International Garden And Flower Show

Justin Hancock, the online editor of Better Homes and Gardens magazine and an enthusiastic gardener himself, picked Angelonia as one of his favorite annual flowers. Gardeners can count on new introductions of adaptable, long-blooming plants for flower beds and pots, and of hard-working native plants that attract butterflies and birds.

Garden professionals and home gardeners are eager to get their hands on new plants.

In a discussion about what gardeners will buy in the future, Spaid said gardening will simply become more popular along with an interest in urban agriculture, healthy lifestyles and beautiful and sustainable landscapes. for new plant introductions these days, according to Michael Dirr, a trend-spotter who was among hundreds of professionals swapping ideas and observations in January at the annual National Green Centre trade show for the garden industry in...

The emphasis on color applies to plants of all kinds: annual and perennial flowers, trees and shrubs. The new Boost series of high-nutrition vegetables from Burpee Home Gardens “.

Landscape design professionals are shifting their mixes of plants toward perennials and natives, says Jeff Gibson, the landscape business manager for Ball Horticultural Co. in Chicago. Calibrachoas can be planted in flower beds, but they’. Dirr is the author of garden reference books and is an influential specialist in woody plants, especially hydrangeas and viburnums. The spotlight...

The show made a loss of $88,000 after turning a profit of. $224,000 in its first year in Christchurch in 2009. able to offset this year's loss with last year's profit. reported at this year's Ellerslie International Flower Show. Visitor numbers dropped from 75,000 to 57,000. That is about $5 million down on last year.

Travel or nest to escape the cold

If the cold lingers on; then plan a visit to a garden show to uplift your spirits. The nation's oldest floral show, the Philadelphia International Flower

An Eiffel Tower rises to support Flower Show theme

The space around the tower will have a topiary garden, flower-filled raised beds, a petit bateau (small boat) pond, two French "curve gardens," an

Up the garden path

New Zealand's most famous garden show, the Ellerslie International Flower Show, is gearing up for its third Christchurch outing in March.

Eastern promise

To say the Chelsea Flower Show is about flowers is like saying the America's Cup is about boats. The show began a century ago and it is still the place

Into the Garden: Reach out and touch a flower or two

The 2011 International Philadelphia Flower Show, "Springtime in Paris," will be held March 6-13 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

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