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.

  • A rare copper hibiscus flower at Roya Botanical Garden, cultivated with proper pruning.

    Pruning Hibiscus For Best Growth

    Pruning Hibiscus benefits all varieties, but the timing and technique will differ depending on the variety and how long you plan to keep it.…

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  • Veggie Bites – Dog Strangling Vine

    The vine it must be removed as soon as it is discovered, or it will wreak havoc in your garden. Dog Strangling Vine grows…

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  • How To Grow Succulent Plants Outdoors

    Dramatic, bizarre garden succulents lend themselves perfectly to the enhancing of contemporary architecture. Once banished to the rock garden, these plants are becoming more…

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  • A young girl with a dog in a forest glen

    It was March 2020

    It was in March 2020. The streets were empty, the shops closed, people couldn’t get out. But spring did not know and the flowers…

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  • Bee pollinating a pear tree flower

    2019 Ottawa Garden Survey – Executive Summary

    This a summary of the most frequent comments received from 81 questionnaire responses received by Gardens Ottawa between February 8th and March 31st, 2019.

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  • Are Your Trees in Danger of Falling?

    If you have numerous garden trees in the backyard, it could be dangerous as they may fall down, causing a lot of damage. This…

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  • A tray of small pots holding many small and colourful succulents

    7 Awesome Reasons to Grow Succulents in Your Garden

    Some plants are more resilient and can survive with little food and moisture. They are known as succulents, and they can grow in your…

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  • Red sedum looking like its on fire

    Sedum Autumn Fire Growing And Care

    The post Sedum Autumn Fire [Autumn Fire Stonecrop] Growing And Care appeared first on Plant Care Today. Sedum “Autumn Fire” is a succulent belonging…

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  • To Everything There Is A Season – Even Plants

    The post To Everything There Is A Season – Even Plants appeared first on Plant Care Today. A time to plant, and a time…

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  • Cactus with one bright red flower

    Flowering Cactus: How To Make Cactus Bloom [All Year Round]

    The cactus flower, it can be difficult to get spiky desert cactus to bloom when you keep them as houseplants. The reason is that…

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  • Chicks and Hens succulents in a pot

    Succulent Pot in a Pot

    Create a potted succulent “floral” arrangement inside another pot.

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  • Cortaderia selloana grass by a body of water

    On Using Ornamental Grasses In The Landscape

    The many different varieties of interesting grasses provide an easy way to add color and contrast to a monochrome landscape setting. Grasses are very…

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  • A close up of a climbing hydrangea with white flowers

    Easy Care and Beauty of Climbing Hydrangeas

    The climbing Hydrangea is a woody, vine species of hydrangea belonging to the Hydrangeaceae family. The plant is native to Japan, Siberia, and the…

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  • A succulent arrangement in a pot or container

    Get Inspired to Create a Next Level Succulent Arrangement

    Succulent arrangements are long lasting creations that can be enjoyed indoors or out. This DIY video from Garden Answer will show you just how…

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  • Three green ferns against a black background

    Fern Care Guide

    Photo by: Lesley Davidson We all love ferns, they are a classic houseplant. Ferns come in all kinds of sizes, textures and colors. Yet…

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  • A sedum flower in its fall colours

    Learn How To Grow Sedum Plants

    These easy-care, low-water plants are found in the Northern Hemisphere, but some members are native to South America and Africa.

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  • A long container containing four aloe plants decorating a desk

    Succulent Ideas for your Desk

    Succulent arrangements can be chic or playful. Jurassic Park dish garden anyone?

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  • Dazzling yellow orchid

    Outdoor Orchids For Shade Gardens

    Hardy orchids are not for the faint-of-heart gardener but those who love plants have found success growing them as natives among a wildflower planting,…

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  • Pink and white Clematis plant with may flowers on a trellis.

    What Are The Best Flowering Trellis Plants?

    Choosing the ideal trellis plants that flower can be a challenging decision. There are plenty of climbing plants and flowering vines for growing on…

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  • Topiary Trees – The Lost Art of Pruning

    Topiary is found most of the time at large theme parks like Disney World because of a significant amount of time required to trim…

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  • How To Care For The Beautiful Flowering Dogwood

    The dogwood tree is an attractive tree in every season of the year. In the springtime, dogwood trees burst into full blooms blanketing the…

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  • How To Winterize Roses and Rose Bushes

    We get asked every year on: “How to prepare rose bushes for winter? How do I winterize roses?” There are many different types of…

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  • Purple Fountain Grass: How To Care For Pennisetum Setaceam

    Purple fountain grass – Pennisetum setaceum “Rubrum” is an ornamental landscape grass. Its foxtail plumes and striking burgundy foliage show up well when surrounded…

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  • The Most Common Threats To Your Trees

    Trees are an important element to your backyard landscape. Not only do trees provide much-needed shade in our increasingly urban suburbia, but their lush,…

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