Category: blooms
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Story Time – The Great Peony Stakeout
The Great Peony Stakeout Officer Murphy adjusted his aviator sunglasses and stared through his binoculars at the suspect. The suspect was seven inches tall, bright yellow, and currently harboring an illegal syndicate of thirty-two black garden ants. According to the neighborhood watch bulletin, the local peony population had shifted from “peaceful perennials” to a highly…
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Story time – Hibiscus
The Flower with a Flair for Drama Ever feel stuck in the shadows, waiting for a sign that you’re ready to shine? Stop waiting. Meet the Tropical Hibiscus—the ultimate “watch me sparkle” flower. For weeks, it sits as a tightly wrapped, ordinary green bud, doubting its own potential. But when it’s time to bloom? It…
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Story Time Fuchsia, Impatiens, Begonias
The Story: The Shade Garden Drama Class of 2026 The Setup: It’s late May, June is rolling in, and the sun is getting serious. While the succulents are out there acting like they’re at Coachella, the shade greenhouse is hosting a completely different kind of party. Let’s talk about the Big Three of the shade…
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Story Time Roses
Gather around, because today we are going to talk about a little bit of real-world magic that hides right in our own backyards. If you’ve ever walked through Connecticut in the middle of June, you know that the air suddenly starts to smell sweet—like strawberries and sunshine mixed together. That is the magic of the…
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The Quiet Power of a Bloom
The Quiet Power of a Bloom Did you know? There is a specific kind of magic that happens when you bring an annual or perennial home. In the rush of our daily lives—the deadlines, the chores, and the noise—flowers do something that almost nothing else can: they ask us to be still. We don’t just…