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The Splendid Fuchsias: Where To Place Fuchsia Plants And How To Care for The Fuchsia Flower
If you want enchanting flowering gardens for shade, rely on the fuchsia plant. Whether you plant fuchsia flowers in individual pots, window boxes, or hanging baskets, fuchsia plants are a gorgeous flowering species noted for...

Increase Curb Appeal With Flowering Shrubs and Bushes
If you want to create a home with more curb appeal or, simply add color to the side or back property, you have many excellent options with flowering bushes. Depending on the type of bush you choose, you will end up with...

The History Of Important Flowering Trees
Most flowering trees are small and can be planted in full sun or partial shade, being easily adapted to small yards. The Japanese Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia x Soulangiana, awakens in late winter or early spring. First growing...

Annual Flowers
Flowers are one of a nature's symbol that indicate the changing seasons. The assorted flowers that bloom in the different seasons can inform us what season we are in. For case flowers like the Piebald leafage are known to...

Wild Flowers
Wild flowers are Nature’s miracle of miracles. They bring color, perfume, and distinction to the diverse environments in which they grow.Wildflowers, however, can be as ecologically devastating as they are beautiful. Some...

Growing and Caring for Rhododendrons and Azaleas
Azaleas can be either evergreen or deciduous. Deciduous Azaleas are known as Mollis or Exbury Azaleas. They bloom in the early spring with vivid orange and yellow colors. They can be grown from seed if the seeds are collected...

Holly 'Red Beauty'
A Compact, Disease Resistant Holly - 22 Years in the Making! Dr. Elwin Orton of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey has spent over 40 years developing improved hollies and dogwood trees that are hardy in the winter...

Miniature Roses
Don't let the delicate appearance fool you! These little gems are hardy enough to grow outdoors in zones 6-10 without winter protection, and with a good cover of mulch they will survive winters as far north as zone 4. Miniature...

Sunflowers - A Complete Guide to Selecting and Growing
Congratulations on your interest in growing sunflowers! The sunflower is one of the most widely recognized flowers of all time. It emits a sense of warmth and joy. This large flower blooms in a wide variety of yellows, pinks,...

Springtime Flowers Bring The Fresh Outdoors Inside
Temperatures are rising, birds are singing and the brilliantly colored flower blooms have arrived. Springtime is here, and everyone is tempted to play hooky just to get a chance to sit in the sun and watch nature awaken after...

Choosing The Perfect Flowers For Summer
Summer flowers and bedding plants are a great way to instantly add color to your lawn. Summer flowers start appearing in garden centers in the early spring, but you should be careful to plant only after the danger of freezing...

Fall Blooming Wildflower - Great Lobelia - Lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia siphilitica Family - Campanulaceae - BluebellGreat Blue Lobelia, or Big Blue Lobelia, displays its intense blue flowering spikes from late August until mid to late September. The species name, siphilitica, refers to...

Types Of Flowers
Flowers are a breathless way to fit out your table's centerpiece with, or place in a vase so that the intoxicating perfume can fill with room. They are also fantastical to add some color to your garden and there are some types...

Roses - The Flowers For The Ages
Roses have been around for a very long time. Rose gardening has not been around for so long. Fossil evidence shows the rose to be 35 million years old. Up until about 5000 years ago roses grew wild. Cultivation probably began,...

Garden Tips On Buying The Best, Cold Hardy Flower Bulbs For Outdoor Planting
Buying flower bulbs to plant and grow is an exciting experience that begins in the fall and continues through the spring. Dutch flowering bulbs are usually delivered to American ports by the month of September for fall...

Choosing The Perfect Flowers For Summer
Summer flowers and bedding plants are a great way to instantly add color to your lawn. Summer flowers start appearing in garden centers in the early spring, but you should be careful to plant only after the danger of freezing...

Fall Blooming Flowers - Autumn Beauty For Your Garden
There are many fall blooming flowers from which to choose for the autumn garden. Some are perennial which will return to brighten your flower garden for many years. Set a few pumpkins and gourds around to complete your classic...

How to Grow and Care for Flowering Bulbs, Corms, Tubers and Rhizomes
Bulb is a general term used for plants which have a food storage organ which allows them to grow and flower quickly once the ideal conditions are available. There are four types of "bulb": true bulbs, corms, tubers and...

Wild Flowers
Wild flowers are Nature’s miracle of miracles. They bring color, perfume, and distinction to the diverse environments in which they grow.Wildflowers, however, can be as ecologically devastating as they are beautiful. Some...

Planting Summer Flower Bulbs
In the summer, the sun is shining and everything is vibrant. Even the summer flowers are brighter and bolder. No meek pastels or pasty whites here; summer flower bulbs are vivacious. While less hardy plants are dried, brown,...

Sowing an Annual Flower Border
Hardy annuals are wonderful colorful plants for providing a summer-long display. Some kinds can also be sown during the fall with a view to providing late spring and early summer blossoms as well, especially in warmer...

Plant Flower Bulbs For Beautiful Container Gardening
As a group,flower bulbs are outstanding plants—colorful, showy, and generally easy to grow for container gardening. Many have evergreen foliage; with others, the leaves ripen after flowering and the bulbs are stored and...

Planting Summer Flower Bulbs
In the summer, the sun is shining and everything is vibrant. Even the summer flowers are brighter and bolder. No meek pastels or pasty whites here; summer flower bulbs are vivacious. While less hardy plants are dried, brown,...

How To Select Annual Flowers
Flowers are one of nature's heralds of the seasons. The various flowers that blossom in the different seasons can inform us what season we are in. For instance flowers like the Poinsettia are known to bloom only during the...

Plant Flower Bulbs For Beautiful Container Gardening
As a group,flower bulbs are outstanding plants—colorful, showy, and generally easy to grow for container gardening. Many have evergreen foliage; with others, the leaves ripen after flowering and the bulbs are stored and...

Annual Flower Plants For The Garden
Few flower gardens would be complete without annual flowers. Their earliness and generosity of bloom will bring color and grace to any garden. Annual flower plants can be placed among perennials to fill in gaps in their bloom...

Rare Flowering Trees That Light Up Your Garden Landscape
Flowering apricot trees offer spectacular flowering blooms earlier than any other flowering tree, sometimes blooming as early as January. This early flowering can result in cold weather damage in some areas of the United...

Funky Garden Plants 2
What's a perennial garden plant that blooms in the winter? A hellebore! It is an outdoor plant that is shocking to see blooming sometimes in the snow. There are many varieties. They are perennial which means they come back...

Top Ten Outdoor Gardening Tips for Fall
Your garden should be a relaxing, enjoyable place to be in every season. Keeping your outdoor space inviting is easy with these tips for yards and water gardens in the fall.1. Keep the water in your outdoor fountain or garden...

Beat the Weeds and Save Time in the Garden
So frequently new gardeners are put off the idea of gardening by thinking about the time it might take, and the hard work involved. The popular idea of a low-maintenance garden is one of covering the space with decking and...

Some Favorite Garden Bulbs
Bulbs are a great addition to any garden as they will provide color year after year and can even provide additional flowers to be divided and planted in another part of the garden. Unlike, annuals, bulb flowers do not need to...

Container Gardening With The Beautiful Lily Plant - Flowers Add Life
The lily belongs to the Liliaceae family of which there are 250 genuses and 4-6000 known species. The Lily is so called after the Greek, Lerion, which means White Lily (Lilium Candidum), the llily comes from the northern...

Edgings Can Enhance Your Flower Garden
The edging of a garden is almost as important as the garden itself. It's like a picture frame. The picture can be interesting and beautiful, but it needs a frame to really enhance its appearance.There are many different types...

Chinquapin History
There are two types of chinquapin trees, also called ‘chikapin trees,’ that are available commercially in the United States, the Allegheny chinquapin and the Georgiana chinquapin. The Allegheny chinquapin, ‘Castanea...

Guide To Growing Annuals
Annuals are beautiful flowers that grace almost every garden. Depending on your zone, they will last only the season and die off in winter. Sometimes called bedding plants they are relatively inexpensive and loved for their...

Starting A Container Garden
STARTING A CONTAINER GARDENContainer gardens are the best solution for people who enjoy gardening but simply have little to no space. With this type of garden, you have the opportunity to plant a wonderful selection of...

Replanting Your Christmas Tree
If you are in the market for a beautiful evergreen to be added to your landscape, Christmas is a ideal time to start shopping. While most Christmas shoppers purchase a Christmas tree that has already been chopped at the bottom,...

Elegant and Easy Outdoor Water Gardening
The element of water brings an unmatched beauty to any outdoor space – movement, color, and ambiance. Water gardens are highly prized for the relaxing sound of the flowing water, and the sense of being at one with nature....

Planning An Herb Garden With Culinary Herbs, Medicinal Herbs and Aromatic Herbs
Planning an herb garden can be fun and rewarding. Herbs have been in use for centuries for culinary, medicinal and aromatic reasons. For generations tribal leaders and healers passed down the herbal secrets. Many modern...

Peonies - A Perennial Garden Favorite
Peonies are my favorite flowering perennial; just one step above roses for cut flowers. They are very easy to grow and once established can tolerate long periods without rain. Additionally, unlike many other flower varieties...

Bamboo Plant Information and Care
Did You Know? Did you know that there are over 2,000 different varieties of bamboo plant in the world? One of these varieties may be just the right touch to give your home that exotic or unique look that you are searching...

Rosemary
Although I have not given up my love affair with Sweet Basil, my attentions have recently turned to anther – rosemary. Rosmarinus officinalis, a member of the mint family, is a wonderful culinary herb with an impressive...

