Lavender is a very versatile, underappreciated plant. Its flowers add beauty to your garden and smell wonderful in your home. Dried lavender makes wonderful wreaths, and lavender is a delicious…
Lavender plants provide a spectacular backdrop of colour to the home garden. Lavender also is highly sought after for the pleasant aroma produced by the flowers. While generally hardy, lavender…
Lavender plants are available in several shades, and offer a sweet smelling addition to any garden or flower bed. Geographic areas in the zone 5 and zone 8 regions of…
Flies are annoying little insects that love to spend time in bacteria-laden areas, such as garbage dumps and rotting piles, so the last place you want to find them is…
Busy Lizzies, also called impatiens or touch-me-nots, feature brightly-colored flowers with small, heart-shaped petals. They grow in clumps of glossy green leaves and range in color from bright pink and…
The iris is a surprisingly tough plant and easy to grow. It is the ideal plant for flower gardens as it blooms after spring flowers but before the summer flowers.…
Iris is an easy-to-grow perennial. Flowers grow on slender stems with green dagger leaves. Iris bloom in rainbow colors from white or yellow to maroon and purple. Over 200 varieties…
Crocuses are pleasant reminders that spring is well on its way and winter will soon be a thing of the past. As an early bloomer, crocuses are long-standing garden favorites,…
Daffodils can sometimes stop blooming for a specific reason. When they stop blooming, it’s called going “blind”. The 4 main causes are:
This video shows how to feed your orchid for best results and repeat blooms. Besides light, water, humidity and temperature requirements orchids need a good fertilzer, to get not just…