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carpenteria californica

Carpenteria Californica, superb white color

Shrubs
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Chamaecyparis, the Lawson false cypress

Trees and shrubs
mahonia winter

Mahonia, blazing gold from New Year’s to Spring

Shrubs
Saw palmetto health benefits

Saw palmetto berries: traditional uses, forms and cautions

Health
Flowers of the pieris shrub

4 seasons Pieris

Shrubs
Horsetail growing and care

Horsetail, mesmerizing ornamental patterns

Perennials
Lupine is clearly among the most blue flowers possible

Blue in the garden

Garden Flowers
Yellow-blooming osmanthus

Osmanthus, beautiful fragrant blooming

Shrubs
Treating infections with plants

Plants for chesty coughs and irritated skin: traditional uses and how to prepare them

Health
nemesis flower

Nemesis, a profusion of flowers

Annuals and biennials
Diascia planting

Diascia, a flower that deserves to be rediscovered

Annuals and biennials
Majestic orchid scenery

Majestic orchids

Orchids
Pozzolana pebbles have many tiny holes and cavities that retain water and air

Pozzolana, designer mulch

Special reports
Horned pansy

Viola cornuta, ideal for flower beds and garden boxes

Perennials
Morning glory bindweed

Morning glory, bindweed

Climbing plants
Outdoor yucca

Outdoor yucca, care and watering

Garden Flowers
Tomato care

Tomato care – watering, fertilizing, companions, pruning…

The Vegetable Patch
Vinca - periwinkle

Vinca major and Vinca minor, sisters battling for our gardens

Perennials
Bed of bedding vinca (Catharanthus roseus) in full flower, pink and white blooms over glossy dark foliage

Vinca rotting and dying off, how to treat and save the plant

Treating diseases and pests
Tomato plants with a makeshift tie and stake

How to stake tomatoes – cages, twine or poles?

The Vegetable Patch
Green tomatillo fruits from growing the plant

Tomatillo, the Mexican Physalis

The Vegetable Patch
A lawn chair with comfortable pillows in an affordable garden setting.

Affordable garden ideas that are cheap and look great

Special reports
Landscaping small tiny garden

Landscape a small garden with 5 simple features

Special reports
how to landscape narrow garden

Landscaping long and narrow gardens, 5 key tips to reach perfection

Special reports
Slug eating a leaf

Deal with slugs and snails – naturally!

Treating diseases and pests
Clump of sea kale with gravel mulch.

Sea kale, Crambe maritima – a seaside cabbage both cute and tasty

The Vegetable Patch
types of weedy tea

Best types of fermented weed tea – find the one to suit your needs

Treating diseases and pests
Lawn mower with large, perfect green lawn

Mowing, the key to a pristine, tidy lawn – get the timing and technique right!

Lawn Care
Seedlings sprouting in a tray indoors, likely basil

Sowing indoors, the best way to start seeds inside the house

Special reports
Seedling dying

Damping off – why do seedlings turn brown and die

Treating diseases and pests
Plumbago monott

Plumbago ‘Monott’, blue flowers for a hedge in dry places

Climbing plants
Plumbago escapade

Plumbago Escapade, perfect for growing in pots

Climbing plants
bathroom plants houseplants

15 bathroom plants – these love moisture!

Indoor plants
Black plants, here an iris, for the garden

9 Black plants for the garden – Black is Back!

Garden Flowers
Plumbago multiply

Propagating plumbago – multiply these blue wonders!

Climbing plants
Diagramme showing how to cut plumbago cuttings

Plumbago cuttings, an easy way to propagate it

Climbing plants
Chrysanthemum for all Saint's day

All Saint’s day, a religious celebration and popular tradition

Month after month
Field full of dandelions

Dandelion, more than just a weed

The Vegetable Patch
Long-lasting peony

Peonies, flowers meant to last

Perennials
Red Madagascar Periwinkle with white halo

Madagascar Periwinkle varieties – white and red, tall and low… find them all!

Annuals and biennials
Dead tree

Techniques to save a poisoned tree

Treating diseases and pests
Coronavirus won't stop gardeners like these active seedling-planting toys!

Lockdown gardening – What to do in the garden?

Special reports
Climbing nasturtium

Climbing nasturtium, an easy flower vine

Climbing plants
Finger lime pruning

Pruning finger lime, scaffold vs productive branches

Citrus
Hedge grown with guelder-rose

Guelder-rose – famous for its flowers

Shrubs
Herbarium cover with flowers

How to make a herbarium – child-friendly garden fun!

Special reports
Empty shared community garden

Community gardening during lockdown – not an option

Special reports
Professional gardener cutting a tree during lockdown

Professional gardeners & coronavirus – can you still work in client’s gardens?

Special reports
Cup and saucer with thermometer and ginger

Fever: the plants traditionally used for comfort, and when to call a doctor

Health
Photographer with camouflage.

Picture taken down

Help
Grow plants from scraps

30+ plants to grow from kitchen scraps – no need to go buy seeds!

Indoor plants