Gardening - The No 1 Hobby
FlowersFlowers and pots:. When he or she has to re-create his or her garden from scratch, flowers, planters, pots, and so on make wonderful gardening gifts. We get to see and admire the great variety of different flowers and pla

Getting Hooked On Gardening
Gardening and the Hibiscus plant SicknessThis plant surely causes some sort of sickness to develop within the mind of the person that puts it into the ground. I was lucky enough to inherit a very hardy species from my father...

Azalea 'Lemon Lights'
Fragrant Deciduous Azalea that Blooms in Spring and FallSome azaleas and rhododendrons occasionally bloom twice - in the fall, as well as spring, depending upon the weather. For years, breeders have been trying to amplify this r

Winter Gardening
The fall clean-up is done, your bulbs are planted and your looking forward to the spring gardening season. You need not look so far ahead. Winter can be a busy time for gardeners. Planning, of course, is essential but there...

Caryopteris 'First Choice' and 'Sunshine Blue'
Add Late Summer Color to Your Garden Caryopteris, commonly known as 'Blue Spirea,' is a family of small shrubs that add huge ornamental value to the garden. They bloom from late summer to early autumn - a time when most...

Finding The Right Grass For Your Southern Climate
Did you know that different types of grasses are more suitable for different climates? There are types of grasses that are suitable for different climates due to the different needs and varieties. You can find a type of grass...

Raspberries - A Garden Must
Many years ago I bought a house in Wisconsin with a huge backyard. Large areas were devoted to fruit trees, vegetables, flowers and my special favorites like strawberries and raspberries. Growing raspberries has now become a...

Old-Time Favorites: Plants for Your Garden Worth Remembering
Remember the almost magical feeling of your grandmother’s garden, bursting with loads of colorful, fragrant blooms and magnificent foliage? There was always something going on in the garden; and nearly every plant had a...

The Garden in Winter
Novice gardeners frequently regard the period between October and March as a time of the year when the garden should be ignored until the warmth of Spring returns. After all the flowers have faded and trees and shrubs have shed...

History Of Olive Trees
Olive trees, ‘Olea europaea,’ are the oldest fruit trees and certainly are one of the most important fruit trees in history. Olive tree culture has been closely connected to the rise and fall of Mediterranean empires and...

Top Tip for a Perfect Garden Makeover
Without a doubt, the most important thing to get right when planning any future garden makeover project is to set clear objectives.Trying to makeover a garden without clear objectives is a bit like building a house without a...

Fall Planting - The Key to a Successful Spring Garden
So, you worked hard all week, changed the oil in the SUV, took the kids to practice and dance, and went to the Friday night football game. Now the weekend is here and you still have a list, albeit a more leisurely one, of...

Enhance Your Garden With Beautiful Edging
Adding edging around your garden or landscape is as important as the garden itself. The edging frames your garden much like a picture frame. A picture can be interesting and beautiful but it needs a frame to enhance its...

'Brite Eyes' Climbing Rose
A New Disease Resistant and Compact Climbing Rose Our most popular plant category is roses and for good reason - everyone loves roses! This week we are featuring a new climbing rose that our rose lovers will adore -'Brite...

Winter Resistant Plants And Shrubs
For those landscapers living in a Northern climate, it is essential to consider hardy winter resistant plants and shrubs. The reason behind this is not only so they can continue adding to the beauty of your winter landscape,...

Crocuses
A crocus is a well loved perennial flower that grows that grows to be 3 to 6 inches tall with yellow, purple, lavender and white cup shaped blooms. A member of the iris family, the crocus is a hardy plant that commonly blooms...

Outdoor Entertaining
Shared moments in our garden with our family and friends become memories we will cherish throughout our lifetime. So why not transform you’re mundane garden, deck or patio setting from the ordinary into the extraordinary?...

Tips For Indoor Gardening
During those long winter months one can bring a little bit of the outdoors in with with some indoor gardening. Having plants in the home can really add to your decor and helps off than the look of every room as well as add to...

Rare Flowering Trees That Light Up Your Garden Landscape
Flowering apricot trees offer spectacular flowering blooms earlier than any other flowering tree, sometimes blooming as early as January. This early flowering can result in cold weather damage in some areas of the United...

Great Gardening Gift Ideas
There is nothing nicer than receiving a gift relating to one's passion. If your loved one's passion is gardening, then show your thoughtfulness by giving a gift that will be truly appreciated. There are so many great gardening...

Enticing Butterflies To Your Garden
Enticing butterflies to your garden is fun and simple too. Butterflies are easy to attract to your garden if you plant a garden where the caterpillar (pupa step) has plants to consume and then the butterfly has flowers from...

Compost Maker
Compost makers are where you find them. This rather facetious statement refers both to the people who make compost and the methods they use to do so. People who compost can be thought of in three general categories, although...

Understanding the Types of Soil in Your Garden - Acid, Chalk-Alkaline, Clay and Sand
Understanding the different types of soil is essential if you want to make the ideal garden. This is because each variety of plant requires a different type of soil in order to thrive and reward you with lush foliage and...

Tips for a Bulb-o-licious Garden
Want a successful garden? Try planting bulbs into your landscape. Flowering bulbs are not only easy to grow and popular among garden plants, but they can fit into nearly any type of gardening style. And with proper care, bulbs...

Staghorn Sumac "Tiger Eyes"
A Staghorn Sumac Unlike Any Other Rhus typhina, commonly known as Staghorn Sumac, is a native throughout the Eastern United States. It survives in the most inhospitable conditions and grows into large weed-inhibiting masses by...

How To Plan A Garden
All great gardens have one thing in common, they were thoughtfully planned before they were built. To plant a successful garden you must have a clear understanding of your site’s conditions. A thorough site analysis enables...

Using Popular Rose Varieties In Your Garden
When many people think of gardening, their thoughts turn first to roses, and there is no wonder. Roses are among the most popular, and certainly most beautiful, types of flowers there are. In addition, roses are a huge part of...

Aluminum Fence Styles
Aluminum fences are available in a wide variety of styles, designs, colors, and heights. The use of appropriately designed aluminum fences can enhance the looks of your home, pool, yard, or wherever they are used. Most aluminum...

Beginner Bonsai Trees: The 5 Easiest To Care For
Beginner bonsai trees should all have one thing in common - they should all be easy to look after. Although the art of the bonsai is frequently seen as one which is extremely difficult and takes many years to master, this...

Who Invented Wall Fountains?
Wall fountains are also known as single face or façade fountains. It is not possible to ascribe the invention of wall fountains to an individual. However, it can be said with certainty that wall fountains did not originate in...

Hardy Bamboo for Temperate Climates: Six of the Very Best
If you have ever considered growing bamboo in the temperate regions then you should select your plants with care and paying good attention to both the cold tolerance and eventual size of the plants you choose. Prehaps the best...

October Gardening Tips
Cool nights and warm days are what we are feeling now. It is a great time to plant just about anything. For color pansies, snapdragons, dianthus, calendula, and stock will bloom thru winter, especially if they are planted next...

Herbs For A Tea Garden
Is there anything more refreshing on a hot summer day than a tall glass of iced tea with a sprig of fresh mint? Or a more calming end to a long day than a steaming infusion with chamomile or mint? A tea garden can ensure that...

Fruit Tree Propagation
There are two main ways to go about fruit tree propagation. The first, and the one which usually comes first to mind, is propagation from seed. This occurs when the pollen from a one tree fertilizes the flower of another. The...

Rose Gardening
Roses are universally favorite plants. The bright vibrant hues give gardens a splash of color. You can smell the heady perfume of roses during summer as they fill the air. With so many different varieties to choose from rose...

The Annual Flanders Poppy - Bright Color For the Flower Garden
Papaver rhoeasFamily - Papaveraceae - PoppyThis is the poppy made famous by the poem, "In Flanders Fields" by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD. It is a hardy annual availble in red, deep purple, scarlet, and white. It will...

Rose Winterization
There are two main reasons we should winterize our rose plants.1) We are protecting the plant from dying2) We are protecting the canes from damage.Here are some tips for winterizing your favorite rose plants:First, you must ste

Sago Palm Care
Sago Palms are great for decorating. They are easy to care for. even if you are not good with plants. The best locations for a Sago PalmIf you want to have a beautiful Sago Palm. be certain to care for your plants properly....

Basic Gardening - Selecting Plants
One of the first things to consider when choosing a plant for your garden is to determine if it is suitable for your area. Cold hardiness, heat tolerance, and drought tolerance all factor in to successful choices for gardening...

What You Must Know Before You Plant A Bonsai
You’ve surely seen the beautiful Bonsai tree somewhere in your life, even if only watching Mr. Miagi on the Karate Kid. It’s probably likely that if there’s a Japanese restaurant in your town, then you’ve sent them there....

Creating Ambiance With Gardens
During his 40-year career as a garden writer and photographer, Derek Fell has designed numerous garden spaces, many involving his wife Carolyn. The best example of their work can be seen at their home, historic Cedaridge Farm,...

The Different Ways to Use Metal Deck Railings in Your Garden
If you are thinking of improving the look of your home, metal railings are definitely something you should think about. You can have them any way you want them, it is all basically down to your imagination.The Advantages and...

Terrace Gardening And Landscaping Ideas
Terraces present wonderful possibilities in the garden. They are outdoor living rooms during good weather and form a transition from the outdoors to the indoors throughout the year.The terrace may be either at ground level,...

Gardening Is For Everyone
The following guidelines pertain to plants recently transplanted into the garden. Most plants should have a label listing its intended zone. Before purchasing plants find out exactly which zone you live in and purchase plants...

Gardening With Spring Trees And Shrubs
Spring is the time when gardening becomes once more of interest to everyone who has any interest in gardening and any size of plot, from a window box to stately acres. In most gardens structure is formed using hard landscaping,...

