If you're like most people with a gardening interest, you want bright, colorful flowers during warmer weather and the good news is, it's extremely easy. In this article we want to tell you about the 6 best annuals for sun, especially if you're a beginner, and how you can get that professional look in...
If you are gardener these days, besides challenges of keeping plants growing and watered, there are also the challenges of critters eating your plants, and most commonly deer. Fighting with the deer can be very stressful. We know. We've been doing it for years too. All of your hard earned money and time on...
Growth: 6-10 Inches Height Light: Partial Sun Planting Zones: 9-11 As A Perennial, An Annual In All Other Zones One variety of begonia, the tuberous begonia, is a very attractive plant - maybe one of the most attractive out of all the begonia varieties. This is because of the flowers, are beautiful, big and...
Growth: 2 Feet Wide By 2-3 Feet High Light: Full Shade To Partial Filtered Sun Planting Zones: 10-11 As A Perennial, An Annual In All Other Zones Of all the begonia varieties, the dragon wing begonia is one of the most unique. It's uses, care and pruning can be unique as well. In our...
Just in case you didn't know, composting is a great idea. If you're reading this article, we know you've been wanting to do it but don't know how. If this is you, we've got the definitive guide for how to start composting and why you should do it. The why is easy to expain....
If you're reading this and want to get some flower bed ideas for the front of your house, we have some good news. You've come to the right place. Of course you can do an internet search and find lots of images of houses and their front gardens and we'd certainly recommend you do...
As begonias go, there is nothing wrong with choosing them for a showy splash of color, no matter where your gardens are located. Heck, you don't even have to plant them in gardens. They look just as nice in pots, hanging baskets, or other planters. The question then becomes, which types of begonias are...
Growth: 2-3 feet Light: Full Sun To Partial Shade Zones: 5-7 Cranberry Cotoneaster is one of those plants that gets a lot of notice when it's planted in someone's gardens. Indeed, it can be quite showy, especially in the fall (more on that in a minute). This variety of contoneaster grows low, mostly about...
One of the challenges that many homeowners face - and one that we've seen many times - is how to landscape around trees; either in the middle of their yards or in their gardens. We've seen all kinds of things, from doing nothing and letting weeds grow, to putting large rocks around them and...
