Garden Bulb Blog: Flower Bulbs & Gardening Tips

Crazy for Caladiums!

One of the best bulbs for shaded areas, but unfortunately also one of the most over-looked is the Caladium. Grown primarily for their foliage, these larger-leaved plants will add color to the shaded areas of a landscape all season long with their colorful leaves. A close relative of the sun-loving Elephant Ear, Caladiums grow much shorter, often topping out at 20″ tall, these plants make great borders or accents between shade-loving perennials.

Classification

This F.M. Joyner Caladium will be sure to add delight to the shaded areas of your garden!

Caladiums are commonly categorized into two groups, based on their leaf morphology: Fancy Leaf and Strap Leaf varieties. Fancy leaf caladiums are the more common of the two and have broad heart-shaped or almost arrowhead-shaped leaves. They also generally grow a bit taller than the Strap Leaf type. The Strap Leaf generally have a more pointed, narrow, heart-shaped leave shape and produce a more compact plant.

Growing Caladiums

Again, one of the best plants for shade but also one of the most over-looked bulbs, caladiums definitely deserve a spot in your garden. Their colorful foliage and perfect height make them a “must-have” for the darker areas of the landscape and add a great texture !

Until next time,

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Wise Dirt

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”

~Anne Bradstreet

40-50% Bing Cashback Retail Stores

I’ve got a few things I could use to get myself ready for the end of summer and fast-approaching fall season however, I’m not sure my wallet is going to allow such “expenditures” as I would like. Ironically, I received an email from a friend regarding the Live/Microsoft/Bing Cashback (who are they now?) shopping website. For those of you who are not familiar with this site, they offer cashback on purchases made through hundreds of online stores where you can make excellent purchases on everyday items.

Well  in two or three weeks or so (beginning August 1oth), Bing is going to begin DOUBLING 2X the cashback offered by everyone of the stores listed on there website.  They did this last year and I got about $230 back on all of my purchases!

What I’m waiting for:  AT&T = 35% OFF , FootLocker = 40% OFF, t-mobile = 45% OFF WOW!

So after receiving this email, I immediately jumped on Bing.com and searched for garden tools. After all, I’ve done a lot of planting these year already and my tool collection is beginning to show some wear and tear. I could definitely use a few updates before planting my fall bulbs Sure enough, through Bing, Overstock has thousands of garden tools to choose from and is currently offering 12% cashback on all of their purchases. Therefore, if I wait to purchase my tools until after the 10th of August, I can make 24% of every purchase of garden tools! My mind began to race: could I purchase my bulbs through Bing this  year and make cashback on those as well? Sure enough! My favorite flower bulbs website, is currently offering 10% cashback which will soon be 20%!

I tried to find a link to the email, or a link on the live website but there is NO MENTION of this anyplace.   I wonder if they weren’t supposed to send the email yet – wouldn’t be the first time microsoft!

Until next time,