Breck’s Blog Featured Posts Plant Care Top 6 Garden Pests and How to Control Them By Annette Coppess / October 5, 2020 Most garden visitors are either beneficial—like bees and ladybugs—or relatively harmless, nibbling at plants a bit without truly hurting them.... Read More Featured Posts The Rise in Gardening Retail During COVID-19 By Annette Coppess / September 1, 2020 Stay-at-home orders, remote work, and traversing through the phases of re-opening during the age of COVID-19 has led many Americans... Read More Featured Posts The Most Popular Flowers In America By State By Annette Coppess / June 30, 2020 The Most In-Demand Flower in Every State Flowers symbolize rebirth, understanding, compassion, and love -- all of which are attributes... Read More Breck's News Breck’s 200th Anniversary By Annette Coppess / June 26, 2020 This year, Breck's turns 200 and we couldn't be prouder. We'll be adding to this page all year with treasured... Read More Featured Posts The Best Cities in the U.S. for Green Thumbs By Annette Coppess / April 8, 2020 I. Intro At Breck’s, we see gardening as more than a healthy extracurricular activity – it’s a lifestyle that feeds... Read More Sun Perennials HOW TO GROW & CARE FOR BEE BALM PLANTS By Beth Sears / February 7, 2020 Bee balm is a must-have for pollinator gardens. An Overview of the Bee Balm Plant Bee balm, also called monarda or... Read More Summer Gardening Growing Tips For Lily Flowers By Beth Sears / February 7, 2020 Lilies: The Joys of the Summer Garden Whether you’re new to gardening or a gardening pro, you’ll want to consider... Read More Summer Gardening Caring For Begonias – How to Plant & Grow Begonias By Beth Sears / February 7, 2020 What Makes Begonias a Good Choice For Your Home Garden? Begonias are a popular choice for home gardeners and... Read More Planting Tips 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... Read More Spring Gardening 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... Read More Easy to Grow Houseplants 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... Read More Irises Sun Perennials 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... Read More Spring Gardening Tulips 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... Read More Shade Perennials 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... Read More Daffodils Gardening Trends Spring Gardening 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,... Read More Featured Posts Gardening Trends Sun Perennials 12 Full-Sun Perennials Flowers 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... Read More Gardening Trends Spring Gardening 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... Read More Planting Tips Zones 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... Read More Featured Posts Shade Perennials 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.... Read More Breck's News 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... Read More « Previous 1 2 3 4 … 8 Next »