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May. We are getting serious about our garden. Our bulb flower came and went trees are displaying their Spring green colors. Overwhelming spring flowers and fruit blossom are starting to dominate nature and your garden.

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The Bird of Paradise Flower. This plant is of such beauty that it is almost out of this world, when you look at it it's unbelievable that it is so hardy it can stand light frosts. Really this plant is to speak in sixties terms "far out, so groovy". Here is a picture of one growing in my Australian friends garden Bird of Paradise Flower

Lavender, easy to grow and rewarding in summer, the scent of Lavender on a warm summers day is unforgettable. Dry and use the flowers to freshen your closets. Read more about this lovely herb lavender

Solar Garden Lights and gardening make a perfect couple. Ecological Friendly, no wiring and an example of use friendliness stick the lamp in the ground and switch it on. That all there is to is is it?
Read more about Solar Light in Your Garden.

Cornflowers will burst into bloom around late spring. Their height varies with the type of species or cultivars and can range from as small as 10 inches for the midget varieties - great for edging - to 30 inches and 48 inches for the basket species. More about the Corn Flower

This still is the time to make changes in your garden design, without to much hassle. It's also time to get out of our lazy seats and get pest out of your garden before they grow strong and cause you a lot of sweat in summer.

The time to start your plants. herbs and trees from seed has come. Seedlings need a special treatment. Here is a refresher about annual an perennials, and one on tree seedlings. I still find starting a tree from seed and tending it to its full beauty the most rewarding way of growing trees.

Virtual Gardening is coming of age, Gardening on your computer? Well actually it is in your computer, 3D models of plants and combinations of them are simulated within the memory banks of the computer. Actually 3D design is not only for scientists. For us the use of good 3D design software pays off heavily as well.

You might like to pay a visit to our free Gardening EBook Library we keep filling it up with downloadable PDF's on gardening topics. They are free for your personal use. Crocusses
Articles of interest for the season are:

The story on Add new dimensions to your ideas about the design of your spring flower garden of Eden with these spring flower garden design tips

Use our site map to find your way if you get lost along our garden path or find information on individual cultivars in Plants A to Z.

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Download the complete Perennial Gardens in PDF.

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Check Plants A to Z for information on how to grow all of your favorite cultivars!