How To Protect Garden Plants
Garden plants are shielded against frost and drying winds in various ways. Earth is hilled around roses, boxwood, and exposed broadleaved evergreens are screened with windbreaks, and strawberries are mulched
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Try Air-layering Your Chenille Plant For Your Friends
An interesting plant worth cultivating for both bloom and foliage is Acalypha hispida, commonly known as the chenille plant. It grows wild in the Fiji Islands and Polynesia. Acalypha godseffiana,
Protect Ornamentals Nature’s Way Apply A Winter Mulch
A mulch might be described in simple terms as a soil covering. Nature intended the soil to be covered with fallen leaves and decaying or living plants. So, in its
Tropical Figs In The North
Maybe the Romans were right—the fig tree was a gift from the God of Wine. A fig tree, 6’ to 8’ feet tall and wide, with cool leaves to screen
Edible Wild Mushrooms
A speaking—and picking—acquaintance with wild mushrooms can add interest to any foray through the fields and woods and zest to the meal afterward—if you know your mushrooms. More than 4,000
Birds Bring The Garden Color And Song
Paint a picture with plants to make your home more beautiful, liveable, and enjoyable. Landscaping the home grounds introduces birds into this picture, adding colorful, living motion and the glorious
Ever Grow Pocket-size Ferns
Many dwarf ferns seem to have been fashioned especially for rock pockets. They are the loveliest of choice plants in size and their ability to serve so appealingly in softening
Plant Trees For Shade And Beauty
A well-placed tree, thoughtfully chosen, carefully planted, and lovingly nurtured, is beautiful and a fundamental contribution to any landscape plan. Trees are frequently planted to frame a home or to
Roses On Cote D’azur
Those who maintain that roses will not thrive in southern lands because the mild climate allows them too little rest have never visited the “Cote d’Azur” in southern France. Varieties
Gibberellins… A Progress Report
Biennials that flower in one instead of two years grass that stays green during the winter instead of turning brown are only two of the dramatic effects on plants caused