Garden Flags for your Pollinator Garden

Spring can't get here quick enough for me.  I'm looking forward to getting in my garden and putting out a brand new Spring Garden Flag from Custom Flags and Gifts.

I've been learning a lot about Pollinator Gardens and the importance to putting out plants that attract pollinators.  Bees are dangerously on the decline and butterflies are struggling as their migration habitats shrink.  It is important for all of us do do what we can to help. There are lots of resources online with lists of pollinator plants and also check out your local events for Native Plant Sales.

You may also want to check into making or purchasing a Bee House.  Definitely do research though if you are interested.  Studies are showing more and more that proper steps of maintaining the houses must be taken to keep the house a healthy habitat for the bees.

I love watching the bees and butterflies work in my garden along with the Bee and Butterfly Yard Flags I display.  They emphasize their beauty and importance when ever I look at them.

This Butterfly Dance Flag has been a long time favorite and comes both as a Garden Flag and larger House Flag.

This Beehive Home Garden Flag is also a great choice for your garden or yard.

Flower Landing Applique Garden Flag is a a fun and unique flag shower a butterfly hovering over a flower.

Decorative Yard Flags for Spring

We are a week into March and I am more than ready to get out my Spring Garden Flags.  It's not been a hard winter, for us in Virginia anyway, but I am still anxious for Spring and spending more time outdoors.

I've been looking at books from the library with ideas on decorating outdoor spaces.  One of the easiest ways of course is with a decorative yard flag.  With so many spring flags to choose from it's hard to pick just one.  Here are a few that we have at FlagsandGifts.com

The "Tweet tweet Applique Spring Flag" is one of my favorites and it comes in both in the garden size and as a Spring House Flag.

Another very popular spring yard flag is "Butterfly Dance Garden Flag" .  It also comes in the larger  size as a house flag.

One of our newest additions for spring is this "Love Birds Garden Flag" this can also be a Personalized Flag for an additional fee.  Names can be added to the heart carved in the tree.

Happy Spring to you all and thank you for reading.

Marilee
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Decorative Spring Flags to Brighten your Yard

Spring has finally sprung and I can no longer turn a blind eye to the fact that my yard was desperately neglected this winter and needs some intensive care.  I started my cleaning out the abundant debris in my flower garden and added a new brightly colored Spring Garden Flag.

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A decorative spring flag is a great way to add color and personality to your yard and garden as you wait for your flowers to bloom.  These seasonal yard flags come in lots of different themes full of flowers, cute bugs and frogs to mention a few. We also have a personalized flag that is perfect for your garden.  It's a Welcome to my Garden Flag personalized with the gardener's name.  This flag could also make a great gift for Mother's Day.

I have also been scouring thrift store looking for pieces that will create some unique bird feeders and bird baths.  Browsing the internet you see so many cute ideas it does get the creative juices going.

Well, Happy Spring everyone and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Thank you for reading.

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Ladybug Garden Flags

With record breaking temperatures and snowfall and what seems like a record breaking LONG winter, I think it is time to THINK SPRING.  Get your mind off the cold and look at the bright cheerful colors of Spring Garden Flags and Spring House Flags.


The long dreary cold days are bound to have an affect on our outlook.  Many people say shopping is therapeutic to them.  Looking at these decorative Ladybug Flags is bound to put a smile on your face.

Ladybugs have long been a subject of  poetry and artwork as symbols of cheerfulness and just plain cuteness.  A decorative ladybug flag will help to brighten an early spring outdoor decor while we wait for trees to bud and flowers to bloom.  The Fly Away Home flag on the left comes both in the garden flag size and the larger house flag size.

Check out this flag that is printed at Custom Flags and Gifts Ladybug Garden Flag  This flag can be a personalized flag.  A personalized garden flag is always a nice touch and makes your flag totally unique.   

What a bright and cheery decorative spring yard flag  this one is with the happiness of both daisies and ladybugs.

Daisy Welcome Spring Garden Flag

Thanks for reading and watch for more upcoming blogs on Spring Flags and Easter Garden Flags and Easter House Flags.

Marilee and Josie

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A little more springing action please.

The day claiming Spring Equinox on the calendar has come and gone, and I'm starting to see lots of spring garden flags in neighbor's yards, but the old saying of action speaks louder than words, I think, applies here.  It may say spring on the calendar, but I'm not seeing much springing action outside. Yesterday's weather included a bitter cold wind and the day before that we actually had snow, and we are even in the south.  People in the north definitely are having it worse. 

