If you need an attractive low growing plant to use as a Border to conceal the scrappily base of rosebushes or to mask the water faucet on the side of your house, try oxalis. Or if you’ve a ...
Gardening with The Sun and The Wind
You can control many planting conditions. You can add water with a hose if it does not rain. But you can’t turn the sun on if your plants need extra light or heat
This just means tha...
How to grow Trollius
Trollius
A well-grown group of troll us in full flower is a really beautiful sight. This flower belongs to the buttercup family, and it is one of the finest border plants in existence. Some know ...
Hepatica – Perennial Plant, How to grow
How to grow Hepatica Hepatica (he-pat-ik-a)
From the Greek hepar, liver, from a supposed resemblance of the leaves to that organ (Ranunculaceae). A genus of three or four species of low-gr...
Heracleum – Perennial Plant, How to grow
How to grow Heracleum
Heracleum (her-ak-le-um)
Named after Hercules who is said to have discovered the plants medicinal uses, or after heracles, a plant dedicated t...
Hesperis – Perennial Plant, How to grow
How to grow Hesperis
Hesperis (hes-per-is)
From the Greek hesperos, evening, when the flowers of some species become fragrant (Cruciferae). A genus of hardy plants includ...
Impatiens – Perennial Plant, How to grow
How to grow Impatiens
Impatiens (im-pa-she-ens)
From the Latin impatiens in reference to the way in which the seed pods of some species burst and scatter their seed when t...
Kniphofia – Perennial Plant, How to grow
Commemorating a German professor of medicine, Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, 1704-63 (Liliaceae). Red-hot pokers. These herbaceous perennials from South and East Africa and Madagascar are tolera...
Leptosyne – Perennial Plant, How to grow
How to grow Leptosyne
Leptosyne (lep-to-sy-knee)
From the Greek leptos. slender, describing the growth of these plants (Compositae). A small genus of hardy annuals and pe...
Lychnis – Perennial Plant, How to grow
How to Grow Lychnis
Lychnis (lik-nis)
From the Greek lychnos, a lamp, alluding to the brilliantly-coloured flowers (Caryophyllaceae). This small gen...