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AMARYLLIS & PAPERWHITES

Looking for an easy way to add color and fragrance to your holiday decorating? Look no further than Amaryllis or Paperwhites.

Here come the holidays and with that comes the beautiful blooms of the beloved Yuletide Camellia. This beautiful cool weather bloomer is a Hampton Roads must-have with its warm, red flowers and glossy evergreen foliage. This shrub is a beautiful addition to the garden year-round, giving blooms at a time of year when not much else is blooming. Yuletide's red flowers stand out in high contrast against glossy, dark green foliage making quite the statement in your landscape. A moderate grower, this evergreen shrub will grow to approximately 8-10 feet tall and with an upright growth habit.

by Kathy Van Mullekom, a lifelong gardener and gardening writer living in York County, Virginia

It’s almost time for the biggest and best show of the fall gardening show – the appearance of camellia flowers.

I’ve had considerable experience with camellias over several decades of gardening and none have really disappointed me.

by Kathy Van Mullekom, a lifelong gardener and gardening writer living in York County, Virginia

Bulbs are too often afterthoughts in the garden. It’s wrong thinking, something I’ve been guilty of, too. For years, I ignored bulbs. Then, I became the energized owner of a woodsy garden where I envisioned a river of daffodils blooming in early spring. Over the course of several falls, hubby Ken and I dug holes and planted thousands of spring-flowering daffodils.