Garden and Caring for Plants

Growing and Caring for plants involves providing them with the right conditions to thrive, which includes attention to watering, light, soil, temperature, and occasionally pruning or fertilizing.

By consistently providing appropriate care and attention, you can help your plants thrive and enjoy the beauty and benefits they bring to your home or garden.

  • Two tulipa tarda yellow and white flowers, that look like cooked eggs

    My Spring Garden

    My spring garden is bursting with new life. Isn’t this the most glorious time of the year? I am overwhelmed by how green and…

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  • Bright pink peony flower in full bloom

    Propagating Peonies Flowers to Stand Out in Any Garden

    Peonies are a wonderful, lush addition to any garden. With their gigantic, radiant, colourful blooms and delicate greenery, they are certainly a feast for…

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  • Beautiful pink and purple fuchsia flowers on their plant

    How To Care For The Appealing Fuchsia Plant

    Our fuchsias of today still carry the original grace but the beautiful blooms are much larger and in showy colors.

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  • hardening off houseplants on a brown wooden table

    Hardening Off Plants Definition

    What is Hardening Off? Hardening Off is the act of progressively acclimating an indoor plant to the outdoors before transplanting it outside. This gradual…

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  • Pothos or Epipremnum aureum in a wicker pot

    Easy Care Pothos Plant

    The Pothos is one of the – “Best indoor plants for clean air.”

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  • Red hibiscus in our garden

    Tropical Hibiscus and Hardy Hibiscus 

    Hibiscus ornamentals include varieties that bloom profusely for months, with eye-catching blooms in a variety of colours up to 30 cm wide. Of the…

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  • gray hummingbird beside orange trumpet vine flowers

    Trumpet Vine Growth, Care and Pruning

    The trumpet vine, hummingbird vine or Trumpet Creeper vine is the common name for Campsis radicans pronounced (kamp’-sis), which belongs to the family Bignoniaceae.…

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  • Indoor starter garden with seeds in many pot

    Tomato Cotyledons and Pruning Roses

    They have their little seed leaves (tomato cotyledons) waving at me and are all reaching for the light. I am continuing to leave them…

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  • Water drops on graptopetalum plant

    Get To Know the Graptopetalum Genus

    Graptopetalum is a genus of eighteen species, and it falls under the family Crassulaceae. All species under the genus have the common names Ghost…

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  • Selective focus of a field of Marigold Flowers

    How To Grow And Care For Marigold Flowers

    The Marigold, a cheerful and easy plant to grow, and the first choice among those who want a bright and splendid natural display for…

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  • Late summer maiden grass in full bloom in a landscaped setting

    Maiden Grass: How To Care For And Use

    Maiden grass (Miscanthus sinensis gracillimus) is a rich, tall, full-bodied herbaceous perennial and hardy ornamental grass that is popular in unexpected places. Maiden grass…

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  • five koy fishes

    How to Deal with Tea Colored or Brown Water

    Fixing the tea coloration in your pond’s water requires two basic steps: get rid of the source that’s putting it in the water, and…

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  • A group of bright pink astilbes

    Awesome Astilbe – Shade, Sun and Moisture

    Astilbes are the drama queens of the shade garden. You cannot help but admire these ‘no-fuss’ divas for their beauty and grace.

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  • orange and black monarch butterfly on flower

    Choosing Plants for a Butterfly Garden

    Butterflies need two types of plants to survive: the host plant and the food plant. Attracting butterflies to your garden takes more than just…

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  • Yellowish cream colored Bill Reid rose from the Canadian Artist Series

    Prevent Black Spot On Roses

    Most people who grow roses, at one time or another will face the dreaded “black spot.” The first steps to reduce the possibility of…

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  • Bright orange orchids in full bloom

    Orchid Care Is About Recreating Habitats

    Basic orchid care attempts to recreate the habitat in which a certain variety of orchid developed. Some bloom November-December and others May-June – although…

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  • Bouquet of Gorgeous Flowers

    The Meaning of Gorgeous Flowers

    Flowers are incredible natural beings. They are delightful and emitting delicious fragrances much to everyone’s delight. But flowers also carry deep meanings to let…

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  • An elegant bouquet of striking flowers with pink lilies and rose

    On the Meaning of a Lily: Colour is Key

    Lilies are absolutely beautiful flowers that can be given as gifts. Do they symbolize something? The delightful white lily is a popular choice to…

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  • Man trimming his hedge with a perfect lawn

    How to Care for Your Lawn in the Fall

    Fall lawn care will help to make sure it is in tip-top shape for the coming winter. While many residents assume spring is the…

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  • White gardenia flower

    How To Grow and Care For Gardenia Plants

    Perfection in Nature! It happens when the beautiful waxy white flower of the Gardenia plant fills the air with its intoxicating, unmistakable fragrance. Myths…

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    Gardenia Plant Problems

    Summary: Below are a series of Gardenia problems homeowners may experience. Related: Brown tips on indoor plants Gardenia Leaves Turning Yellow The Gardenia plant…

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  • Delosperma echinatum pickle plant in a container

    How To Grow and Care for the Adorable Pickle Plant

    With its plump, little gherkin shaped leaves, Delosperma echinatum, also known as the Pickle Plant, is simply too cute for words. Come learn how to…

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  • Veggie Bites – Roses

    My next big chore is to protect my roses; I have a lot of them. All of my roses are hardy, and most are…

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  • a top view of a filed of purple new england asters

    Top Beautiful Fall Plants For Your Garden

    These 5 beautiful plants to have around this fall are in vibrant shades of yellow, orange, red with late blooms providing pops of colour.…

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