Can You Use Ground Covers Indoors?
Like the popular pachysandra, ivy, and myrtle which carpet the bare ground with green, there are indoor-style ground covers that serve the same purpose in a diminutive manner. To the
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Growing Blue Candle: How To Care For Myrtillocactus Geometrizans
Myrtillocactus geometrizans (mir-til-oh-KAK-tus, jee-oh-MET-rih-zans) is an upright cactus that becomes tree-like with age. Native to parts of Mexico, including the Chihuahuan Desert, the plant is widespread in tropical forests and
How To Harvest Your Leaves For Nutritional Benefits
Don’t burn those leaves. They are nature’s golden gift of autumn. Leaves made into leaf mold make one of the best fertilizers known. It can be used for potting or
How To Add Perfume To Your Window Garden
Forlorn as the winters outdoors are for color, they are even more lacking in the scents that delight us so much during the other seasons. How much window gardens can
How To Have Fun With Gourds
It is HARVEST TIME! An autumn chill is in the air, and ornamental gourds hang waiting to be gathered on the fence. Their striped colors of bright green and yellow
How To Have More Pyracantha: A Simple Way
Pyracantha (firethorn) has been popular in the Midwest for a long time, but the fact that this beautiful shrub resents root disturbance has restricted its wide use here as a
Big Returns From Dwarf fruits
Did you know that you can select apple trees to suit the size of your home grounds in much the same way you would choose a thoroughbred puppy? With dogs,
Growing Huernia: How To Care For Huernia
The Huernia [hew-ERN-ee-uh] genus includes perennial succulents from Southern and Eastern Africa. Although they look like they belong in the cactus family, Huernia, first described in 1810, is in the
Growing Hoodia: How To Care For Hoodia Bainii
Hoodia bainii was first described in 1878 and is a form of Hoodia gordonii. While the plant resembles a cactus plant, it is a succulent in the milkweed or Asclepiadaceae
Growing Hedgehog Cactus: How To Care For Echinocactus Grusonii
Echinocactus grusonii is a low-maintenance flowering cactus native to parts of Mexico. It was prevalent in the region of Hidalgo until the 1990s with the construction of the Zimapan Dam.