By Bill Collins
The annual display is the major seasonal display during the summer. It replaces the spring display of tulips and other spring bulbs and plants such as pansies, lettuce, mustards and snapdragons.
Rose Garden with Annual Planter
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Annual Planting & Design
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Spring Flower Show
The Mysteries of Wisteria
By Karen Fraizer
For too many people, me included, the thought of growing Wisteria can cause nightmares. Kingwood recently planted a variety called Amethyst Falls Wisteria in the new Carriage House Garden. This is an American Wisteria, which is supposed to be smaller and slower growing than its oriental cousins. Now that spring is upon us I have been thinking that it’s time to start training these four Wisteria plants, which also got me thinking about how little I actually know about this plant. So in order to care for and prune them properly I’m going to have to do some research.
Molly the Witch Peony
By Chuck Gleaves
With what must be thousands of varieties of hybrid peonies to chose from, it is fun to go back, sometimes, to actual natural peony species. One peony species of particular fascination also has one of the most unpronouncable of plant names, Paeonia mlokosewitschii. An effort to pronounce the second name in that binomial will readily explain its nickname, Molly the Witch.
Molly the Witch flower and foliage
The Dark Side of Kingwood’s Tulips
By Chuck Gleaves
Kingwood is widely known for our spring tulip display. Our phones ring constantly in the spring as prospective visitors try to determine the best time to come see the tulips. We have been offering big displays of tulips every year for about sixty-two years. Some of our tulip beds have had tulips in them every year for decades.
Kingwood’s tulips with peacock