Azalea 'My Mary'
Richly Fragrant, Yellow Blooms in April-MayThe late George Beasley, well known Azalea breeder, crossed three different native azaleas, resulting in a stunning azalea with extraordinary fragrance, beauty and charm. Beasley could

Tree Planting Guide
Fall is for planting trees. Planting hardy trees in the fall allows them to form a good root system before they must compete with the heat and humidity of hot summers. Fall and early winter are the best time to plant a tree....

Chinquapin History
There are two types of chinquapin trees, also called ‘chikapin trees,' that are available commercially in the United States, the Allegheny chinquapin and the Georgiana chinquapin. The Allegheny chinquapin, ‘Castanea pumila',...

13 Perennials That Will Add Winter Interest To Your Garden
Just because it is going to turn cold in a few months, doesn’t mean your yard has to look dull or lifeless. Believe it or not, there are other plant options that you can use to make your yard and garden look great year...

Who Invented Wall Fountains?
Wall fountains are also known as single face or façade fountains. It is not possible to ascribe the invention of wall fountains to an individual. However, it can be said with certainty that wall fountains did not originate in...

A Water Garden Design Starts With A Hole In The Ground
Designing a water garden is fun and easy, it can be created by a person or by a professional landscaping company. A water garden design should factor in the space allowed, the plants desired, and the climate of the area the...

Planning A Container Water Gardens For Any Yard
I have an admission to make. I’m a natural born swamp-child. To me, there are few things in this world more beautiful than the marshy edges where pond meets woods and creates the ideal growing environment for cattails,...

Planting Roses
No other flower can give a garden such beauty as the rose can and if you don't already have roses in your garden it's high time to get a few. There are roses available that thrive in just about any climate so don't think that...

Greenhouse Gardening
Even a small greenhouse opens up new gardening horizons - from early vegetables to orchids. With equipment in ready supply it's possible to make a complete controlled growing environment which will run on auto pilot.One of the...

Flower Gardening
When you think of any kind of gardening, the first thing that pops into your mind is flower gardening. Flowers and gardens being naturally synonymous with each other. And dedicated gardener that you are, you’ll naturally be...

Perennial Garden Basics
Perennials are any plants which live for more than two seasons and produce stems which die back to the ground each fall. They’re at the heart of most flower gardens and offer wide ranging benefits to the landscape gardener....

What You Should Know Before Planting a Garden
Sooner or later, it seems most everyone wants to try his or her hand at creating a garden. By doing a little gardening, we can not only improve the looks and value of our homes, but our outlook as well. Before we can start,...

Greenhouse Gardening
Even a small greenhouse opens up new gardening horizons - from orchids to early vegetables. With equipment in ready supply it's possible to make a complete controlled growing environment which will run on auto pilot.One of the...

Gardening With Groundcovers
There are always those spots in your garden where grass just doesn't seem to grow or that are either too rocky or rooty for shrubs. Groundcovers can solve all kinds of gardening problems and are frequently well suited to these...

Cold Hardy Palm Trees For Landscape Design And Planting In The United States
Scattered reports of palm trees growing in Northern areas of the United States and Canada have been known for many years. Semi-truck loads of windmill palm trees have been unloaded and successfully grown in Canada and the...

Learn About The Different Types Of Roses
A rose is a rose, is a rose, right? Actually, roses come in several distinct varieties and each has its pros and cons. Before you shop for roses for your new rose garden, you should know which types of roses there are.If you...

Growing Exotic Garden Plants is Thrilling and Adventurous - Give an Added Dimension To Your Garden
Most people find the idea of growing exotic plants thrilling and adventurous. This is for the simple reason that it is unusual to find tropical plants in climates of low temperatures and high dampness. More so these plants vary...

Secrets Of Organic Rose Plant Gardening
How Nature WorksWhether it is roses, other flower gardening, or just about any type of plant, the secret to successful organic gardening of any kind is to understand the way nature works. Nature always tries to maintain a...

What's a Perennial and How Do I Use It?
Do you know what a "perennial" is? If you do, go to the head of the class – because many people don’t know the answer.Until now…A perennial is simply any hardy plant that lives three or more years (if you don’t kill it)....

History Of Walnuts
The first historical accounts of walnut trees growing under civilized cultivation was in ancient Babylon (Iraq) about 2000 B.C.; however, walnuts have evidently been attached to mankind much earlier by excavations from cave...

How To Make Your Garden Vibrantly Beautiful with Flowering Shrubs
Gardens are one of the most important aspects of your home in terms of aesthetic value. The first thing that people see when they approach the house is the landscape and to make a great impression of your house, your garden...

The Garden in Winter
Novice gardeners frequently regard the period between October and March as a time of the year when the garden should be ignored until the warmth of Spring returns. After all the flowers have faded and trees and shrubs have shed...

Keeping Houseplants Alive During Summer Vacation Droughts
One of the problems I have with taking summer vacations is getting my houseplants watered. Sometimes when I come home from a week on the boat, surrounded by water, I find my houseplants wilted from the lack of it. This trick,...

Transform Your Yard Into A Garden
If you only have a tiny yard but you're yearning to make a well-maintained garden, there are only two things you really need, that is: determination and know-how. Following are some tips that will help you keep your yard-garden...

Easy Care Herbs for Your Culinary Herb Garden
If you have ever wanted to start growing your own herbs, here are some easy care plants to get you started.• Chives - These herbs are not a bit picky about where they live or how rich the soil is. It has been my experience...

Southern Grass: Finding the Right Grass for Your Climate
Did you know that different types of grasses are more suitable for different climates? There are types of grasses that are suitable for different climates due to the different needs and varieties. You can find a type of grass...

How to Grow Broad Beans
Broad beans are one of the oldest known vegetables and certainly one of my own favourites. These beans are easy to grow being hardy so can be sown in autumn as well as in spring. They do not seem to suffer from any real...

To Grow Roses, Gardens Must First be Prepared Properly
Many people love roses but don't grow them because they have heard that growing roses is difficult. That is really not true; roses have just gotten a bad rap. If you properly prepare the garden, you will get beautiful roses...

Garden Cloche - A Simple Greenhouse
The simplest greenhouse you can construct is called a cloche. A cloche is installed temporarily right in the garden, either over a row or garden bed, or over a single plant. A glass jar with the bottom cut out can cover a...

Rose Garden Can Be An Owners Pride
The beauty of the rose garden can never be underestimated. Belonging to the genus Rosa, roses have dominated literature and history by being associated with beauty, love, war and politics. Botanically the genus Rosa has 150...

Long Term Calla Lilies
While the lily plant grows with green leaves, the bulb is being recharged. The longer you can keep the lily growing, the better recharging and the bigger the bulb gets. You should continue to water the lily. Do not cut the stem...

The Cottage Garden
Cottages are a retreat for our soul. Places where we can both unwind and regenerate our families and ourselves.Generally our cottages are nestled in areas of raw bush and craggy rock. The mistake many people make with their...

Landscaping Shrubs
Defining your landscape can be a challenge, but starting with simple shrubs is a no-hassle, low-maintenance option. Shrubs can add color and beauty to your yard with virtually no upkeep. There are so many different varieties to...

5 Ornamental Grasses That Can Add Interest To Your Garden
Flowers don’t have to be the sole inhabitants of gardens, adding other types of plants like ornamental grasses can add interests to your garden as well as fill in some empty spots and set a beautiful background to show off...

Lawn Care Tips - Six Easy Steps to a Great Lawn
What type of lawn care works best for you depends on the time and money you decide to put into your lawn. If your lawn is your hobby, you can spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of time on it.On the other side of...

Ornamental Fountain
The word 'Fountain' is derived from the Latin word 'fontis' which means spring. Fountains add life to your home and joy to your life. Fountains may be wall fountains or free standing. These are available in variety of designs...

Gardening - Where To Start - Choosing The Right Seeds For Your Garden
Seed selection can make or break your garden. If you choose the wrong seeds you can end up with a very pitiful looking garden. What goes into choosing the right seeds?If you are saving your seeds from you own plants you have a...

Daydreams Of A Would Be Gardener
Depending upon your preference & the space available to you, it is possible to mix & match a variety of styles, plants & flowers. In fact, these days the choice is limited only by your space, budget & imagination!Imagine having...

Fall is the Time to Get Your Garden Trees and Shrubs Ready for Winter: Here's What to Do
Tips for winter care of trees and shrubsWith the garden season drawing to a close, it's awfully tempting to forget about your plants. But you should continue to water all woody plants - especially newly planted trees and shrubs...

History of the Cherry Tree
There are only a few instances in the ancient historical record concerning cherry trees. This absence in the record perhaps resulted in the fragile nature and perishability of the fruit, unlike the fruit from the apple tree....

How to Read a Seed Catalog
Long before the first daffodils of the year come into bloom, seed catalogs are delivered to our mailboxes to herald the arrival of Spring. A good seed catalog contains so much information, it can sometimes be overwhelming for...

No Garbage Here: A Review of "Gardens from Garbage"
Although I consider myself an avid gardener, living in a one-bedroom apartment has sometimes hindered my hobby. My apartment complex, though landscaped nicely, doesn't leave much room for individual tenants to care for...

Lavendar - Fragrance and Beauty In The Garden
Lavandula angustifolia Family Labiatae - MintTraditionally an herb, Lavandula angustifolia, or Lavender, will be a welcome addition to any flower garden. The silvery white lance shaped leaves have a felt like look, and the...

How To Choose Your Water Garden Plants
So. The water garden bug has bitten. You’ve dug and leveled and sweated and said words you hope that no one else has heard. Now it’s time for the fun part – picking out your water garden plants!Plant varieties within these...

