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Many broadleaf evergreen shrubs and conifers can be reproduced by the home gardener using cuttings of mature stems. Some plants grow roots from a cutting more readily than others do, and there are different types of cuttings, depending on the type of plant you want to duplicate. In this article, we give instructions for using…
This easy-to-grow herb attracts butterflies and hummingbirds to the country garden. While many garden herbs supply a useful quantity of leaves for tea and garnish, they fail to provide pleasing flowers and color to the garden. Pineapple sage is the exception to the rule. Not only do the fuzzy leaves have a wonderful scent and…
Building a retaining wall is one important task that can not be trivialized. If your mind is set on doing it, then you just have to see to it that it is done properly otherwise, there is a cost attached to a shoddy job done on a retaining wall which I am sure you don’t…
Shade tolerant herbs add texture to a shady spot. Success in shade gardening can be chancy if the right plants are not incorporated. There are several herbs that will fill those spots and help keep the area from looking weedy, as well as supplement the household kitchen. Herbs for Partial Shade Among the herbs that…
You will find many uses for garden rue, but will be very pleased with the medicinal properties: from relaxing tea to wound healing compresses. Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci attributed their eyesight and inner creative vision to the use of garden rue. The branches of this plant have been used at high mass to sprinkle…
There are numbers of fragrant flowers which can be used for wedding bouquets; scented flowers such as Rose, Hyacinth and Lily-of-the-Valley make highly fragrant bouquets. Brides today have a number of exotic and alternative flowers to choose from for wedding bouquets; although the style of wedding bouquets may have changed through time, popular flowers such as Rose (Rosa…
Not all trees you find in a greenhouse are good for the environment. Take exotic invasive trees — they are known to take over a landscape. Avoid them at all costs. “Invasive Exotics Take Over!” It could be the title of a science fiction movie. While invasive exotic trees are not out of this world –…
Poinsettia plants are beautiful, Christmas season flowers but poinsettias are expensive! Learn how to nurture poinsettia plants to bloom for the next Christmas season. While poinsettia plants grow wild along the roadsides in Venezuela, they require a much more delicate gardening touch to last in the colder Canadian and American climates. Gathering a number of…
Sweet almond verbena is a drought tolerant shrub for a southern garden. Perennial verbenas benefit bees and butterflies with fragrant flowers and leaves. The genus, Aloysia, includes sweet almond and lemon verbena. These plants are large shrubs when grown in southern gardens. In the north, gardeners find them useful as an annual or tender perennial. Aloysia is a…
