Types of Garden Shrubs
Among the bewildering lists of shrubs, certain names stand out as new and unusual, or, on the other hand, tried and familiar. These include both the evergreen shrubs and deciduous types.
Care For The Salvia Plant: Flower, Medicinal and Culinary
The more than 900 species more commonly known as sages are related to Nepeta (Catmint) and Monarda (Bee Balm). The common sage The common sage Salvia officinalis is extensively grown as a culinary herb for flavoring and seasoning meats.
Garden Brick Ideas for an Attractive Landscape
Garden brick ideas can be elegant, functional, and can make your landscape even more inviting and exciting. Use bricks for walkways and garden wall designs to make your space more inviting. Line planter beds to create a garden edge in areas that break up the greenness of everything. Bricks are an excellent way to make…
Landscaping, Accenting with Garden Stones
Garden stones come in many different types available for landscape use. Each type is suited for a different use, making it important that when selecting a stone, you need to carefully choose the right type of rock or stone to enhance your garden setting.
Sansevieria makes a Very Adaptable Houseplant
The snake plant or Sansevieria pronounced (san-se-vi-ee’-ri-ah) – A genus of perennial herbs with stiff, very thick leaves, often mottled with white, and clustered flowers on slender stalks A member of the Asparagaceae Family, popularly goes by other common names. The very “politically correct” Mother-in-Law’s tongue, snake tongue and Bowstring-hemp. The snake plant makes and excellent potted plant indoors as a houseplant or outdoors. Sansevieria is undoubtedly one of the most easily recognized plants in the world.
How To Grow Forget Me Not Flower
The Forget Me Not flower, by any other name would not be so sweet to gardeners, nor would the other numerous little blue forget me not flowers affectionately given the same name by their admirers.
True forget-me-not flowers have been prized by gardeners for generations.
Perhaps the little blue flowers of the forget-me-not are cherished because they are reminiscent of gardens of the long ago childhood gardens, or those of a beloved mother or grandmother.
How To Grow And Care For Calibrachoa – Million Bells
You’ve seen the Calibrachoa, a tender perennial commonly known as “Million Bells.” You’ve enjoyed this plant in the nightshade family filling containers and baskets with bright, vibrant flowers, screaming… Look, Look, Look!
Tips For Making Landscape Mounds And Berms
Landscape mounds and berms are a great way to add interest to your yard and landscape. They’re straight forward to build if you follow these simple design guidelines. What is a Berm? Berms are raised mounds of soil, dirt or buried material. Berms adorned with appropriate shrubs, trees or flowers, are used for a variety…
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 is a warmer-weather perennial grass that can be found in a variety of natural-looking landscapes and gardens. Because of its low maintenance requirements, it is commonly planted alongside roadways and highway…
Beneficial Insects and Good Bugs For Your Garden
Here’s the deal on Beneficial Insects (aka good garden bugs). You may think all insects are pests or bugs, but that simply is not the case. There are many beneficial insects (good bugs) that would be all too happy to help you chase true bugs out of your yard and garden if you’d just give them a chance.
Climate Change Adaptation for Gardeners
Unfortunately, climate change is threatening the gardening experience. There have been changes and more changes are coming. Fortunately, gardeners can play an important role to help adapt and mitigate the climate change threat and contribute to a greener future. We discuss climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies which are in our control, things you can…
Five Easy Ways To Get Rid of Fungus in Mulch
Did you know that mulch can also create a great habitat for fungi? Many fungi are actually inherent components of this diverse, biological ecosystem. And when fungus develops on mulch, you may want to get rid of some of it. YELLOW FUNGUS is mostly just unsightly but can be left to run its course. The…
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