Centipede Grass Growing And How To Make Centipede Grass Spread
What Is Centipede Grass
Centipede grass is a medium raw, textured, yellow-green perennial turf. It takes full sun or high pine shade for good growth, and people should not plant them under oak trees.
Centipede’s popularity...
Weeping Cherry Tree Growing And Planting Tips
Weeping Cherry Tree
Some of the season's prettiest trees are blooming, presenting a contrast in pruning styles.
Left alone, spring-flowering trees like weeping cherry tree develop long thin branches that arch and cascade downward.
Some people shorten...
Plumbago Auriculata And 1 False Medical Use
Plumbago Auriculata
Plumbago is a sprawling South African shrub that grows three feet to five feet tall on sunny, well-drained sites. Freezes damage it but recover.
Plumbago auriculata or cape plumbago is one of many ornamental shrubs...
Persimmon Tree History And 2 Valuable Varieties
Persimmon Tree
Ever tried a fruit that looked like bright orange pointed tomatoes but made your lips pucker from its bitter taste?
You might have had the pleasure of tasting an unripe Persimmon, one Redland's favorite...
Podocarpus Plant Growing And Essential Info
Podocarpus Plants
Podocarpus plants are sometimes called Japanese yews. However, they are not Taxus genus members. Their needle-like leaves, growth form, and berries are very similar to those of the yew family.
These plants are also toxic,...
Tradescantia Information Plus 19 Fine Varieties
Tradescantia Plant
Tradescantias are unfussy plants that grow almost anywhere and provide vibrant color in summer.
Tradescantia is often a welcome invader to garden borders where it readily self-seeds and can become a permanent fixture.
Known as...
Alocasia Plant Facts And 4 Easy Growing Tips
Alocasia
Alocasia odora is a wonderful landscape plant. Individual heart-shaped leaves with rounded tips can be more than 3 feet in height and width.
Leaves stick straight up, giving them prominence in the landscape. With maturity,...
Dieffenbachia: Info And 1 Deadly Hazard
Dieffenbachia Information
Dieffenbachia is an impressive large-leafed plant. It is suitable for interior landscaping that is both spacious and low in light.
Low light conditions are not a problem for Dieffenbachia, but they will eventually become...
Butter Lettuce: Info And 1 Vibrant Recipe
Butter Or Bibb Lettuce
Butter Lettuce, most credit War of 1812 veteran Maj. John Bibb with creating what we call Bibb lettuce around 1870 in his greenhouse in Frankfort, Ky.
The small, jade green lettuce was...
Polka Dot Plant: Charming And Inexpensive Plant
Polka Dot Plant
This is the correct time of the year when many gardeners seek a new houseplant to cheer them, and a fine example is the inexpensive but charming Polka Dot Plant.
Also called the...