Deadheading Tulips: Why, When, and How to Do It the Right Way
If you removing spent blooms on the tulips in your garden, they will come back as strong, healthy, and beautiful next spring. These symbols of the Netherlands have wonderful blooms, …
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15 Beautiful Dwarf Trees for Small Gardens and Landscapes
Fine, you cannot landscape your small garden with a baobab or with a massive cedar tree, but there are many dwarf varieties of certain trees will allow you to dress up your …
When, Why and How to Transplant Hydrangea Bushes
How can you safely and correctly transplant hydrangeas? They can grow into fairly big shrubs, so you can’t always keep them in a pot, or maybe your plants need a …
12 Stunning Coreopsis Varieties to Fill Your Garden with Color All Summer
Coreopsis, a.k.a. tickseed, is delicate-looking herbaceous flowering perennials or annuals with daisy-like blossoms. The flower heads have eight teethed petals, often with grooves that make them look light, almost like …
Sphagnum Moss Vs. Peat Moss: What’s the Difference? (& How to Use Each)
Both sphagnum moss and peat moss are common non soil based potting mix components in gardening. They have many common traits, and in fact did you know that they are …
15 Lucky Plants That Will Bring Good Luck, Wealth and Fortune To Your Home
All plants have a positive presence, but some lucky plants are believed to bring good luck and fortune to your home. If you have heard of Feng Shui, you will …
12 Evergreen Shrubs and Trees with Red Fruits and Berries
When winter sets in, your gardens don’t necessarily have to be bare, dreary, and devoid of color and vitality. After the leaves have fallen, trees and shrubs with red berries …
What Are These Ants Doing On My Peonies? And How To Get Ants Off Cut Flowers
Garden folklore has it that peonies “need ants to tickle the buds”, so that we can have beautiful blooms. But unfortunately it’s just a myth. Peonies bloom very well in …
10 Ornamental Trees With Red Leaves To Ignite A Real Firework Of Colors All Year Round
We imagine the foliage of trees as green – and most are – but trees with red leaves provide a interesting play of colors in your autumn and winter garden …
16 Fragrant Shrubs To Embalm Your Garden All Year Round
If the love affair between fragrant shrubs and gardeners goes back thousands of years, it is because they possess an almost magical power. A good garden is one that looks good, but an …