Breck’s Blog

From Easter to May Day, many US gardeners enjoy Dutch bulbs blooming in springtime planters, beds and borders. Here in the growing fields...

The temperatures are the highest they’ve been in months and the soil’s warmed up too. I know what it is...

It's been a long and dreary winter - especially in the Great White North! The folks at our Canadian branch - serving...

So the holiday season is behind us, the decorations are off the walls and all the amaryllis flowers we forced...

There’s a reason flowers make such cherished and valued gifts. Their distinct meanings, flower symbology, the history, the intriguing, often...

That phrase took on a whole new meaning when I visited a local grower who produces, among many other plants,...

For a gardener, there's nothing quite like sharing the excitement of the planting season with the younger generation. Gardening helps children learn...

They say “timing is everything,” and unfortunately, mine can be off. I have been fortunate enough to visit Holland, but...

This year, for the first in many, I don’t have a yard in which to putter. I sold my house...

True confessions time: I’ve never been a big fan of irises. However, my view changed considerably when I visited Shreiner’s...