolific bloomers for your butterfly and container garden.
Control Ants in the Flower Garden Created: Thursday, May 09, 2013 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
You can kill or repel ants in the flower garden safely and inexpensively.
Flowering Fairy Gardens Created: Friday, September 02, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Learn how to make your fairy garden shine with blooming flowers.
Christmas Fairy Gardens Created: Monday, December 10, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Bring your holidays to life with a miniature Christmas fairy garden.
Fairy Garden Gallery Created: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Miniature African violets are right at home in the fairy garden.
Use Recycled Objects in the Flower Garden Created: Thursday, May 02, 2013 Updated: Thursday, May 02, 2013
Flower gardeners can recycle cardboard, plastic grocery bags, old rugs, and even dryer lint in the landscape.
Mother's Day Flowers Created: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Updated: Thursday, May 02, 2013
This Mother's Day, give a gift of a live flowering plant or fresh floral arrangement.
5 Flower Gardening Habits to Avoid Created: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Flower gardeners can get in a rut with improper pruning methods, plant collecting, and summer landscape neglect.
How to Grow Organic Roses Created: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Roses can succumb to many pests and diseases, but the organic gardener can grow these lush flowers without resorting to herbicides or pesticides.
Keep America Beautiful Month in the Garden Created: Friday, April 12, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013
Flower gardeners can celebrate Keep America Beautiful Month by practicing litter prevention, waste minimization, recycling, and beautification.
Flower Gardening With Kids Created: Thursday, April 11, 2013 Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013
Kids get into flower gardening when you provide them with themed gardens and activities at their level.
8 Ways to Use Newspaper in the Flower Garden Created: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The newspaper many gardeners recycle at the curb or throw away can function as frost protection, weed killer, compost ingredient, and more.
Use Rain Barrels in the Flower Garden Created: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Flower gardeners can use rainwater barrels to collect and store chemical-free water to irrigate the landscape.
Grey Water in the Flower Garden Created: Monday, April 08, 2013 Updated: Monday, April 08, 2013
Flower gardeners can consider a grey water recycling system to reuse household water for landscape irrigation.
Use Manure in the Flower Garden Created: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Use composted livestock manure safely in the flower garden to fertilize plants with a natural source of nitrogen.
Plant a Wildflower Meadow Created: Thursday, March 28, 2013 Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013
Put away your lawnmower, and turn your landscape into a sanctuary for native plants and wildflowers. These hardy plants need no chemicals and little care.
What to Do With Dead Leaves in the Garden Created: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Raking in the flower garden yields free soil amendments, like compost, leaf mold, and mulch. Leaf cleanup is easy when gardeners choose the best rakes.
Caring for Plant Roots in the Flower Garden Created: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Flower gardeners must learn how to prevent root diseases and care for plant roots with fertilizers for a thriving landscape.
Control Kudzu in the Flower Garden Created: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Flower gardeners must attack kudzu aggressively, as it can overtake and kill flowers, shrubs, and even mature trees.
Bachelor Buttons - Cornflowers Created: Sunday, July 03, 2011 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
Bachelor buttons, or cornflowers, are blue annual flowers easy to grow from seed.
Recognize the Early Warning Signs of Garden Pests and Diseases Created: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Garden insect pests may leave early clues that you can watch for, allowing you to control insects in your garden before they kill your flowers.
Black Walnut Toxicity in the Flower Garden Created: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Flower gardeners that host black walnut trees on their property must protect garden plants from the toxic juglone emitted by the trees’ hulls, roots, and leaves.
Easter Flower Arrangements Created: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Choose blooms for your Easter brunch table, or send an Easter flowering gift basket to friends and relatives.
Orange Bridal Bouquets Created: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
A gallery of orange bridal bouquets, from pale peach to vibrant orange.
Blue Bridal Bouquets Created: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
A blue bridal bouquet featuring irises and calla lilies.
Purple Bridal Bouquets Created: Friday, July 08, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
A mixed purple and white spring bridal bouquet, with roses and irises.
Before You Choose Wedding Flowers Created: Saturday, April 16, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Before you choose wedding flowers, consider how your wedding colors and theme will affect your selections of the bridal bouquet, wedding ceremony flowers, groom’s boutonniere, bridesmaid bouq...
The American Iris Society – A Club for Iris Gardeners Created: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The American Iris Society connects gardeners who love growing all cultivars and species of irises.

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