History Of Raspberry Plants
According to Luther Burbank, who studied and hybridized raspberries and blackberries more than any other horticulturalist, and wrote his classical 8 volume treatise on Small Fruits and Fruit Improvement in 1921; the red...

How To Grow And Handle Fresh Herbs From Your Garden Beds Or Your Container Garden
In any recipe calling for herbs, use fresh herbs. Preparing the herbs for your dish is easy. The more tender herbs like mint, parsley, basil and cilantro can be gathered in a bowl and snipped with scissors. This is the...

Tips on How to Plan a Harmonious Family Garden
IntroductionKeeping your garden looking good whilst using it for a variety of needs is not as hard as you might think with a bit of garden planning. This article looks at a few solutions that will enable the whole family to...

Show Your Green Thumb Off With These Helpful Hints for Growing A Beautiful Rose Garden
Beginning a rose garden can feel like an overwhelming prospect -- just choosing a rose to plant can blow your mind if you start looking at all the options out there. Books, designed to be "helpful", can make the situation...

Ornamental Grasses Six Of The Very Best
Ornamental grasses for dry gravel and prairie style plantings. My six very best recomendations.If you have ever thought about a drought resistant low maintenances garden with tough disease free easy to grow plants but still...

10 Organic Gardening Uses For Comfrey
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is just one of those plants that every organic garden must have growing. It also has great merit as a medicinal plant. This plant serves us so well. Propagation is by root division. But be careful...

Award Winning Aromatic Plants
I recently was involved in the exhibition of a show garden at the 2006 “Garden Heaven” exhibition. I worked along with Terra Garden Ireland based in Claregalway on the bronze medal winning Malaysian themed garden...

Chrysanthemum Planting and Care Tips
Chrysanthemums or “mums” are some of the best known and widely recognized perennials available. It is a certain sign that Autumn is just around the corner when these blazing beauties arrive in garden centers around the...

The Basics Of Rose Gardens
There are two main classes of roses: Bush roses and climbing roses. These two classifications are based entirely on tendencies of growth. Bush roses grow from 1 foot to 6 feet in height and require no support. Climbing roses...

Healing Aloe Vera Plants Are Easy To Grow Indoors or Out and Provide Health Benefits
Aloe Vera , known as the healing plant, is easy to care for indoors or in the garden. It is a drought tolerant succulent which grows well in dry shade to part sun. Its bright green stalks grow up to 1 foot long and up to 2...

Aquatic Gardening: How to Build a Pond or Water Feature and a Guide to Aquatic Plants
There are several points you need to consider before building your pond or water feature. Should it be formal or informal, natural or modern? Do you want to keep fish, grow plants or attract wildlife? Are there children to keep...

You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 4
What to PlantFor your first herb garden, try to select hardy herbs that will withstand occasional neglect and can do nicely without lots of pampering. Some good choices include basil, marjoram, sage, mints of all kinds, thyme,...

Gardening: Tips for Autumn Vegetable Growing
Due to their fears of early winter frosts, a lot of gardeners do not think about fall gardening. If you’re one of them maybe a few tips can make you change your mind. You should, because fall gardening produces some first-rate...

History Of Raspberry Plants
According to Luther Burbank, who studied and hybridized raspberries and blackberries more than any other horticulturalist, and wrote his classical 8 volume treatise on Small Fruits and Fruit Improvement in 1921; the red...

Tulip Care - A Must for Spring Gardens
If you love to see the beautiful tulip flowers in April and May, then tulip care during the growing season in your garden is a major priority for you. You spent good money and poured your time in planting new bulbs in the fall....

Types Of Palm Trees
Palm trees are popular in gardens all over the world. Some species are considered fast growing. These grow faster than many other species. In fast growing trees, the trunk quickly becomes tall. This may be important if you want...

Phoenix Palm Trees For Landscapes And Offices
Commercially, the Phoenix genus of palm trees is broad and very desirable for use in landscape situations of the south, and to decorate offices. Huge specimens of the Canary Island Date Palm, Phoenix canariensis, show...

Sunflower - Annual Flower Plant For Your Garden
Helianthus annus Family - Compositae - DaisyThe cheery sunflower plant is a native of North America. Most are fairly aggressive hardy perennial wildflowers which are a fairly diverse group because of their ability to hybridize...

The Type of Grass You Can Grow Best in a Southern Garden
When you think of grass you do not usually really think of more than one variety. However, there are quite a few different types and each look different as well as having their own special requirements. If you want to grow...

The all important Clematis
Clematis adds a sense of depth and beauty to our gardens with their lush, fragrant blossoms and rich green foliage. The majority of clematis’ are climbers, with several hundred species worldwide. Many of these are hardy and...

What to Grow in an Italian Herb Garden
Have you ever bought a bottle of “Italian Herb” Seasoning? Wouldn’t it be great to have your own Italian Herb Garden at your disposal whenever you need to add some spice to your favorite recipe? It’s easier than you may...

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst'
Callicarpas – Loads of Berries from Late Summer through Autumn One of our favorite plants for fall interest is the Callicarpa. What puts these hardy deciduous shrubs at the top of our list is the profusion of lavender purple...

How To Choose And Maintain Lawn Grasses
First things first, nothing beats smelling fresh and ideal lawn grasses very early in the morning. On a subtle level, the right lawn grass basically ensures that you have a beautiful, fresh and new day ahead.The following are...

Easy Care Perennials
Perennials are those flowers which reliably bloom year after year. They die back to the ground each winter after flourishing for a full growing season only to reemerge again in the spring. They’re also noted for their texture...

Palm Trees
The mention of palm trees immediately brings to mind images of long afternoons by the beach with the gentle swishing of fan-shaped leaves as they sway in the sea breeze. Palm trees are indeed found in coastal regions and in...

A History Of The Romantic Rose
“It was roses, roses all the way.” - Robert Browning“What's in a name? That which we call a rose; by any other name would smell as sweet.”- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 scene 2- Roses have a long and...

Beat the Weeds and Save Time in the Garden
So frequently new gardeners are put off the idea of gardening by thinking about the time it might take, and the hard work involved. The popular idea of a low-maintenance garden is one of covering the space with decking and...

Types of Annuals in the Garden - Tender, Hardy and Half-Hardy
Annuals are a delight to the gardener and to those who view the garden. They provide bountiful color and fulfill many gardening functions. Annuals can fill in with quick growth and colorful flowers while perennial and...

Gardening 101 For Arid Climates
Now, now. Before I hear the seasonal sighs and woeful mumblings of secret New England jealousy, let me offer a word of encouragement. You can do it. This is not an unattainable goal. There are no insurmountable obstacles here....

Growing Nostalgic "Old Roses" In Your Garden
"Old Roses" Convey Time Honored TraditionIn the 18th Century, the practice of tending rose bushes was popular and a handy source for young men to offer as gifts during courtship. These roses were not only beautiful to admire...

Why Rose Gardening Is So Addictive
For many of us, the act of gardening brings us closer to nature by getting us outdoors and allowing us the opportunity to tend and grow objects that in the absence of our assistance would not be able to survive, let alone...

Choosing a Greenhouse Design
When you are choosing a greenhouse design, you need to look for one that is the most energy efficient. This will enable you to grow plants and flowers all throughout the year. You need to choose a design that will allow for...

Coaxing Fresh Vegetables From The Garden All Winter Long
Autumn typically signals the end of home grown vegetables from the garden, but with a little ingenuity you can harvest garden fresh produce well into the winter months. My Central Pennsylvania garden continues to supply fresh...

Garden for Birds #4
I would like to know.....................WHO STOLE SUMMER?????????????/What did you do with it?And where are you hiding it?It seems as though just last week we were celebrating the beginning of summer.Looking forward

Gardening - What are Annuals and Biennials?
True annuals are plants that will complete their life cycle within twelve months of sowing. Biennials require two growing seasons to do so and are usually sown in summer to flower during the following spring and summer.Many...

How To Choose And Maintain Lawn Grasses
First things first, nothing beats smelling fresh and ideal lawn grasses very early in the morning. On a subtle level, the right lawn grass basically ensures that you have a beautiful, fresh and new day ahead.The following are...

The Many Types Of Palm Trees
There are thousands of species of Palm Trees. They are considered to be tropical in nature, but most people are not aware that cold hardy palms may be planted outside without any visible damage from temperatures as cold as...

Award Winning Shade Garden Plant
The 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year was Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’ or Japanese Painted Fern and this plant deserves to be in all shade gardens.This hardy fern grows twelve to eighteen inches tall and slowly multiplies to...

How To Keep Your Yard Ornamental With A Proper Sago Palm Care
Proper Sago Palm care is essential for a beautiful looking plant. The Sago Palm tree, scientifically known as the Cycas revoluta, is one of the most primitive living seed plants. They are unusual ornamental plants that are very...

Rose Gardening
The Roses are universally favorite plants. The bright vibrant hues give gardens a splash of color. You can smell the heady perfume of roses during summer as they fill the air. With so many different varieties to choose from...

Marvellous May Plant Colour
Many plants vie for my attention during the month of May. Here are four of my favourites.Cornus alternifolia “Argenta”Cornus alternifolia “Argenta” is commonly known as the “Variegated pagoda dogwood”. Originating in...

Growing Raspberries & Blackberries
When planning your patch of brambles (as these fruits are known), pay special attention to air circulation and soil drainage. Taking weed-control precautions before you plant is also important because most brambles sport...

Promise Her a Rose Garden, An Antique Rose Garden
Why antiques? Antique roses are those breed by species, sports, varieties, or cultivars prior to the first hybrid tea, (LaFrance) in 1867. Some people are not as strict in their interpretation of antique roses as the American...

