Focus on Flowers

This fungus appears white on leaves. Some plants are more susceptible than others and some varieties have more resistance to this disease than others.

Blue false indigo's flowering period is short, but the foliage always looks cool even on the hottest day of summer.

There are about 250 species of these showy herbaceous plants and nearly all are perennial and native to temperate parts of the northern hemisphere.

Native to Mexico, dahlias probably grew in Aztec gardens as they were already in cultivation when the Spaniards arrived.

So many varieties of these gorgeous flowers have travelled here from far-away lands to sweeten the air in our gardens.

Red Hot Pokers belong to the genus Kniphofia (Kniphofia uvaria) and are also known as tritoma or torch lilies.

A poem about rain in the garden by J. Redwood Anderson.

The common name "pinks” does not refer to the color but to the fringed edging of the petals that makes them look as if they had been cut with pinking shears.

When working outdoors we should tuck our pant legs into our socks, wear long sleeves, and use tick repellent often and liberally.

Many of us had grandmothers who used lavender as their signature fragrance.