Wisteria Pruning in 5 Easy Steps With Photos
Wisteria
Wisterias have universal appeal, embellishing elegant townhouses and thatched country cottages with equal aplomb.
Bursting into bloom before the lime-green, pinnate foliage emerges, smothering and covering facades with a wash of dangling, fragrant, lilac tresses,...
Mulberry Tree: History And 4 Health Benefits
Mulberry Tree
Mulberry Tree, from the steppes of Central Asia and the mountain ranges of eastern China, mulberries traveled to Europe and the United States, bringing luscious dark fruits and priceless silks.
The common mulberry tree...
Quinces: How To Grow And 9 Key Steps To Success
Quinces
Unlike crisp, sweet apples and luscious, juicy pears, knobbly astringent quinces are the
ugly ducklings of the pome fruit family.
But don’t be deterred because just as the ugly duckling transforms into a graceful swan, something...
Miscanthus Sinensis: The Monarch Of Grasses
Miscanthus Sinensis
Miscanthus Sinensis is the monarch of grasses, lending grace and grandeur to any garden; while we're on the subject of garden pests, the chopped-up leaves of most ornamental grasses, including Miscanthus, are useful...
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...
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...
Tillandsia, Air Plant, 5 Easy Types You Can Try
Tillandsia, Also Known As Air Plant
Spanish moss is a flowering plant well known to fans of spooky Southern Gothic film and literature.
It has long been associated with voodoo, but Native Americans used it medicinally...
Black Pepper And Piperine, 3 Massive Benefits
Black Pepper
Most of us use it every day; many know little about pepper, a spice derived from the peppercorn, which is actually a fruit produced by the flowers of a vine.
Pepper is native to...
Feijoa: Little-known Fruit With 3 Health Perks
Feijoa: Little-known Fruit With 3 Benefits to Health
Autumn is feijoa season, and it’s time to either get your excuses ready not to accept proffered fruit or start to investigate tasty ways to eat them.
That’s...
Pepino Melon: Solanum Muricatum Plant
Pepino Melon, also called melon-pear, is native to the Anden regions of South America and is an ancient crop.
Otherwise known as Pepino Dulce, or sweet cucumber in the Spanish language, the Pepino flips from...