Cultivation
A deeply-dug well-manured soil in an open sunny position is best, but the ideal condition is when the crop follows a heavily manured one such as early potatoes. Apply a dr...
Trollius – Perennial Plant, How to grow
From the German common name trollblume, or the Latin trulleus, a basin, referring to the flower shape (Ranunculaceae). Globe-flower. A genus of 25 species of hardy perennials with large buttercu...
Stachys – Perennial Plant, How to grow
From the Greek stachus, a spike, alluding to the pointed inflorescences of this plant (Labiatae). A genus of 300 species of herbaceous perennials, annuals, and sub-shrubs, with a few shrubby spe...
Penstemon – Perennial Plant, How to grow
From the Greek pente, five, and stemon, stamen, about the five stamens (Scrophulariaceae). This genus of over 250 species of hardy and half-hardy herbaceous annuals, perennials, and sub-shrubs i...
Gardening Guide for January.
Nature reflects the color of the spirit. Beauty is not confined to a season nor to region. The gardens of Georgia or Florida are perpetually in bloom, but are they more beautiful than northern g...
Guide to Watering Houseplants – January Gardening Tips
Watering houseplants properly, checking them for spider mites regularly, and ordering seeds early are some of the gardening activities for this month.
Feel the soil of your houseplants...
Gardening tasks to Do in December
The truth is that a gardener thinks of very material things in December. He is thinking of what he wants to give some good gardener for Christmas or else what he wishes he had himself. But when ...
December Gardening
THERE may be some who think it is a little late to talk about winter protection of plants in December. Still, most growers agree that the critical tune for plants that are on the borderline o...
Feeding Birds and other December Gardening Tips
Proper placement of bird feeders, buying holiday garden gifts, and caring for poinsettias and Christmas cactus are some of the gardening activities for this month.
To encourage birds t...
Your Christmas Poinsettia Can Bloom Again
This is a question often heard shortly after the new year starts and the colorful braces on this favorite Christmas flower have begun to fade and fall leaving only the sickly yellow flowerets to...