Spring Planting
What should I plant in my garden in spring time? Follow the Eden Brothers blog to learn more about planting seeds and bulbs in the Spring season.
It’s seed starting time! AKA the busiest, most stressful—and still somehow the most wonderful— time of the year. We understand your excitement, we really do—but before you run off to the greenhouse with those seeds you paid good money for, you might want to double-check this list. Or at the …
Read more Your Checklist for Seed Starting
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You’ve started your seeds on time and taken impeccable care of the seedlings in the greenhouse. They’re growing like crazy, it’s a gorgeous spring day with warm sun and a gentle breeze, and you’re wondering if today might be the day to put those babies in the ground. But wait! …
Read more How to Harden Off Seedlings
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If you’re as excited about spring as we are, it’s not hard to find the motivation for a new garden project. Raised garden beds are great reason to get outside and enjoy the new season. They’re easier to work in, are less prone to weeds, allow you to control your …
Read more Designing The Raised Garden Beds of Your Dreams
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Beaming yellow, orange and rust-colored marigold blooms are a common sight in summer, but this flower has a few interesting surprises that make it anything but common. It works hard, offers protection, won’t be a bother and can be quite charming. Sounds like the perfect partner! Read more about what …
Read more The Multi-Faceted Marigold
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Most gardeners plant wildflower seeds in spring. And yes, it’s easy, but not magic. We’ve put together a few simple guidelines to ensure you understand the dos and don’ts of planting wildflowers. Step 1: Look around! Decide where you want your wildflowers. A big open field? A strip beside the …
Read more Success with Spring-Planted Wildflower Meadows
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Lilies are easy! Learn about the two most common types, and you’ll be on your way to beautiful blooms. I love Lilies, and who doesn’t? But for first-time growers it can be a little confusing to understand the various types. The two most common types are named asiatic and oriental, …
Read more Planting Lilies in Spring
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I have a friend who has a fantastic perennial border, and I get so many emails about how to build one, I asked if I could borrow some pictures of hers, and discuss it with her. Her top piece of advice is this: Make sure the soil and sun are …
Read more The Secrets of Building a Great Perennial Garden
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Hi. I’m Eric Allen at EdenBrothers.com, and I would like to show you a butterfly and bee buffet created by our staff horticulturalist at Eden Brothers headquarters. He put together a mixture of tall zinnias, the California Giants, and sunflowers. They’re the Mammoth Grey Stripe variety, the most popular, the …
Read more How to Create a Butterfly and Bee Buffet
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Pssst: There are only two important types. And they’re totally different. Ok. OK. There are others, but only two big ones for gardeners—one tall perennial, and one short annual, both easy, easy, easy to grow! You’ll want them both. Here they are: Number One. One of the most important plants …
Read more What’s your Phlox IQ?
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I just got a great email from a gardener in North Carolina who has been planting our dahlias for several years. Here are his photos, and the new ones he’s trying this year. “Dear Linda: Each spring, I’ve found dahlias from Eden Bros. are great “fillers” in our garden—wherever I …
Read more I love your Dahlias!
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