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
Mid-season deadheading made easy
By Vishu Sharma
/ August 12, 2016
Deadheading is the act of making calculated cuts, removing the dead or faded blooms to keep up a plant’s appearance,...
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Cutting back: Pruning basics
By Vishu Sharma
/ August 5, 2016
Pruning, for many gardeners, is among the most dreaded aspects of growing. A big reason is that no two plants...
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Best spring flowers to attract bees in mid to late season
By Vishu Sharma
/ July 5, 2016
Bee activity is one of the surest indicators of your garden’s health, so if it’s high and your garden keeps...
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Summer Care for Your Iris bed
By Vishu Sharma
/ June 30, 2016
Summer at its peak, and most bearded irises are showing their lovely, lustrous heads. It’s time to sit back and...
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Off with their heads: Why our growers top tulips
By Lauren
/ April 28, 2016
It's not a common practice among most gardeners: growing big, beautiful tulips only to lop off their blooms. But for...
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Early spring blooms for attracting bees
By Vishu Sharma
/ April 12, 2016
Gardeners aren't the only ones eager for those first spring blooms. After a long winter, bees are beginning to look for...
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Preventing storm damage to your garden
By Vishu Sharma
/ April 2, 2016
With springtime flowers come all those showers! Flash floods and heavy rain are markers of springtime around much of the...
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Attracting bees all summer
By Vishu Sharma
/ March 10, 2016
Bee-friendly gardening has been creating a lot of buzz here at Breck’s - and for great reasons! But you need...
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Downton Abbey roses carry spirit of show past the series finale
By Vishu Sharma
/ March 7, 2016
Downton Abbey just wrapped up its invigorating six-season run – don’t worry, no spoilers here. What are we to do...
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Best bee-friendly plants for your garden
By Vishu Sharma
/ February 3, 2016
The buzzing noises bees create result from their rapidly beating wings, and from the vibration of their thorax and wing muscles...
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Begonia: 2016’s Summer Bulb of the Year
By Lauren
/ January 27, 2016
iBulb, a company dedicated to promoting the flower bulb market, names an annual summer bulb - and this year's winner...
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Transplanting decorative Christmas trees
By Vishu Sharma
/ December 29, 2015
Of all the wonderful ways you can decorate your living room for the holiday season, it’s no secret that one...
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The Christmas tree tradition
By Vishu Sharma
/ December 17, 2015
The custom of decorating Christmas trees may have started in 15th or 16th century Germany, with devout Christians bringing decorated...
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Irises – perfect for fall planting!
By Vishu Sharma
/ September 9, 2015
With looks to rival the beauty of the rainbow-riding Greek messenger of the gods it’s named after, and a spectrum...
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Lasagna planting with bulbs
By Lauren
/ July 30, 2015
Place layers of noodles, cheese and sauce in a pan, and you'll have a delicious lasagna. Do the same thing...
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Crocus Celebrated as 2015 Flower Bulb of the Year
By Mary Pat
/ July 30, 2015
There can be no more welcome sight in the last dreary days of winter than colorful crocuses popping up, often...
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Alliums – Calling All Bees and Butterflies!
By Mary Pat
/ July 15, 2015
The Giant Allium is one of my favorite plants. Dramatic flower stalks rise up to five feet high (1.5 m.),...
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Wish You Were Here – Lilies in Breezand
By Lauren
/ June 26, 2015
We’re heading out on a little summer trip! While the Netherlands have slightly cooler summers than the temperate regions of...
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Fritillaria imperiallis—The Crown Jewels of Any Garden!
By Mary Pat
/ June 16, 2015
A majestic sight in the late spring garden, Crown Imperial fritillaria has a long history, cultivated as early as the...
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How an amateur botanist became iris royalty
By Mary Pat
/ June 4, 2015
Mother Nature is fickle. Try as we might as gardeners, the unexpected is the only thing that’s predictable. I’ve found...
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