Viola ( Huntercombe Purple Viola )

The cultivar , ‘ Huntercombe Purple ’ is an evergreen plant perennial with stems that are upright , with eggs - shaped and toothed leave to 1 in long . Abundant with rich violet - purplish flowers , blooming in leaping and summer , with spurs to 1/4 in long . Google Plant Images : sink in here ! Characteristics Requirements Plant Care Fertilizing Light Pinching is removing the prow wind of a untried plant to further branching ....

November 12, 2024 · 13 min · 2763 words · Matthew Anderson

Why Every Garden Needs Bats: Nature’s Pest Patrol

Bats are more than just mysterious creatures of the night ; they are invaluable allies in maintaining a healthy and flourishing garden . Here ’s why you should view welcome these nocturnal visitors into your railway yard . 1. They Devour Garden Pests A single cricket bat can consume up to 1,000 insects in just one minute . Imagine the garden benefits of such a voracious appetite ! By eating mosquitoes , mallet , moth , and leafhopper , bats provide an all - natural , extremely efficient option to chemical substance pesticide ....

November 12, 2024 · 5 min · 1033 words · Michael Johnson

Begonia Mid-nite Melody ( Mid-nite Melody Begonia )

Begonias are tender perennials , grow for their colorful flowers and foliage . Most begonias can be uprise outdoors in pots , in the earth , or in hanging basket in filtrate brightness and moist , but well run out soil . Where not hardy , grow as annuals or indoors as houseplants . Most begonias can be propagated from leaf , fore or rootstock cuttings in addition to being sown from seed ....

November 11, 2024 · 21 min · 4277 words · Dr. Lauren Pierce

Landscaping Design: 6 Stunning Backyard Layout Ideas

Summary transform your backyard into a stunning and functional space starts with creativebackyard layout ideas . Whether you foresee a quiet garden nook , an out-of-door dining field , or a lively resort area for the kids , creativelandscaping designbrings your dream space to spirit . From entertaining Guest to enjoy solitary moment in nature , every backyard design choice contribute to your outdoor life surroundings . Why Stunning Backyard Layouts Matter A well - designed backyard is n’t just about appearance ; it improves how you live and use your space day by day ....

November 11, 2024 · 5 min · 979 words · Mr. Mark Velasquez

Rhododendron hybrida ( Mrs. Emil Hager Robin Hill Azalea )

The Robin Hills are a wonderful chemical group of tardy - spring blooming azaleas turn for their gravid , showy , pastel - gloss , funnel shape - work efflorescence and Satsuki Azalea - type physique . Hardy down to around 10 to 0 degrees Fahrenheit , these mid - size azaleas are good at the front of the border or in smaller garden where many azaleas rapidly outgrow their space ....

November 11, 2024 · 23 min · 4717 words · Katherine Gonzalez

Silene hookeri ( Hookers Campion )

This is a shortsighted , spreading , deciduous perennial with tufts of intermediate green , lance - shaped leaves , up to 3″ long , which are covered with grayish hairs . Late summer borne , Dianthus - like flowers are solitary , clean pink with white , lobate petals , to 2 1/2″ wide . Grows to 2″ improbable and spreads 6″. This delicate flora is easy to acquire and is at nursing home in the forest or rock garden in acid , well - drain soil that does not receive much winter wet ....

November 11, 2024 · 9 min · 1903 words · Christopher Rodriguez

Taking cuttings of verbena hastata

multiplication This plant is new to me this class . It is a cousin-german of bungalow garden favourite , vervain bonariensis . I buy 10 as bareroots last wintertime and they have grown on very nicely . As is often the case when I ’m confronted with a nicely growing plant life , I inquire whether they would be comfortable to propagate . I took a few stems . I was a little worried as the base are kind of empty , not usually gentle to root ....

November 11, 2024 · 2 min · 291 words · Marc Baker

Growing Useful Plants: An Interview With a Woman’s Garden Author Tanya Anderson

One garden may not appear like the next ! In Tanya Anderson ’s tardy book , A Woman ’s Garden , she explores the many different kinds of useful garden and the women behind them . Join me in my conversation with Tanya all about her Word of God and living behind being Lovely Greens . I ’ve long been a devotee ofLovely Greensand the charwoman behind the name , Tanya Anderson !...

November 10, 2024 · 11 min · 2133 words · Chelsey Lewis

Lycopersicon esculentum ( Prairie Fire Tomato )

‘ Prarie Fire ’ is generally ready for harvest 65 years after sow . Fruits are 1.5 to 2 inches in diam , and good for canning and fade . industrial plant are definitive and vigorous . The two main maturation habits of love apple are definitive ( stops farm when end buds set fruit , crop is produced all at once – bush type ) and indeterminate ( continue to grow and coiffure fruit – vine type)Tomatoes command full sun and farm best when day temperatures are between 65 and 85 grade ....

November 10, 2024 · 8 min · 1661 words · Michele Mcknight

Sparganium ramosum ( Burr Reed )

( Plant width : indefinite ) Vigorous and upright , sometimes be adrift or deluge , semi - evergreen , rhizomatous perennial with linear parting . peak transfix with greenish brown flowers blossom in summer followed by conical , prickly brown fruit . Google Plant Images : click here ! Characteristics Requirements Plant Care Fertilizing Light Watering Planting As perennials establish , it is important to prune them back and thin them out occasionally ....

November 10, 2024 · 3 min · 629 words · Kevin Butler

Fall-Blooming Bulbs and Other Late-Season Oddities

We are reprinting Pat Chadwick ’s fantabulous article on crepuscle - bloom bulbs from 2016 . If you design it right , you could have a medulla of some sort in peak throughout the entire grow season . We ’re all familiar with daffodils , tulips , crocus , hyacinth and a host of venial bulbs that typically brighten the belated winter and bounce landscapes . In summer , we are blessed with warm conditions alliums , caladiums , elephant ears , gladiolus , Liatris , and lily of various variety ....

November 8, 2024 · 11 min · 2222 words · Jessica Martinez DDS

A Year of New-Home Landscaping and What I’ve Learned

After l listened to a webinar with Doug Tallamy ( 2/19/21 ) , expert in insect and plant interrelationships and source ofBringing Nature HomeandNature ’s Best Hope , I started to alter my position on setting out a newfangled garden design . My original end for refashion the mid-90s landscape painting was to use native plantings to make a low - maintenance pattern , and that ’s still my destination ....

November 6, 2024 · 19 min · 3936 words · Andrew Duarte

Plants That Don’t Need Drainage: Over 10 Amazing Types

Table of Contents Sharing is caring ! Last Updated on February 7 , 2023 by Plants that do n’t postulate drain holes are a fussy person ’s in force friend and the idealistic decor as they seamlessly go on each ledge , table , or windowpane . Pots with drainage holes come with saucers and can make a mess more often than not , especially if you have pets around ....

November 6, 2024 · 10 min · 1984 words · Joseph Boyle