Plants To Attract Butterflies To Your Garden You may have heard that butterflies are the perfect choice for gardening. They’re beautiful, colorful, and extremely beneficial to the environment. If you want to attract butterflies to your garden, you need to know what type of plants will work best. There are many types of plants that …
When you own a garden, it is your very own slice of heaven, where you can sit back, relax to find peace and solace. The love and affection towards greenery seem to only multiply when you’re surrounded by tiny hummingbirds! These birds bring some positive vibes to our lives and smile to our faces! Hummingbirds …
What is an Annual Plant? When a plant is classified as an “annual,” it means that it has a lifespan that lasts for only one growing season. In the course of one growing season, an annual will sprout, mature, bloom/fruit, and then die, leaving behind seeds that will then be used to birth the next …
Perennial Flowers Starting With The Letter A Achillea Millefolium African Daisy Agapanthus Agastache Foeniculum Agave Americana Agave Attenuata Agave Geminiflora Ageratum Houstonianum Allium Bisceptrum Alstromeria Amaranthus Anchusa Anemone Auncus Sylvestris Aster Astilbe
“Dirt-ology” – Know Your Dirt To the average person, dirt is dirt, but to a gardener, dirt is where the magic happens in gardening! We are going to dig into some interesting information on dirt and how it relates to having a successful garden. You will never look at dirt the same way you used …
Shrub Flowers Description Height Special Conditions Amelanchier White flowers in mid to late spring A large shrub, berries in autumn, pruning not necessary but cut back in winter to restrain growth. 20ft+ Grow in semi-shade or full sun, in neutral to acid soil. Berberis Yellow flowers in late spring to summer Many varieties, ornamental foliage …
After a long, hot summer filled with gardening chores, some gardeners are tempted to ignore their outdoor garden in the fall and just let nature take its course with the dying plant life. Don’t do it! Fall is the ideal time to prepare your outdoor garden for winter and get a head start on spring …
When you look out your window at the snow-covered winter horizon, feelings of melancholy or perhaps even depression may wash over you. Winter ‘tis the season for a disorder known by the acronym SAD. Seasonal Affect Disorder (SAD) afflicts a multitude of people during the bleak, gray months of winter, and planting some evergreens with …
Potted plants have their place outdoors and indoors. Aside from the beauty of the growing plant, another attractive feature of potted plants is their portability. The growing containers allow you to re-arrange your view anytime or take the plants with you when you move. Everything from evergreen trees to tiny evergreen succulents can be grown …
Stages of Seed Germination Seed germination is the way most plants reproduce. Some reproduce via an underground root or tuber system, but for the most part, seeds will be needed to start growing any type of plant or tree. Even a mighty oak tree starts from a seed (called an acorn) that is about the …
