The allure of a flourishing home garden is undeniable, offering a sanctuary of natural beauty and tranquility just outside your doorstep. Whether you have a sprawling backyard or a small balcony...
Bee-Friendly Plants for Your Landscaping
Reports show that the population of bees has continued to fall, putting food security at risk as they play a crucial role in pollination. The fast population decline can be attributed to the con...
Growers Guide for Geum Plants
A genus of hardy herbaceous perennials, some of which are useful border plants, the dwarf species are good rock garden plants. Several are natives of the British Isles but those valued for garde...
Growers Guide for Cassia Shrub
Mostly evergreen shrubs, chiefly from tropical America, belonging to the Pea family, Leguminosae. They grow from 6-50 ft. in height, have pinnate, dark green, glossy leaves, and bear golden-yell...
Oxypetalum caeruleum – A Good Blue Tender Perennial
Oxypetalum caeruleum is a South American member of the Milkweed Family which deserves to be better known. A reference to it in an English gardening magazine aroused my interest, and in the su...
Growers Guide for Spiderwort – Tradescantia
Commemorating John Tradescant (died 1637), gardener to Charles I (Commelinaceae). A genus of 60 species of hardy perennial and greenhouse plants from North America and tropical South America. Th...
Growers Guide for Bee Balm – Monarda Plant
Named after a sixteenth-century Spanish physician and botanist, Nicholas Monardes (Labiatae). A small genus of annual and perennial herbs from North America, with fragrant leaves and flowers, re...
Growing and planting African and French Marigolds
Easily Grown Flowers for Gardens and Greenhouses
Marigolds (Tagetes ) are annuals of great decorative value during the summer and autumn months. They are natives of Mexico and Sout...
Growers Guide for Veronica – Speedwell
Origin doubtful, possibly named after St Veronica (Scrophulariaceae). Speedwell. A genus of some 300 species ‘ of hardy perennials, annuals and sub-shrubs, mainly from northern temperate r...
Growers Guide for Sweet Pea – Lathyrus
A genus of hardy annual and herbaceous perennial climbers from temperate zones and tropical mountains.
Perennial species grown today Lathyrus grandiflorus, 5 feet, rosy...