Flower Gardening: Have Your Flower Garden Bursting With Color All Year Round
Flower gardening need not be restricted to just summertime. Planning carefully and planting ahead of time, will have the garden filled with an array of flowers for all of the year round.Let's plan the seasons, then for spring...

6 Important Tips for Beginner Bonsai Tree Caretakers
Bonsai trees are a wonderful hobby to enjoy for a lifetime. However, when most people start out, most of their bonsai trees fall sick and die within a few weeks. Bonsai trees are extremely sensitive to their conditions and the...

Canadian Gardening
People around the world tend to have a prejudice about the prospects of Canadian gardening or simply, the gardening in Canada. Its position in North America, to the north of United States and near the artic circle adds an air...

Daisy Colorful Flowers
The most common daisy is the "Shasta Daisy", Chrysanthemum maximum which is a perennial. Sometimes, people buy a daisy which are described as Giant Daisy. It is a perennial, but it requires dry conditions in winter, or they...

Gardening in Autumn
A lot of gardeners do not do any gardening in the autumn due to things such as frost. However, it can work out great for your garden, providing excellent vegetables. Planting in autumn can also make your vegetables last longer....

A Great Hybrid Rose for Any Garden
Memorial Day Hybrid Tea RoseA Commemorative Rose with Beautiful Blooms Memorial Day is the unofficial beginning of the summer season and with the warm summer weather come the blooms of the Memorial Day Hybrid T

Protecting Your Roses
You need to consider three elements in order to protect your roses. First, you need to retain the moisture; second, preserve a suitable temperature in the soil; third, stop weed-growth. What is called a "dust-mulch,"...

Easy Tips For Planting Garden Bulbs
Garden bulbs are a great way to get color in your garden year after year without having to replant. But many people are intimidated by planting and caring for bulbs, and never get to experience these great flowering plants....

Tips On How To Plan A Harmonious Family Garden
Introduction:Keeping your garden looking good whilst using it for a variety of needs is not as hard as you might think with a bit of garden planning. This article looks at a few solutions that will enable the whole family to...

Hardy Hibiscus
Hardy Hibiscus, noted for its huge flowers, differs from the original tropical ones in several ways. These perennials are usually obtained from cross-pollinated parent stock and have many advantages over the tropical variety....

Rare And Exotic Garden Perennials For Landscape Planting
The term, 'perennial plant', means simply that the plant returns following severe freezes, to grow again the next year. Trees are cold hardy tested perennials by nature, some trees that are evergreens and do not go dormant, but...

Care and Propagation Tips for Your Houseplant
Houseplants, they are a boon to our everyday life. They clean our room atmosphere, absorb suspended particle and also lessen noise level, making our life much smoother.The only disadvantage of indoor garden is, it cost you...

Replanting Your Christmas Tree
If you are in the market for a beautiful evergreen to be added to your landscape, Christmas is a ideal time to start shopping. While most Christmas shoppers purchase a Christmas tree that has already been chopped at the bottom,...

History Of Blueberry Plants
Very few historical records exist on ancient blueberry culture in the Greek and Roman empires. Those cultures did use parts of the blueberry plants and fruit to consume or to treat ailments. The size and flavor of native...

The Perfect Fern for Shady Gardens
The 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year was Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’ or Japanese Painted Fern and this plant deserves to be in all shade gardens.This hardy fern grows twelve to eighteen inches tall and slowly multiplies to...

History Of Blueberry Plants
Very few historical records exist on ancient blueberry culture in the Greek and Roman empires. Those cultures did use parts of the blueberry plants and fruit to consume or to treat ailments. The size and flavor of native...

Perennial Garden Basics
Perennials are any plants which live for more than two seasons and produce stems which die back to the ground each fall. They’re at the heart of most flower gardens and offer wide ranging benefits to the landscape gardener....

Improve Garden Soil with Cover Crops
It is important to add organic matter to your soil every year - whether you're using chemical fertilizers or gardening organically. Healthy soil is alive, actually teaming with earthworms and micro-organisms by the millions...

An Introduction To Indoor And Outdoor Bonsai Trees
Bonsai, literally “tree planted in a tray”, are miniature versions of larger trees. Depending on the type of bonsai tree under consideration, their height can range from a few inches to a few feet. Like regular trees, bonsai...

Planting Trees for Harvesting - Is It For You?
If you have a lot of extra land and don’t know what to do with it, then let me suggest growing trees. With growing trees you can earn a small income without having to do much work. Sometimes if you’re lucky the government...

Enhance Your Walkthrough Garden With Wind Chimes
Whether oriental in design, or a Southwest festival of color and flora variety, you can enhance your walkthrough garden with the use of wind chimes.Nothing more perfectly enhances the garden yard décor and stimulates the...

Home Gardening Is A Lot More Than Just A Hobby
Home gardening is a lot more than just a hobby – it can be family time that’s fun! The great thing is that no matter how young or how old you are doesn’t matter, it’s a wonderful pastime at any age. Did you know that out of...

The Garden Wall
Wall GardensBoth the strength and beauty of a dry wall may be enhanced by using it as a wall garden. It may acquire a mossy and aged appearance simply by planting flowers, herbs, or ground cover in the soil in the crevices. A...

Garden Decor - Naturalizing with Clematis
Clematis are flowering vines that come in a variety of color and shapes. They are in the same family as anemones, buttercups and peonies. They are naturalized for cooler climates such as in the northern hemispheres. Some...

Growing Hybrid Grapes
Growing hybrid grapes is becoming more popular for wine and eating. This popularity comes from the fact that hybrid grapes can be grown in areas where the traditional European grapes cannot survive. It also comes about...

History Of The Cherry Tree
There are only a few instances in the ancient historical record concerning cherry trees. This absence in the record perhaps resulted in the fragile nature and perishability of the fruit, unlike the fruit from the apple tree....

The Great History Of Roses
“It was roses, roses all the way.”- Robert Browning “What's in a name? That which we call a rose; By any other name would smell as sweet.” - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 scene 2 Roses have a long and...

Clematis - Versitle Vine In The Garden
Clematis Sp Family - Ranunculaceae - ButtercupThe genus Clematis includes over 230 species. Most are native to Asia and Europe. This diverse genus of valuable garden plants includes climbing vines, herbs, ground covers, and...

House Plant Care – A Guide For Your Container Garden
Through the years many plants were considered to be only greenhouse subjects rather then house plants. That, thankfully, has changed and many species can be considered as house plants to decorate your home. Here is a house...

Growing Flowering Cherry Trees
The flowering cherry tree is a very popular landscape tree. When they are in full bloom, they will surely provide the best aesthetics in any garden.They can make any yard bloom with the wonderful colors of spring. Cherry trees...

6 Indoor Plants That Love The Dark: A Tip From The Garden Center Nursery
It was a long search that took me more than ten years. But finally I found it - the indoor house plant that will brighten up the end of a corridor 5 meters from my front door. The Aspidistra, commonly known as the Cast Iron...

Planting Bulbs - Part 1 - Soil Preparation, Fertilizing
With fall on the way, it is time to consider planting bulb flowers that we want for spring blooming. Bulbs are one of the best flower investments for the cost, properly cared for they will provide spring color in your garden...

Winter Injury to Trees
Low temperatures, frost or dry conditions are all causes of winter injury. In our region we can expect one or all of these conditions during the winter months. The results of these conditions vary from leaf burn to the death of...

14 Perennials That Will Add Winter Interest to Your Garden
Just because it is going to turn cold in a few months, doesn’t mean your yard has to look dull or lifeless. Believe it or not, there are other plant options that you can use to make your yard and garden look great year round....

What Are Koi Ponds?
There has been a lot noise made about them in recent years. Everyone is talking about getting or already having a Koi pond, but just what the heck is a Koi pond? Is it a pond of special seaweed? No thanks! If I get a craving to...

Growing Thyme
Thymus is a genus of over 400 species of aromatic hardy and non-hardy perennials with very small, fragrant leaves and twiggy stems. Thymes are native to Mediterranean Europe, as far as the British Isles. These wonderful...

Winter Injury to Trees
Low temperatures, frost or dry conditions are all causes of winter injury. In our region we can expect one or all of these conditions during the winter months. The results of these conditions vary from leaf burn to the death of...

Gardening 101
Successful garden designs make landscapes which are practical, beautiful and compatible with a site’s natural conditions. Gardens should be designed to meet the needs of the people who will use and maintain them. More...

Fall Planting
For many areas of the country, fall is considered to be the best time to plant. The weather is cooler and the moisture levels are more consistent which creates a good environment for both perennials and trees. This is so much...

Don't Forget To add Shrubs Into Your Garden Design This Season
Winter is the time to layout the plans for next seasons garden and while you are choosing the flowers and trees you want to add to your landscape, don't forget to add in some great shrubs to your design. Strategic planting of...

How To Grow Organic Citrus Fruits - One Of The Top 10 Super-Foods
Citrus Fruits – are rich in vitamin C, high in fibre and potassium and contain folic acid. Both oranges and grapefruit have been found to be high in potent antioxidants. The pain of a bee sting can be relieve with lemon...

Organic Gardening with Perennial Vegetables
All organic gardeners love the time of year when the last frost have been, the soil is warming up and the daffodils alert us to the fact that spring is here. It’s time to start planting your annual vegetable garden.But what a...

Waterlilies
Waterlilies are considered by most gardeners to be the most important plants in the garden pond. Certainly from the point of view of a floral display they are essential, but they also contribute to the general well-being of the...

Brighten your Yard with Summer Bulbs
Beauty. Vibrancy. Durability. From stunning lilies to exotic gladiolus, summer bulbs are as gorgeous as they are resilient, which makes them popular among beginners and green thumbs alike. By properly selecting and planting...

