The Most Popular Season in Every U.S. State
Spring’s floral wonderland is around the corner. As northern residents shovel their driveway in the winter, they’re reminiscing on the...
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Breck’s Blog
All About Pollination
By James Prichard
/ January 23, 2020
Plan Bee: Attract Pollinators to Your Garden Savvy growers understand the crucial role the bee and butterfly and other pollinators...
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Planting Grape Hyacinth, Muscari
By James Prichard
/ August 26, 2019
Planting and Caring for Muscari They’re colourful, carefree, vigorous and pleasantly scented. They have a well-deserved reputation as a reliable...
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15 Easy to Grow Houseplants
By Judy Weightman
/ August 22, 2019
Here's to Houseplants - Keeping your house (and thumb) green all year Houseplants not only look fantastic in almost any...
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How to Grow Bearded Irises
By Kat Schneider
/ August 5, 2019
When you look at the many vibrant members of the iris family, it’s not hard to see why Swedish botanist...
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Dutch Treat Tulipmania Forever
By Judy Weightman
/ July 25, 2019
Beautiful, jewellike, ephemeral — the tulip has been an object of passion for centuries. The first Tulips grew wild in...
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The Best Bulbs For Shade
By Dawn Dodson
/ July 16, 2019
Spruce up Shady Spots with Easy-Care Bulbs Planting spring bulbs in shady spaces might possibly be the easiest way to...
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Daffodils : Heralding Spring
By Kat Schneider
/ July 15, 2019
One of the most welcome signs of spring is the arrival of the daffodils. A member of the Amaryllidaceae family,...
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12 Full-Sun Perennials That Bloom All Summer
By Cheryl Jackson
/ July 10, 2019
Homeowners and gardening pros agree: Full-sun perennials that bloom throughout the summer are treasured additions to any landscape. That’s why...
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Early Spring Blooming Flowers
By Cheryl Jackson
/ July 9, 2019
Planting early blooming flowers generously throughout your garden or landscape is the best way to usher in the warming days...
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Gardening Tips for Zones 5 & 6
By Cheryl Jackson
/ July 4, 2019
Encompassing parts of the country from coast to coast, planting zones 5 and 6 are the most common areas to...
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Best Shade Perennials
By Dawn Dodson
/ July 4, 2019
The 8 Best Shade Perennials for Your Garden Creating a beautiful, interesting, textural shade garden can be challenging at best....
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Breck’s Breeder Bio: Arie Blom
By Jim Prichard
/ May 23, 2019
Arie Blom is a top hybridizer of one of the world’s most popular perennials, but how he got his start...
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Houseplants look good and help us feel good
By Annette Coppess
/ May 9, 2019
The 1970s was a time for fads: pet rocks, leisure suits, mood rings, CB radios—the list goes on and on....
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The Art of Daffodils
By Annette Coppess
/ April 30, 2019
If you grow daffodils, it’s very possible that you’ll occasionally snip off a few blooms to arrange in a vase...
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Ben Family History of Hyacinths
By Annette Coppess
/ February 21, 2019
Our anniversary tagline, Flowers for Generations…and the Generations to Come, has special meaning for our Holland Directeur, Ben van der...
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Flowers for generations and generations to come
By Annette Coppess
/ February 21, 2019
A message from Ben van der Veldt, Breck Holland Directeur: 2018 marks our 200th anniversary—a milestone I am very honoured...
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Our Anniversary
By Annette Coppess
/ February 21, 2019
Breck’s is proud to be America’s largest direct-to-consumer Dutch bulb importer, but 200 years ago, it was just a man...
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Ben and the team visit the van der Meijs nursery
By Annette Coppess
/ February 21, 2019
In January, we caught up with Ben van der Veldt at the van der Meijs nursery—the birthplace of Wow!® King-Size Hellebores....
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Lily Lovers
By Annette Coppess
/ February 13, 2019
Introducing Now that Breck's new Lily Lovers catalogue is on coffee tables and kitchen islands all over America, we thought...
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All About Sea Holly
By Annette Coppess
/ March 7, 2018
The sea holly is a marvelous plant in many ways—it captivates with its unique clustered blooms and spiny-toothed leaves, is...
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