My Flowers Live – WildFlower Information and Resources

Petunias are one of the most popular flowering annuals. They have a long flowering period, are easy to grow and are available in many forms and colors.

‘Tidal Wave Silver’ petunia growing through silver sage.
Karen Russ, ©2007 HGIC, Clemson Extension
Height/Spread
Height can vary from 6 inches to 18 inches. Spread can [...]

December 26th, 2009 | Tags: Cold Frame, Color Of The Rainbow, Cultivars, Fertility, Ground Cover, Groundcover, Hanging Baskets, Lavender, Light Soil, Ornamental Features, Petunias, Silver Sage, Soils, Solids, Spring Plants, Star Patterns, Sweet Fragrance, Thin Plants, Tidal Wave, Veins | Category: Flowers | Leave a comment

Pansies — and related Johnny-jump-ups — are charming, small, cool-weather flowers. They come in many colors, with a variety of markings and flower sizes.

A pansy with decorative markings, “whiskers” and ruffles.
Wendy VanDyk Evans,

November 28th, 2009 | Tags: Black Root, Hgic, Insect Pests, Johnny Jump Ups, Leaf Mold, Leaf Spots, Organic Content, Organic Soil, Ornamental Features, Pansy Flowers, Peak Bloom, Root Rot, Season Annuals, Small Pansy, Spider Mites, Spring Pansies, Summer Weather, Sweet Scent, Vandyk, Window Boxes | Category: Flowers | Leave a comment

The large showy, flowers of peonies are produced in mid-to late spring. Many colors and flower forms are available. Because winter chilling is required for dormancy, peonies often do not perform well in the lower South. Early blooming and single or Japanese cultivars generally perform better in South Carolina than other types.
Height/Spread
Most herbaceous peonies grow [...]

April 13th, 2009 | Tags: 3 Feet, Afternoon Shade, Attractive Foliage, Compost, Cultivars, Cut Flowers, Fragrant Flowers, Fungal Diseases, Hedges, Herbaceous Peonies, Late Spring, Manure, Organic Matter Content, Ornamental Features, Pine Bark, Planting Tree, Root Rot, Showy Flowers, Shrub, Tree Peonies | Category: Flowers | Leave a comment

By Terry Lowery
Imagine a never-ending supply of beautiful flowers for your
home, bouquets and arrangements to give to friends, flowers to
pluck at will for gifts, get-well visits, anniversaries and
birthdays. By planting a garden stocked with flowers that
happily give up their blooms for your pleasure, you can have
fresh flower arrangements in every room in your home all
throughout [...]

April 9th, 2009 | Tags: Beautiful Bouquets, Beautiful Flowers, Bouquet Flowers, Cut Flowers, Dry Spells, Flower Arrangements, Flower Bouquets, Flower Garden, Flower Gardening, Flowering Onion, Grape Hyacinth, Mid Spring, Planting A Garden, Purple Blooms, Purple Flowers, Spring Bouquet, Spring Flowering Bulbs, Sunny Spot, White Flowers, Windflower | Category: Flowers | Leave a comment

Marigolds are easy to grow, bloom reliably all summer and have few insect and disease problems. They have understandably been a favorite annual in this country for many years.
Height/Spread
Plant height varies with the cultivar. Marigolds cover a full range of sizes from about 6-inch dwarves to 3 foot-tall [...]

March 27th, 2009 | Tags: Aromatic Fragrance, Color Ranges, Container Plantings, Cultivars, Cut Flowers, Dry Weather, Dwarves, Flower Color, Flowerbeds, Foliage Color, Hard Frost, Leaf Mold, Marigolds, Orange Red, Organic Matter, Ornamental Features, Pine Bark, Spider Mites, Tall Plants, Yellows | Category: Flowers | Leave a comment