While gardening is not for everyone, many people do enjoy maintaining a home garden or tending to a small space in the local community garden. Even though gardening is most popular during…
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How To Protect Plants From Freezing
Gardeners plant flowers, shrubs and trees that can survive in their garden during typical weather. But what can a gardener do when the weather is anything but typical? Unexpected freezes can devastate…
How to Grow and Care for Coneflower
Coneflowers are quintessential prairie plants. Native to eastern North America, they are hardy, drought-tolerant, long-blooming, and cultivated in an ever-widening range of colors. It’s hard to find a garden without at least…
Best Tips How to Grow Thyme From Cuttings Easily
Thyme is a wonderful herb with a pleasant, pungent, clover flavor. It smells like summer to us! There are both fragrant ornamental types as well as culinary thyme varieties which add a savory…
Best Caring Tips for Christmas Cactus
Because Christmas cactus plants are so easy to care for, it is not uncommon for a Christmas cactus to eventually grow to a monstrous size. While this is lovely to see, it…
How to Propagate Jasmine From Cuttings Easily
Today in this article we’ll share how to propagate jasmine from cuttings easily. Jasmines are evergreen or deciduous climbers with twining stems. They can be summer or winter flowering, with flowers that…
How To Care For Your Gardenia Plant
Today we’ll share easy tips how to care for your gardenia plant. Gardenias (Gardenia jasminoides) are tropical broadleaf evergreens, usually grown as large indoor potted specimens for the sake of their spectacular scented…
7 Great Reasons Why You Should Grow Lemon Balm
Lemon Balm is a perennial herb native to the Mediterranean, but now grows rapidly throughout the world. It’s a member of the mint family and because all mints have square stems, identifying…
5 Common Plants That Can be Highly Toxic
“Poisonous plants – can you tell me which ones are?” In this article we share 5 common plants that can be highly toxic. Most of the time our focus is on plants to provide…
6 Most Common Herb Gardening Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
Herb gardening mistakes are simple to make – and keeping your herbs healthy and tasty is easier said than done. They come with the misconception that they don’t need as much nutrition…