Plant A Perennial Garden
If you want a garden that will reappear year after year plant a Perennial Garden. There are many plants that need to be grown from transplants or from seed every year but perennial gardens will come back faithfully if you treat...

Carnivorous Pitcher Plants: The Perfect Plants for Lazy People
A pitcher plant is a type of carnivorous plant that has tube-shaped leaves, hence the name pitcher plant. Along the rim of each pitcher are glands that secrete nectar. Insects are attracted to this nectar, so they buzz around,...

Container Gardening
Should the joy of gardening be reserved for those with a garden? Certainly not! You'll reap great happiness, plus pretty flowers and tasty vegetables, with container gardening. There are all types of gardeners, living in all...

Bonsai Trees For Sale: What Are Your Options?
With the many varieties of bonsai trees for sale today, it can be bewildering to choose the best one for you. However, with a little patience and a good amount of research, you can be certain to find a bonsai that suits your...

Caring For Wild Roses
Wild roses are source of all other rose species. They are found in the wild, hence their name—wild roses. They have small single flowers with usually five petals. These are normally not pruned, but it is during the early stage...

Winter Aroma for Your Garden
At this time of year, flowers in the garden are scarce and, with exception of a few hardy souls, the garden is usually a place to avoid until the warmth returns. But how many times have you stopped while walking during the...

How to Grow Kale
Growing KaleKale is a most useful winter vegetable and belongs to the cabbage family. It is very hardy and is able to withstand the severest of winters, producing plenty of tops for use during January, February, March and early...

Fall Blooming Bulbs where to look for? and what to look for?
Fall Blooming BulbsThe only problem when planting spring-flowering bulbs is that one has to wait until next spring to see them come up. But if you plant fall-blooming ones, there's no delayed gratification. In fact, they'll...

How To Grow And Handle Fresh Herbs From Your Garden Beds Or Your Container Garden
In any recipe calling for herbs, use fresh herbs. Preparing the herbs for your dish is easy. The more tender herbs like mint, parsley, basil and cilantro can be gathered in a bowl and snipped with scissors. This is the fastest...

Do You Need Annuals or Perennials for Your Garden
Do I Need Annual or Perennial Plants?The crocus delights us in early spring as it dares to peek through the snow and lift its face to the sun. Soon after follow tulips, narcissus, iris, lilacs… all perennials that welcome...

Flower Gardening
When you think of any kind of gardening, the first thing that pops into your mind is flower gardening. Flowers and gardens being naturally synonymous with each other. And dedicated gardener that you are, you’ll naturally be...

Enhance Your Walk-Through Garden with Wind Chimes
Whether oriental in design, or a Southwest festival of color and flora variety, you can enhance your walkthrough garden with the use of wind chimes.Nothing more perfectly enhances the garden yard décor and stimulates the...

Preparing Your Pond for Fall and Winter
If you have a backyard pond or a garden fountain full of plants and fish, you'll need to make plans to prepare them for the colder months that are coming soon.For example, fertilizing should stop about six weeks before first...

An Old Friend – "Minibar Rose" Morning Glory
As a grower, I am always on the lookout for new plants. It is my pleasure to grow new plants, and it is my duty as a retailer to offer my customers the best of what the garden has to offer. Over the years, I have introduced...

Growing A Brush Cherry Bonsai In Your Garden
The Brush Cherry can add wonderful color as well as interest to your garden. This evergreen shrub will enhance your gardening efforts by yielding puffy white flowers along with round berries all in contrast with it’s glossy...

Coneflower or Echinacea - the Best Thing in Your Bed
There are few things more exciting for gardeners at this time of year than dreaming of new plants. I’ll focus on a few of the better plants in the next few weeks but let’s start with the best example of new breeding.Our old...

Miniature Roses Have Many Uses
Among the most charming and delightful of plants, miniature roses come in the same multitude of colors and varieties as their full size cousins. They're ideal for container gardens, but do just as well planted in the ground....

Enhance Your Garden with Beautiful Edging
Adding edging around your garden or landscape is as important as the garden itself. The edging frames your garden much like a picture frame. A picture can be interesting and beautiful but it needs a frame to enhance its...

A Guide to Growing Palm Trees
Palm trees are popular in gardens all over the world. Some species are considered fast growing. These grow faster than many other species. In fast growing trees, the trunk quickly becomes tall. This may be important if you want...

A Shade-Loving Vine with Pink Blooms
Schizophragma Hydrangeoides 'Roseum' Just about every shade-loving vine that is hardy in Northern climates flowers white; here's one that blooms pink Schizophragma Hydrangeoides 'Roseum.'This deciduous, woody stemmed Japanese H

Two New Beautiful, Non-Invasive Bamboos
Fargesia robusta 'Green Screen' and Fargesia rufa 'Green Panda' Bamboo is known for being very decorative and beautiful in the garden, but many gardeners shy away from bamboo because of its reputation for being invasive. This...

Gardening - Plumeria Plant Care
The plumeria is a beautiful plant whose flowers are put into the Hawaiian leis. It is also known as the Frangipani or the Lei flower. It doesn't only grow in Hawaii though; you can grow it at your own home!The plumeria is...

Kolkwitzia Amabilis 'Pink Cloud'
A Profusion of Blooms from Grandmother's Garden My favorite deciduous shrub for mid-spring color is a plant that was widely grown in grandmother's times - Kolkwitzia amabilis, commonly and aptly named Beauty Bush. This plant...

The Perfect Fern for Shady Gardens
The 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year was Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’ or Japanese Painted Fern and this plant deserves to be in all shade gardens.This hardy fern grows twelve to eighteen inches tall and slowly multiplies to...

How to Nurture the Perfect Bonsai Tree
You’ve surely seen the beautiful Bonsai tree somewhere in your life, even if only watching Mr. Miagi on the Karate Kid. It’s probably likely that if there’s a Japanese restaurant in your town, then you’ve sent them there....

Plant Shrub Roses For Carefree Beauty
Shrub roses are an easy, colorful choice to use anywhere you would plant a shrub.Sturdy and Plant-FriendlyUnlike many roses, Shrub Roses are ideal for planting anywhere. They're "plant-friendly" and are good neighbors in any...

Protecting Your Roses
You need to consider three elements in order to protect your roses. First, you need to retain the moisture; second, preserve a suitable temperature in the soil; third, stop weed-growth. What is called a "dust-mulch,"...

Herbal Medicine Chest in Your Backyard
What could be easier than growing an herb garden with no effort? Of course, you'll have to harvest your weeds, but you would do that anyhow: it's called weeding.Spring is an especially fertile time for harvesting your weeds -...

How To Read A Seed Catalog
Long before the first daffodils of the year come into bloom, seed catalogs are delivered to our mailboxes to herald the arrival of Spring. A good seed catalog contains so much information, it can sometimes be overwhelming for a...

History Of Plum Trees And Their Hybrids
The documentation of ancient plums growing in antiquity is sparse. The best evidence of that oldest existence is best documented through America’s most famous pomologist, Luther Burbank, who reported in his twelve volume...

Using Popular Rose Varieties In Your Garden
When many people think of gardening, their thoughts turn first to roses, and there is no wonder. Roses are among the most popular, and certainly most beautiful, types of flowers there are. In addition, roses are a huge part...

History Of Olive Trees
Olive trees, ‘Olea europaea,’ are the oldest fruit trees and certainly are one of the most important fruit trees in history. Olive tree culture has been closely connected to the rise and fall of Mediterranean empires and...

How To Grow Organic Walnuts - One Of The Top10 Super-Foods
Walnuts – are an excellent source of plant based omega 3 fatty acids, known for fighting heart disease. They are also packed with micronutrients, antioxidants and plant sterol, which lower cholesterol. Walnuts also provide...

The Best Sago Palm Care
If you are looking for a tree to brighten up either the home or garden then a planting shade tree may be just what you need. They have the ability to make the space around them look tranquil and homely and they also make...

Add Color to Your Garden Throughout the Winter Months with Winterberry Holly 'Winter Red'
When most people think of a holly, the traditional Christmas holly comes to mind. However, there are far more options now available to gardeners that can add much welcomed color throughout the winter months. This week we are...

Growing Bamboo And Grasses In The Uk And Temperate Zones
Growing tips and advice for bamboo and grasses in the UK. Growing tips for plant care and garden advice on hardy bamboo plants ornamental grasses plus sedges and ferns for contemporary European or prairie plantings bogland...

An Introduction to Bonsai Maple Trees
Bonsai trees have long been a favorite hobby of many due to their interesting shapes and decorative appeal. Bonsai trees can be grown indoors to decorate a living room, den or office or left in the garden for an exotic look....

Ancient Fig Trees Through History
The fig tree, ‘Ficus carica,’ possibly originated in Northern Asia according to archeological fossil records. Spanish missionaries brought it to the United States in 1520. Historical Sumerian tablets record the use and...

The Bonsai Braided Money Plant Tree
Bonsai trees can be a great hobby and a wonderful way to add interest to your garden or inside your home. They take a minimal of care and the ability to train and prune them can be a great creative outlet. Not all bonsai trees...

The Art Of Japanese Bonsai
The Japanese refined and developed Bonsai techniques and evolved the art form it is today. For the Japanese, bonsai represents a fusion of strong ancient beliefs with the Eastern philosophies of the harmony between man, the...

Palm Trees For Sale
More than a thousand varieties of palms are found in the United States, and all these are available in the market as seedlings, potted plants or fully grown trees that can be directly transplanted to your home. Buying at each...

Terrace Gardening And Landscaping Ideas
Terraces present wonderful possibilities in the garden. They are outdoor living rooms during good weather and form a transition from the outdoors to the indoors throughout the year.The terrace may be either at ground level,...

