How to Plan a Flower Garden: Simple Tips and Tricks
While hobbyist gardening can take many forms, planting a lavish flower bed is one of the most fun and rewarding...
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Breck’s Blog
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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Drying flowers and plant materials
By Vishu Sharma
/ August 8, 2017
Flowers fade and die – it’s one of nature’s more questionable and perhaps least sensible policies. But we who cling...
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Moving and Dividing Daffodils
By Vishu Sharma
/ June 29, 2017
Overcrowding, a decline in bloom quality, or just a desire for an exciting new garden design – there are many...
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Controlling weeds naturally
By Vishu Sharma
/ June 19, 2017
Weeds, I’ve come to suspect, feed on scorn. All it takes to propel them into a frenzied flourish is a...
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Growing the perfect irises
By Vishu Sharma
/ May 12, 2017
Named after the ravishing, rainbow- treading herald of the Greek gods, the Iris commands one of the most extensive color...
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Types of Irises
By Vishu Sharma
/ May 12, 2017
The Iris’s characteristic linear form – three upright petals (standards) sitting atop three larger outer sepals (falls) makes it one...
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Growing a more diverse garden
By Vishu Sharma
/ April 22, 2017
We view our gardens as a world of our own – very personal and special. What we sometimes forget is...
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The history of the rose
By Vishu Sharma
/ March 20, 2017
The rose has grown alongside mankind for millenia, and has remained one of the most beloved of flowering plants throughout that eventful...
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Snow and frost in the garden
By Vishu Sharma
/ March 9, 2017
Protecting your Spring Garden from Unexpected Snow and frost Another late-season cold snap? When warmer weather is followed by a cool-down,...
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Helping bees through gardening
By Vishu Sharma
/ February 17, 2017
Bees are dying out — their numbers have been on a decline since the late 1990s, but the present situation is...
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How to prepare your garden beds for spring
By Vishu Sharma
/ February 9, 2017
A little over a month away, and yet you can almost feel it in the air: spring! While you can’t...
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Types of Dahlias
By Vishu Sharma
/ February 9, 2017
Unabashedly flamboyant and dazzlingly vibrant, dahlias are some of the most loved flowering plants of spring and summer. There are...
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How to grow Ranunculus
By Annette Coppess
/ January 16, 2017
Ranunculus are cool season perennials with exquisite, multilayered flowers that come in stunning hues of red, orange, pink and yellow,...
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