10 Ways To Climate Proof Your Garden
Climate Proof Your Garden
With so many of us rediscovering the immediate benefits of gardening during the coronavirus lockdown, it's easy to overlook the long-term climate change crisis.
But there are simple steps we can all...
Rosemary Plant: 7 Huge Benefits of Rosemary Tea
Rosemary Plant
I thought rosemary’s name would never change. After all, it was first mentioned about 5000 BCE.
Rosemary oil was one of the ingredients used by early Egyptians for embalming, while the Ancient Greeks and...
Spinach When To Plant And 12 Key Steps To Success
Spinach
I’m not particularly eager to over-hype individual plants, but it has to be said, spinach packs a punch in almost every essential nutritional profile you can imagine.
It is an outstanding source of minerals such...
Philodendron Micans And Other Indoor Types
Philodendron Micans And Other Indoor Types
Philodendron Micans, also known as Philodendron hederaceum var. or hederaceum. What makes philodendron micans special is their beautiful velvet finish.
In fact, the common name for the philodendron micans is...
How To Start Herb Garden: 6 Best Herbs For Cooking
How To Start Herb Garden
Herbs can be used to heal, add flavor to food, and are beautiful to look at. As many are also easy to grow, why not add some to your garden.
HERBS...
How To Grow Ginger: Easy 5 Steps To Grow It
How To Grow Ginger
Cultivated in tropical areas of Zone 9, common ginger (Zingiber officinale) plants have bamboolike deciduous leaves that grow on slender stems about four feet tall.
Ginger needs rich soil with good drainage,...
Lemon Verbena: Try The Refreshing, Citrusy Tang Of Lemon Verbena
Lovely Lemon Verbena
Lemon verbena is one of the plants that everyone should have in their garden. This verbena is not a glamorous plant, which is likely why everyone likes it.
Surely it is one thing...
Mock Orange: History And What Sort To Plant
Mock Orange
FASHION is as much a fact in gardening as it is in a dress. Plants are in and out of fashion for a bewildering number of reasons or sometimes for no reason at...
Star of Bethlehem: Distribution, Habitat, and Growth
Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)
Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) is an aggressive weed of lawns, pastures, gardens, and many no-till agriculture fields of the United States' temperate regions of the world.
Etymology
The genus name Ornithogalum...
Dogwood Tree And Shrubs: 6 Quality Tips
Dogwood Tree And Shrubs
Dogwood, also known as Cornus, is a large group of plants. There We have the fiery-stemmed shrubs, as Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ giving a lighter tone in the winter gardens, low-growing species...