The Best of the Yellow-Blooming Magnolias
The first magnolia tree was discovered in 1703 and was named for Pierre Magnol, a French botanist. Over the next 250 years dozens of species were discovered and hundreds of hybrids introduced, all with blooms in various shades...

Rev Up Your Curb Appeal - Plant a Ginkgo Tree
While it’s great to spend all your time and money improving the interior of your home, don’t forget about the exterior and gardens, especially if you’re looking to sell sometime in the future. After all, this is where first...

Nepeta Faassenii 'Kit Kat'
Finally a Truly Compact Nepeta!As a group, the various forms of Nepeta faassenii, commonly called Catmint, have a lot going for them. They are long-lived, easy-to-grow, drought tolerant and long-blooming. The deer don't like the

Designing A Year-Round Garden
All great gardens have one thing in common. That is, they offer something during each of the four seasons. Through spring and summer the colorful flowers of perennials, annuals and flowering trees and shrubs are the focal point...

Palm Trees Suitable For Containers Used Outside And Inside Your Home Or Office
Dioon (Gum) Palm Tree - Dioon spinulosumGiant Dioon is technically a cycad of pre-historical origin, and the Dioon palm tree can grow up to 1 ½ ft. in diameter with a Dioon trunk growing twelve feet tall. The bright waxy-green...

What are the Most Popular Rhododendrons?
The first Rhododendron to be classified and named was Rhododendron hirsutum. It was discovered by the 16th century Flemish botanist, Charles l'Ecluse. When it was introduced to Britain in 1656 from the European Alps,...

Crape Myrtle 'Hopi'
The most winter hardy Crape Myrtle of all. Crape Myrtles (Lagerstroemia) are known to be the longest blooming deciduous trees in existence, creating extended periods of striking summer color. This, combined with their alluring...

Enhance Your Walk-Through Garden with Wind Chimes
Whether oriental in design, or a Southwest festival of color and flora variety, you can enhance your walkthrough garden with the use of wind chimes.Nothing more perfectly enhances the garden yard décor and stimulates the...

A New Colorful Life to Old Ground
A patch of barren soil in your garden can be a sore sight in your garden. The simplest solution is to grow grass on it. Grass is sturdy, easy to maintain, trafficable, and kids like to play on it too. It does not need a lot of...

Wilted Hangups
Well-dressed porches everywhere wear colorful hanging baskets and fantastic mixed containers for summer. Even if the occupant’s budget only allows one 10” pot hanging pot there will be brilliant color somewhere on that porch....

Great Looking Desert Evergeen Shrubs
Agave or Mescal (spanish): This plant is a beautiful succulent and primarily used for desert landscaping. Very little watering and care it likes gravelly soil and full sun. Several varieties including the americana, parryi and...

Daylily "Red Hot Returns"
Finally -- A Red, Reblooming Daylily!Everyone loves a daylily. As one of the best performers in the perennial garden, daylilies are known for being hardy, carefree and profuse bloomers. Daylilies are available in a wide range of

Fast Growing Trees To Avoid
If you're like most homeowners, you'd prefer to plant trees that will give you results as quickly as possible. There's nothing wrong with that as long as you select your trees carefully. Be aware that some less-than-scrupulous...

The Art of Japanese Bonsai
The Japanese refined and developed Bonsai techniques and evolved the art form it is today. For the Japanese, bonsai represents a fusion of strong ancient beliefs with the Eastern philosophies of the harmony between man, the...

Plant And Grow A Cold Hardy Windmill Palm Tree
The Windmill palm, Trachycarpus fortunei, tree has been extrensively planted and grown during the last five years in most Northern States and in Canada, much to the incredulous surprise of environmentalists and climatologists....

History Of The Jujube Tree
Chinese poets spoke about the wonderful jujube in 600 BC. The fruit of the jujube has been used in ancient Chinese medicine for many nutritional remedies for 2500 years. Jujubes were used by Gerard in Europe as a medicinal herb...

Aperitif Hybrid Tea Rose
The latter part of last summer was hot and droughty in Westminster. I went to look at a garden, locally, on top of a windy hill that is quite exposed to the worst of winter's harshness. Included was a small rose garden. Due to...

How To Use Crepe Myrtles To Transform Your Backyards Into A Peaceful Sanctuary
Today's backyard is more than just a place where the lawn needs mowing. It can be a dynamic living space, an extension of the home where you can indulge in your favorite activities. For many, the backyard has come to symbolize...

Cornus Mas 'Golden Glory'
A true Dogwood with the common name 'Cornelian Cherry.' Isn't that confusing? This week we are featuring Cornus mas 'Golden Glory' - a beautiful, early spring flowering tree or shrub that brightens the last days of winter and an

'Northern Encore' Tree Rose
Finally a Winter-Hardy Tree Rose for the Northern Gardener Tree roses are amongst the most dramatic plants that one can add to his or her garden. In the South, they are used frequently to line walkways, in containers on patios...

Wilted Hangups
Well-dressed porches everywhere wear colorful hanging baskets and fantastic mixed containers for summer. Even if the occupant’s budget only allows one 10” pot hanging pot there will be brilliant color somewhere on that porch....

New Crape Myrtle Trees Flourish in Both Northern and Southern Climates
If you really want to give the gift of color this holiday season, skip the clothing and jewelry and instead consider a crape myrtle tree for your home and garden. These fast growing trees are very ornamental, with clusters of...

The Benefits of Cedar and Teak Outdoor Furniture
There are many things you should take into consideration when selecting your outdoor furniture. For instance, you need to figure out how much upkeep is involved with each type of furniture, and how long the piece will last...

History Of Blackberry Plants
Blackberries were perceived by the ancient cultures as being a wild plant, and historical accounts for a backyard culture of blackberry bushes are few. The Greeks used the blackberry as a remedy for Gout, and the Romans made a...

Challenges Faced By Australian Farm Hobbyist
Spring time in Victoria is the certainly the most beautiful season. Unfortunately the weather is frequently windy and changeable. Without windbreaks plants will quickly be damaged and young plantings are literally torn out of...

Windmill Palm Trees, Tropical Accent Plants, Cold Hardy for Northern United States and Canada
The Cold Hardy Windmill Fan Palm tree originated on the island of Chusan off the east coast of China, and the Windmill palm tree is frequently called the Chinese or Chusan Fan Palm. Robert Fortune smuggled Windmill palm plants...

The 2006 Perennial Plant of the Year
The Perennial Plant Association has picked Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch' as its 2006 Perennial Plant of the Year. The cultivar name is English for 'Feuerhexe' - the original German cultivar name. The common name for...

Rugosa Roses - Fragrant, Tough and Handsome Shrub Roses
Rugosa Roses are some of the toughest and most handsome shrub roses available. They are fragrant, black spot and mildew resistant and are vigorous growers - blooming recurrently throughout the season. Rugosa Roses can be...

Quickly Grow a Natural Privacy Screen or Sound Barrier
The Perfect Fast-Growing Evergreen Screen This week we are featuring an evergreen that is not only fast growing, beautiful and low-maintenance, but supplies the ideal privacy screen - 'Thuja 'Steeplechase.' 'Steeplechase' is a...

Types Of Palm Trees
There are more than 2,500 species of palm trees in different parts of the world and most are available in the United States. Some of the most common species found in Florida and California include the Florida Royal Palm,...

Raising Roses and Your Climate Zone
To become a proud owner of a beautiful rose garden this year, one of the first things you should research what climate zone you are in. It may be nice to know that your yard will receive lots of sunshine. But, one of the key...

A Traipse Through the Tulips
Flowering bulbs can change your garden from being merely a plot of dirt and rocks adorned with a few scraggly plants to being an absolute showplace, with splashes of brilliant color. Bulbs provide a good investment in terms of...

Viburnum Summer Snowflake
A Repeat Blooming Doublefile ViburnumRepeat blooming plants are the hottest plants for gardening today - and for good reason. Whether it is hydrangeas, daylilies or iris, with today's smaller gardens, the desire is for more...

The Great History of Roses
“It was roses, roses all the way.”- Robert Browning “What's in a name? That which we call a rose; By any other name would smell as sweet.” - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 scene 2

I Hate My Neighbors - Blocking Your View From The Next Door Neighbors
Shrubs and or trees that will block your view from the neighbors.I hate looking at my neighbors junk! What can I plant that will block my view? Those comments are frequently asked almost on a daily basis working at Guzman's...

Sampler of Rare Fruits for Fun or Profit
Here is a sampler of unusual fruits showing up on temperate climate farms and in nurseries. Their rarity in your location, of course, depends on your growing region.Sea Buckthorn (Hipprophae rhamnoides)A very productive northern f

Bring on the Margaritas - Growing Container Citrus Indoors and Outdoors
Even if you do not live in Florida or California and have less than suitable conditions or space is an issue you can still enjoy citrus trees - grow them in containers for use outdoors on the patio or as a houseplant.If you are...

Beetroot Growing Guide
Beetroot the vegetable is eaten cold by many as it adds good amount of tasty splash of deep red to any summer salad. You can also consume hot beetroot with an amount of hot sauce to spice up the salt-sugar taste. Many make...

Important First Steps In How To Care For Bonsai Trees
The care for bonsai trees is a great hobby. However, for a lot of beginners, they find their newly acquired bonsai dead within the first couple of weeks after bringing them home. Bonsai trees are very sensitive to their...

How To Plant And Care For Geraniums
Geraniums have long been a popular plant for both outdoor and indoor use.The common geranium can be grown in beds or containers and will do well in either. The ivy leafed geranium is a natural for hanging planters. The Regal or...

