Where: Location Planting When deciding where to plant a camellia, several leading factors must be considered. These should be determined before considering what might be termed local or personal problems.
My husband started the whole thing. One winter day, when the wind was whirling snow in sheets outside a greenhouse we were visiting, he was allowed to pick a ripe,
Did you know that pineapple (Ananas sativus) is a botanical rarity? I didn’t either until one day last April when my son, Dick’s pineapple plant, produced an exciting red-tinged bud
When you see a handsome parachute-shaped tree with millions of fern-like leaves, chances are you are looking at a mimosa, Albizia julibrissin. It is one of the most beautiful flowering
If you are looking for a distinctive plant, one that everyone doesn’t have, consider the cassias or sennas. They come from many lands. Most of them do well in the
Why not make friends and influence people by serving some exciting new citrus fruits grown on trees in your backyard? If you live in the Lower South where you can
In the coastal areas of the Upper and Middle South, most perennials are planted during November and December. But, when selecting subjects to plant now or nearer the end of
For decorating your home indoors, making it feel cool, woodsy, and rich, softening stark, harsh architectural lines, or unifying a decorative scheme—nothing rivals the beauty of graceful, green ferns. Here
Here, as everywhere, winters vary yearly and from area to area. Winter can be long, it can be short, it can be relatively mild, and it can be bitter. There
Few operations connected with gardening are more misunderstood than that of protecting for winter. Someone has remarked that attempts at winter protection injure more plants than they benefit. This is