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How To Prune Your Japanese Anemone

Japanese Anemones are lovely for fall flowers, but once those flowers are done, it's best to prune as soon as possible so the seedheads don ...

Gardening: Don`t forget cuttings when planning

Whether it was a couple of pansies in a tiny decorative pitcher or billowy pink peonies in a vase, one of my vivid childhood memories is of flowers from the garden on our kitchen table. The vegetable garden was large, but there were always a few flowers planted among and alongside the tomatoes and green beans.

Flowers for the table can be grown in a display border, in a separate garden for cutting or interspersed among vegetables. Old-fashioned favorites -- irises, peonies, roses and zinnias -- are a good place to start, but don`t limit the selection to these few; don`t be afraid to experiment with foliage, color and texture.

Consider easy-to-grow upright annuals such as sunflowers, cosmos, snapdragons, Gomphrena and Nigella, also known as Love in the Mist. Scabiosa, or pincushion flower, yarrow, delphinium, statice and garden phlox are perennial favorites.

For an interesting texture or focal point in a cut flower arrangement, look no further than Eryngium, or sea holly. Not only

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Gardening: Don`t forget cuttings when planning
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