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Green Fingers: A host of golden daffodils and other bulbs to make your garden spectacular

Start growing your own historical ornamental gardens right at home. This guide to heirloom flower gardens can lead to a variety of stunning landscape arrangements.

If you want to brighten up your space this spring, these are the best daffodil varieties to grow that will also make perfect cut flowers

If you want to brighten up your space this spring, these are the best daffodil varieties to grow that will also make perfect cut flowers

If you want to brighten up your space this spring, these are the best daffodil varieties to grow that will also make perfect cut flowers

If you want to brighten up your space this spring, these are the best daffodil varieties to grow that will also make perfect cuttings

Apricot Delight tulips and scented daffodils  Credit: Jonathan Buckley With the sun starting to make itself felt and the days lengthening, March is when I feel my spirits lifting. I, and it seems many gardeners, have a heightened sensitivity to light. Maybe that’s why we’ve chosen to spend our lives gardening. I like winter hibernation, but even in the south of England it goes on too long for me. November and December are fine, as is the quiet withdrawal of January, but in February, with t...

Historical Heirloom Gardening with Ornamental Plants Heirloom gardening can combine ornamental plants into a variety of stunning landscape arrangements. Use this historical guide to create your heirloom garden. by Jo Ann Gardner The definition of heirloom ornamental plants is plants introduced to American gardens from 1600 to 1950 and a little beyond to accommodate the iris and other plants defined as "antique". Photo by Pixabay/kriemer ILLUSTRATION: MOTHER EARTH NEWS EDITORS T...