Get tips on soil amendment, planting, mulching, fertilizing, watering and maintaining your perennials and annuals in this guide to growing perennial and annual flowers.
Strolling Rose Garden
The Rotary Strolling Garden at 27th & Capitol Parkway in Lincoln is a great place to visit all season-long, but early fall is especially good to see the dimension added by ornamental grasses…
Better Together
A traditional rose garden can intimidate even the most seasoned gardener…but newer, hardier varieties of roses are much less demanding…a rose garden may be just as easy to manage as any perennial border.
Spring Garden Clean Up
In anticipation of spring, here is a list of helpful tips for getting your garden ready for the upcoming growing season…
Sun Baked Foliage
If you love a lush garden this tapestry of foliage is sure to delight. This great combination thrives in hot and dry locations where the sun tends to wash out even the brightest flowers…
Dry Shade, Cool Color
Finke Gardens is excited to offer many new Hostas this spring. Hostas are a fun and striking way to enliven a shady space…
Orange Spice
Designing color combinations is an art as well as a science. Many people love classic blue and yellow combinations. They work because these colors are opposite each other on the color wheel. For a twist on the classic, spin the color wheel and try complimentary colors orange and purple in the garden.
Blooms for Butterflies
Nothing is more whimsical than butterflies flitting around the garden. This great combination of native Nebraska plants is sure to delight all of your garden visitors throughout the year. Look forward to Pasque Flower’s exotic purple flowers blooming in March. As the summer heats up, a fiery collection of purple and orange flowers come into [...]
Dog Days Bloomers
As many plants are withering in the heat, this great combination is just beginning to shine. Plant Shogun Kalimeris for chartreuse variegated foliage that is vibrant all season before exploding with lavender blooms in August . . .
