Focus on Flowers
A novice gardener once told me that she was only going to plant perennials, as they did not need any care. If only that was true!
Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening gardening created and hosted by master gardener Moya Andrews between 2004-2025.
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Many of us with clay soil complain loudly about it, and it’s true that gardens with clay soil can be hard to dig. Nonetheless, it has its virtues.
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Photos of this new generation of Heucheras are irresistible. I plan to order as many as I can afford for spring planting! -
The whole garden looks better if plants are deadheaded, so it is a good thing. -
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Hosack realized the need for a public garden as a research facility for medical scientists and their students. -
Quite a number of flowering annuals can be started by sowing their seeds directly into the garden. -
Before long, some of the earliest flowers to bloom will be stirring in our gardens. -
Here are some interesting quotes... And a bit of advice: We are all so eager to have flowers on our gardens again, that we are susceptible to all of the plant offers that bombard us. But it really is too early to start ordering plants. January is too soon! -
Lindsay was the Grande Dame of gardening in a time when ladies did not have professional careers. -
Do you wait until Twelfth Night to take down the Christmas tree and holiday decorations?
