Botanical Gardens are Rich Resources
There are many public gardens around the country. Some of them provide more than just a beautiful place to walk and observe garden design. This photo is from a recent visit to the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks - it is a plant surrounded by glass stones in a planter that is at eye level. The website for the New York Botanical Garden has a What's In Bloom link that shows which flowers bloom when - a useful tool for planning your garden. Bowman's Hill Wildlife Preserve in PA provides wildflower bloom by month. Although it's not a botanical garden per se, the University of Arkansas site is not to be missed for its informative articles on botanical topics by Janet Carson, Gerald Klingaman and Stephan Vann. The Birmingham Alabama garden also provides a list of flowers blooming month by month. At the Kemper Center for Plant Information in MO gardeners can explore and discover plants of distinction, pesticide information, nurseries and their plant inventories, and Plant Finde...