BOG GARDEN If there is a very damp position in the garden it may be used as the site of a bog garden for the cultivation of those plants which grow in moist or swampy ground in their native habitats. […]
Growing Ferns Blechnum
X Sitemap BLECHNUM (Blech’num). Handsome ferns which are found wild in Brazil, the West Indies and other warm and temperate countries. Some kinds are of dwarf tufted growth while others, which grow about 4 ft. high, are Tree Ferns. Those […]
Growing and cutting Bouvardi shrubs
X Sitemap BOUVARDIA (Bouvar’dia). Dwarf greenhouse flowering shrubs, from South America, which belong to the family Rubiaceae. They have slender upright stems, furnished with small green leaves and terminated by clusters of red, pink or white, single or double flowers […]
Greenhouse Ferns Davallia Garden Plants Design Information
X Sitemap DAVALLIA — Hare’s–foot Fern (Davall’ia). Greenhouse Ferns, most of which have fleshy rhizomes that creep over the surface of the soil: the rhizomes are covered with silvery white or brown hairy scales. They have finely divided fronds which […]
Dendrobium Orchid Garden Plants Design Information
Dendrobium These Need a Warm Greenhouse for Their Successful Cultivation A large and popular group of greenhouse Orchids found wild throughout the East, in Ceylon, Burma, India, Australia, the Philippines, and in parts of China and Japan. Each kind has […]
Daphne Garden Plant Design Information
Daphne DAPHNE (Daph’ne). Evergreen and leaf-losing shrubs, many of them of dwarf growth, which bear attractive fragrant flowers. They belong to the Mezereum family, Thymelaeaceae. Many kinds are found wild in Europe and Asia, some of them in Alpine regions, […]
Caring for Birch Trees – Betula
BETULA or BIRCH Graceful Trees for Garden and Landscape Planting Hardy, leaf-losing trees and shrubs which give their name to the family Betulaceae. Various kinds are found wild in Europe, Asia and North America and are distinguished by their graceful […]
CALOCHORTUS Mariposa Lily, Globe Tulip
CALOCHORTUS — Mariposa Lily, Globe Tulip(Calochor’tus) Beautiful flowering bulbs from western America which belong to the Lily family, Liliaceae. The flowers, which are borne on erect stems, 12-15 in. high, are very showy. Calochortus is derived from the Greek, kalos, […]
CALLISTEPHUS or ANNUAL ASTER Growing and care
CALLISTEPHUS or ANNUAL ASTER Good Culture Is Needed to Produce Fine Flowers (Calli’stephus; Callist ‘phus). A favorite annual which is in full beauty in August and September. It is represented by numerous beautiful single and dou hie-flowered varieties of varied […]
Cacti – A guide for successful growing
CACTI: FOR GREENHOUSE, WINDOW GARDEN AND OUTDOORS The collective name commonly used to describe the various members of the family Cactaceae is Cacti. These plants are primarily native to the Americas, especially Lower California, Texas, and Mexico south to Chile, […]