How to Make a Homegrown Hydrangea Bouquet
Want to make a bouquet with your beautiful garden hydrangeas? Here's how to do it like a pro and keep those wonderful flowers from wilting. Are your hydrangeas in full bloom and ready to cut? If so, gather your supplies. The best times for ... [... more]
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How to Grow Rosemary
Rosemary is one of the most versatile plants for the garden. It is beautiful, colorful, smells great, is drought-resistant, and you can even cook with it! (Not to mention how great your dog or cat will smell after wandering through some of ... [... more]
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How to get your plants and gardens GREEN and growing ...
Want more blooms on your rose bushes,fewer yellow leaves on tomato plants, and a less "brown" lawn?? These problems might be due to a lack of magnesium in the soil, keeping the root systems from absorbing needed nutrients. Here are some great .. [... more]
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How to Graft Camelias
Camellias grown from seed or cuttings can take up to 6 years to begin producing flowers. Grafting, on the other hand, will often produce a flowering shrub in 1-2 years. Grafting is the process of fusing the plant you wish to propagate onto the ... [... more]
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How to Grow Barberry
The barberry (Berberis) is a hardy workhorse of the garden. The shrub's slow, uniform growth rate keeps maintenance requirements low and its thorns make it an ideal choice for a barrier or foundation plant. Dramatic fall leaf and berry color add ... [... more]
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How to Grow Holly Cuttings
Propagating a new holly plant is quick, simple and low-cost. Learn how to grow a holly plant through the winter. Select a strong, healthy holly branch of the desired plant variety. There are many different varieties of holly, from American to ... [... more]
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How to Store Mountain Laurel Seeds
Properly harvesting and saving mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) seeds is a simple process which will allow you to easily propagate your own mountain laurel plants. Collect ripe mountain laurel seeds pods. Depending upon where you live these may ... [... more]
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How to Transplant Shrubs and small Trees.
Sometimes it has to happen. The plant is getting to big; it doesn't look good in that spot; I hate that plant and a friend wants it; I'm going to save it from a sure death and plant it in my own yard; or you're like me and you're always tweaking ... [... more]
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How to Attract the Monarch Butterfly
Butterflies need plants that will feed their larval forms and flowers that will sustain their adult (flying) forms. They also need sunshine and water. If you can provide for their needs, you will find it easy to attract them to your garden. The ... [... more]
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How to Avoid Winter Salt Damage on Plants
Frost is in the air and that means icy roads are sure to follow. Before you cut open that bag of snow-melt learn how to save and protect your landscaping investment. Salt burns the roots of plants. It's that simple! The damage might not be ... [... more]
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How to Start a Garden for Free
There is nothing more impressive than a beautiful garden. A beautiful garden can also mean dishing out hundreds of dollars. There are some simple ways to get everything you need to have a garden filled with free plants! How to Start a Garden for ... [... more]
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How to Grow Desert Bird of Paradise Plants (Caesalpinia)
Now here is a family of extremely showy plants that everyone who lives in a warm climate should know about. They are easy and stunningly beautiful. Some even tolerate desert-like conditions and still offer up flowers worthy of the most colorful ... [... more]
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