Boysenberry History And 3 Delicious Recipes
Boysenberry
What is a boysenberry?
Rudolph Boysen, a SoCal amateur horticulturist, developed the flavorful boysenberries, a mix of blackberries, raspberries, or loganberries.
Walter Knott made them popular...
Echeveria Elegans: Grow Tips And 14 Wild Plants
Echeveria Elegans
The first thing you have to get over about Echeveria Elegans is that it is not hardy. People often confuse it with Sempervivum...
Winter Melon And 2 Easy And Delicious Recipes
Winter Melon
The winter melon is available all year, but its peak season is in the summer. The name is a mystery. Bruce Cost's book "Asian Ingredients"...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...