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With their classic white petals and sunny centers, Shasta daisies are a cherished flower for cottage gardens. These beauties bloom all summer long and make cheerful cut flowers. Growing Shasta daisies from seed is an easy and rewarding way to add this garden staple to your yard. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk through everything … Read more
My mom took my siblings and me to see Disney’s Pete’s Dragon when I was a kid. It was a musical fantasy movie with a big green dragon named Elliott who could disappear. I fell in love with Elliott’s expressive face, floppy ears and pink tuft of hair. After many years, I was looking through … Read more
The lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus radicans) is a popular, striking, evergreen perennial, often grown as a houseplant. It gets its name from its vibrant red, tubular flowers that resemble a tube of lipstick. In the tropical areas where it lives naturally, this species grows on tree branches and in cracks in rocks. As a houseplant, it … Read more
As a tomato grower, few things are more frustrating than walking out to your garden and finding swarms of small black bugs crawling over your prized plants. While the tomato hornworm tends to get most of the attention, there are a variety of other insect pests that can infest your tomato patch. Learning to properly … Read more
Morning glory vines bring old-fashioned charm and a quaint cottage feeling to any garden. But if you don’t have time to care for a plant that spreads seeds quickly, you might not want to put it in your garden. They can quickly get out of hand. They will quickly hide behind a fence, pergola, or … Read more
Jasmine (Jasminum spp. ) is a lovely vine to grow in warm and mild climates. It comes in bush and vine forms and produces delicate, fragrant flowers with glossy green leaves. To make a pretty garden wall or privacy screen, teach jasmine to climb a fence, trellis, or other similar structure. Without training, the vine … Read more
New Guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri) provide a spectacle of blooms in any sunny garden location. Like their cousins the common impatiens, which likes to grow in shade, the New Guinea impatiens grow in small groups of leaves with lots of colorful flowers. These plants will bloom early in the season if planted right after the … Read more
When maintaining your landscaping, one of the most important projects you’ll do in the spring is mulching. People often ask if they should remove mulch from the previous year before putting down a fresh layer. Surprisingly, many gardeners answer this question with a resounding “no!”. As a passionate gardener, I use mulch liberally to suppress … Read more
As a gardener and nature lover, I frequently find myself covered in tiny green seeds that cling to my clothing after spending time outdoors These pesky “hitchhikers” can be frustrating, spreading invasive plants and ruining clothes However, the more I learn about them, the more fascinating I find their ingenious methods of dispersal. The most … Read more
Oxalis, also known as shamrock plants, are prized for their colorful foliage that comes in shades of green, purple, pink, and more However, these plants sometimes develop unpleasant white spots on their leaves that can take away from their beauty White spots or markings on oxalis are usually a sign of an underlying issue. Here … Read more