A Pot of Pastel Colours for Summer
Buck the trend for hot sizzling summer colours and opt for cool pastels instead.Osteospermum There are lots of little osteospermums in garden centres and nurseries in the summer months of May June and heaps of colour choice....

Three Essential Tips In Caring For Bamboo
Caring for bamboo is not a tough experience once the plant has become established. It's in the initial stages that some well worn rules need to be followed to ensure your plant survives.Caring For Bamboo PlantsIn recent years,...

History Of The Jujube Tree
Chinese poets spoke about the wonderful jujube in 600 BC. The fruit of the jujube has been used in ancient Chinese medicine for many nutritional remedies for 2500 years. Jujubes were used by Gerard in Europe as a medicinal herb...

Aucuba Japonica 'Gold Dust'
All gardens have problem spots - those areas where it seems that nothing will grow. Often, this tends to be in the shade - either under a large tree or the eves of a house. This week we are featuring an evergreen that will...

The Not So Common Day Lily
For many people, when asked to name their favorite flower, it will be the rose. Roses bloom for about a month in June, then in September they will re-bloom at about half strength. Roses are beautiful and last a long time when...

Hedging for Shade, Discover Why Laurel is a Great Choice
Sizes and usesPrunus laurocerasus is commonly known as the Cherry laurel or English laurel. It is quite frequently confused with Laurus noblis (bay laurel or Grecian laurel), which is the victory laurel of ancient Greece.A...

Common Morning Glory
Ipomoea purpurea Family - Convolvulaceae - Morning Glory FamilyThe Morning Glory is an old fashioned favorite which should find a spot in most flower gardens. The flowers shimmer in the morning sun, almost luminescent with...

Growinig Water Lilies
A garden pool filled with water lilies is a spectacular sight. With elegant flowers that open their blooms each morning to greet the sun, and then closing again in the evening, they are exquisitely beautiful.Although many...

A Touch of Elegance: The Very Best Outdoor Decor
You can put in a cement walkway or build a walkway with pebbles or small stones—plant flowers, choose beautiful patio furniture, whatever reflects your taste best. And you can usually find good outdoor decorative items for...

How to Grow Jerusalem Artichokes
Jerusalem ArtichokesAlso known as Sunchoke. The fresh tuber tastes like a water chestnut; it can be used in salads or cooked in the same way as potatoes. It is a member of the sunflower family. Sprouting tubers must not be...

A Choice New Hydrangea With Variegated Foliage
At Carroll Gardens, we can't get enough of the breakthrough hydrangeas that have been introduced over the past few years. Beginning with the 'Endless Summer' Hydrangea in 2003, we have seen such choice introductions as 'Forever...

The Ancient History Of Berry Improvement
Many of the berries grown today commercially were recently hybridized from wild berry plants and bushes that grew as native plants on many continents since ancient historical times, such as the strawberry plants, blueberry...

William Baffin Climbing Rose
Dramatically Change Your Garden with a Climbing RoseThere is no investment, for less money, that will so dramatically change the appearance of a garden or landscape than a properly placed climbing rose. You can probably recall a

Growing And Caring For Rhododendrons And Azaleas
Azaleas can be either evergreen or deciduous. Deciduous Azaleas are known as Mollis or Exbury Azaleas. They bloom in the early spring with vivid orange and yellow colors. They can be grown from seed if the seeds are collected...

Beautiful Drought Tolerant Trees
Beautiful Southwestern Shade and Ornamental Trees. Looking for low water type trees? Check out descriptions below. Many are evergreen and some have fantastic blooms and color.The Afghan Evergreen Pine Tree - Scientific Name:...

Cold Hardy Palm Trees For Northern Garden Planting
Palm trees were once thought to be suitable for planting only in tropical landscapes, however, several cold hardy palm trees occur naturally, growing in America, where snows fall during winter. The windmill palm tree,...

Clumping Cold Hardy Bamboo Plants In America
Clumping bamboo is composed of over 500 species, and is less adaptable than the running bamboo species. The vast majority of clumping bamboo species grow in the tropical, and sub-tropical regions around the world, however,...

Modern Fruit Trees Evolved From Ancient Historical Roots
The rise and fall of ancient empires has developed parallel also to the establishment and destruction of advanced fruit tree orchards. Ancient fruit trees such as olive tree orchards increased the wealth and health of nations...

Uninvited Houseguests
Many gardeners move potted plants from outdoors to indoors in the fall to protect them from winter weather. For example you may have a potted jade plant that does fine on the deck from April to September but would die if...

About Crocuses
A crocus is a well loved perennial flower that grows that grows to be 3 to 6 inches tall with yellow, purple, lavender and white cup shaped blooms. A member of the iris family, the crocus is a hardy plant that commonly blooms...

Houseplants With Attractive Foliage
Many people want to grow houseplants to cheer up that poorly lit space, but which houseplants need the least light? Rex Begonias make hardy and showy houseplants, needing little but a light, warm room. Some have gorgeous...

History Of Peach Trees, Prunus Persica
Peach trees, Prunus persica, are originally believed to have come from China to the Mideast through the trade routes known to extend to Turkey and Iran (Persia). The peach seeds could be used to plant and grow trees throughout...

Dictamnus Purpureus - A Pink Gas Plant
Almost all gardeners have remembrances of special plants from their childhood. One particular plant that I remember fondly was my father's treasured pink-flowering gas plant Dictamnus fraxinella Purpureus (also confusingly...

History Of The Guava
The early Spanish explorers of the 1500’s found Strawberry Guava, ‘Acca sellowiana O.,’ growing as a native tree in America, where they were firmly established from Mexico southward to Peru. History records that Seminole...

Daylilies are Easy to Maintain, Naturalize Effortlessly and are Nearly Pest-free
Daylilies FlowersDaylilies are colorful, easy to grow and will shine in many flower garden conditions. Daylilies are rugged, adaptable, vigorous perennials that endure in a garden for many years with little or no care....

Euphorbia Epithymoides - Cushion Spurge
The Euphorbias are a large family of plants which include the popular Poinsettia and about 1600 other species. This particular plant is a perennial which is quite at home in your flower garden. It will sometimes be found...

Easy Care Shrubs
Shrubs are essential to a successful garden. They provide fragrant flowers in the spring, lush green foliage during the summer and colorful foliage throughout the fall. Evergreens add color to the winter landscape. Shrubs give...

Growing Amaryllis Indoors
Amaryllis FlowerNothing can break the gloom, like a bloom in the dead of winter. Of all of the flowering bulbs, the Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) is the easiest to force into bloom. Amaryllis Flower fit into any color scheme with...

Bonsai Care - The Hawaiian Umbrella Tree
Bonsai trees are dwarf trees that can be a fun and creative hobby. These miniature trees are grown in containers and training and nurturing them is an artistic endeavor that can be enjoyed by most anyone.One favorite type of...

History Of Plum Trees And Their Hybrids
The documentation of ancient plums growing in antiquity is sparse. The best evidence of that oldest existence is best documented through America's most famous pomologist, Luther Burbank, who reported in his twelve volume...

Getting Started With Houseplants
Plants and flowers are a joy to behold, and they continue to be one of the major ways in which we beautiful our homes. Bringing plants into our homes, however, can be much much more than simply plunking a vase of flowers onto...

Mini-Carnations Also Know As Pinks
Mini-carnations? Depends on if it is a florist carnation, or a border carnation. They are very different. Both have limited bloomtime. Both need much deadheading to extent bloomtime. The florist carnation is not hardy.The...

Pecan Trees For the Southwest
The following pecan trees are also excellent as an ornamental tree. The best time to plant pecan trees is in February. This will help in root development as apposed to leaf, limb and trunk growth.Western Schley - This pecan...

What Happens To Hardy Tropical Plants When It Gets Too Cold?
Many people love to put their houseplants outside for the summer. A problem arises when they forget to mark the calendar and bring the plants inside before the temperatures start to drop. Plus plants need to acclimate to the...

Forever & Ever Double Pink Hydrangea
A Repeat Blooming Hydrangea with Double BloomsHydrangea Forever and Ever Double Pink is a beautiful new introduction for 2006 that comes from a Japanese breeder and is very floriferous and long-blooming.Like the widely popular...

Substitute For Popular Bonsai Species In Cold Climate
Bonsai culture offers the greatest and most beautiful tree species on this planet. Since bonsai originate from asia, most likely from China and Japan, the most popular tree’s are originating from this region.Doing bonsai...

Viburnum Dilatatum 'Cardinal Candy'
Cold hardy, disease resistant and beautiful - what more could you ask for?In the winter of 1990, the temperature at Rodney Henneke's farm in Indiana dipped to 30 degrees below zero. Henneke, a plant breeder, had grown several Vi

The Not So Common Day Lily
For many people, when asked to name their favorite flower, it will be the rose. Roses bloom for about a month in June, then in September they will re-bloom at about half strength. Roses are beautiful and last a long time when...

Growing Fruit Trees And Citrus Trees
Fruit trees can be divided broadly into two categories; citrus and deciduous. Once, every household grew several fruit trees, but now suburban blocks are much smaller and so space is limited. Citrus trees don’t take up much...

Sago Palm Care is Easy
If you want to have a beautiful Sago Palm. be certain to care for your plants properly. Cycas Revoluta. commonly known as the Sago Palm tree. is one of the oldest types of plants that exist. These unusual looking ornamental...

Do You Need Annuals Or Perennials For Your Garden
Do I Need Annual or Perennial Plants?The crocus delights us in early spring as it dares to peek through the snow and lift its face to the sun. Soon after follow tulips, narcissus, iris, lilacs… all perennials that welcome...

Fast Growing Cold Hardy Bamboo In America
Running Bamboo is the most widely grown, fast growing type of bamboo plant in the world, and is comprised of over 700 species. The most widely used and