Despite the cold weather, I still am seeing lots of other signs that spring is here.  My forsythia is in full bloom, along with the daffodils.  Parent birds are busily going in and out of our birdhouses, and my yard is showing signs of needing mowed, UGH.  So, I'm busily planning and gathering supplies for spring projects.  Including, choosing which decorative flags to display in my garden.  

Among our spring garden flags we also have Gardening Garden Flags.  These flags can be personalized.

If you are not a gardener we still have plenty of other spring flags, including custom garden flags to help you celebrate the warm weather, hopefully, to come.

 
Thank you for reading and visit us at FlagsandGifts.com

Beautiful Day

What a beautiful day we are enjoying today.  Temperatures have climbed into the 70's and what a tease it is.  Two days from now the highs are only going to be in the high 30's.  But all is not lost, spring is just around the corner and it is definitely time to start putting out spring garden flags.  Daffodils are a popular subject on decorative spring flags.  These flags can be displayed from Easter through till the heat of summer.  Here is the Daffodil Spring Garden Flag by Evergreen.  It can also be a personalized flag.

We will feature more of our personalized spring flags in upcoming articles.  Thank you for reading and be sure to visit us at www.FlagsandGifts.com

The Perennial Planting of Biennials and Perennials

The planting season is now in full swing and you can find me in my garden whenever time and/or weather allows.  Its is so fun to watch my yard transform as I remove debris , weed and put out new colorful spring garden flags. 

As I pull away layers of leaves and mulch I blanketed plants with for winter protection I anticipate their reappearance.  Its amazing how much satisfaction it gives me when I do see their little pointed heads poking through the ground.  Its equally amazing how disappointed I am when they don't appear.  But I've also learned to look at it as an opportunity to try out a new Perennial or Biennial and there we have it, what is the difference. 

   By definition a Perennial is a plant that lives 3 or more years.  Although many live much longer, that does explain why after having flowers faithfully return for many years they are no where to be found. When planting perennials from seed, most will not flower until the second year. I watched this happen as last summer I watched bunches of columbine plants grow big and healthy from seeds collected from friends' plants. This spring I have been rewarded for my patience with tons of beautiful flowers. 
   Most perenials die to the ground  in the winter but their roots stay alive. There are a few that are evergreens.  Different varieties are chold hardy to different degrees so plants that are perennials in one area may be annuals in another.
 
    Biennials, by definition, only live for two years.  The first year is put into the growth of the plant and like perennials, flower the second year. The hopes are that after the plants flower and seeds ripen the seeds will drop and grow new plants to start another two year cycle.  There again I have had Foxgloves and Hollyhocks both which are biennials come back strongly for years and then again suddenly one year not show up.  My hollyhocks especially, have been greatly missed.  I have since decided a more full proof method is to collect some seeds to plant myself.

Every year I make it a point to try a couple things I've never grown before.  Some are a great success and some wither away without a trace, but its all part of the fun.  I have the best luck going to dedicated nurseries and not the ones connected with hardware or department stores.  They may be a little more expensive but usually have healthier plants and more unique variety and can give you good advice on the care of the plant.  So spread your wings and have fun.

While beautifying your yard, don't forget some new decorative flags.
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Thanks for reading!  Happy planting.

Marilee and Josie
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Spring

Spring is finally here. It officially began with the vernal equinox which was yesterday at 7:02 A.M. (EDT)  in the Northern Hemisphere. The word equinox is derived from the Latin words meaning “equal night.” Days and nights are approximately equal everywhere and the Sun rises and sets due east and west.

The beginning of spring brings hopes of warmer weather and enjoying more time outside. The flowers are starting to bud, our birds are returning and spring garden flags are being displayed.  If you haven't cleaned out your birdhouses now is definitely the time.  Its also time to plant early cool weather flowers.  I scatter all sorts of flower seeds this early.  I buy a lot of them at the dollar store so they are cheap and I figure its worth the risk of a frost in hopes of early blooms.  I'm always amazed at how many actually survive.  I use the flower mixtures so its a fun guessing game sometimes as to what made it until they flower.

Visit our website at www.FlagsandGifts.com to see what Spring Garden Flags we have to offer.

Thank you for reading.
Marilee & Josie
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