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Wild privet excels at hedges

Wild Privet, appreciated for its leaves

Shrubs
Honeysuckle 'Winter Beauty' - Lonicera purpusii

Lonicera purpusii, Winter Beauty honeysuckle

Shrubs
Swede, Brassica napobrassica

Swede, how to sow, grow and get large roots for winter

The Vegetable Patch
Trimming lavender

How to trim lavender – maintenance and hard pruning

Perennials
Paper bag with a handful of chestnuts

Chestnut: what tradition makes of it, and how to use it in the kitchen

Health
Aconite flower

Aconite, Jupiter’s helm, like an army of helmsmen on the march!

Perennials
Rainwater tank connected to gutter spout

Using rainwater for the garden

Special reports
Fine needle-like leaves and creamy white flowers on a tea tree branch

Boils: the plants traditionally used for skin comfort and cleanliness

Health
ideas for bulb flower pots

Spring bulb flowers, original ideas to showcase them

Garden Flowers
Valerian, or Valeriana officinalis

Medicinal valerian, Catgrass

Perennials
Broadcast sowing, seeds in hand with dark complexion.

Broadcast sowing – a quick technique for large surfaces and growing beds

The Vegetable Patch
Types of hedge, flower mixed, evergreen

Setting up a hedge, flowered, mixed or evergreen?

Trees and shrubs
Health benefits of hops

Hops: what the cones are used for, how to prepare them, and when to leave them alone

Health
Dried flower bouquet

Preparing a bouquet of dried flowers

Garden Flowers
Yellow flower of the ravenelle wallflower

Ravenelle wallflower, easy and flower-bearing

Perennials
Crinodendron

Crinodendron, the lantern tree

Shrubs
Three beans sprouting in an open pod

Beans: what they contain, how to cook them, and what tradition makes of the pods

Health
Lichen health benefits and therapeutic value

Lichen and Iceland moss: traditional uses, forms and cautions

Health
Sliced open nectarine replete with health benefits

Nectarine: how to use the fruit, and what tradition credits it with

Health
Cleome flower

Cleome, the spider plant, how to plant and care for it

Annuals and biennials
Benefits of garlic

Garlic: traditional uses, everyday preparations and cautions

Health
Repotting orchid

Repotting orchids – when, how and special tips to repot well

Orchids
Pansy, a beautiful garden flower

Pansies for the garden

Annuals and biennials
winter flowering viburnum

Viburnum, fragrant in the midst of winter

Shrubs
Unlike flower plants, leaf plants need more light and don't like going dormant

Leaf plants in winter

Indoor plants
Tree mallow flowers

Tree mallow, long-lasting and beautiful blooming

Garden Flowers
Sweet pea

Sweet pea, magnificent annuals

Annuals and biennials
Schizostylis, or kaffir lily, is a beautiful summer bulb

Schizostylis, kaffir lily: care for this elegant fall bloomer

Perennials
Lomatia tinctoria

Lomatia tinctoria, a beautiful shrub for pot and garden

Shrubs
Guitar plant

Guitar plant, care for its beautiful flowers in ground and pot

Shrubs
Tomato plant on a balcony with fruits ripening

Growing vegetables on your balcony, give it a try!

The Vegetable Patch
Candytuft spreading ground cover, white.

Candytuft, superb ground cover

Perennials
Benefits of mango

Mango: what tradition does with the fruit, the leaves and the seed

Health

Get your hedge right with a 2 minute video

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Ficus tree repotting, 2-minute walk-through

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Garden vervain cluster of flowers and leaves

Garden verbena, ideal for flower beds

Annuals and biennials
Hops vine growing on a tree with flowers

Hops, easy to grow in the garden

Climbing plants
Wonderful rose garden in France

A paradise for roses in Touraine

Roses
Weeping willow

Weeping willow, a majestic waterside tree

Trees
Leaf miner symptoms on an allium leaf

Allium leaf-mining fly, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease

Treating diseases and pests
Wooden pergola with blooming wisteria

The poetic charm of a dressed pergola

Special reports
Three greens: lettuce, mizuna cabbage and coriander

Mizuna cabbage, japanese greens

The Vegetable Patch
Health benefits of the various forms of lavender: dried, fresh, oil...

Lavender: traditional uses, infusions and everyday preparations

Health

Repotting a prickly cactus

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How to grow lettuce and salad

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Preparing geranium cuttings

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Best practices while pruning

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Annual flower sowing, growing & care, 2-minute video

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Best way to plant a tree or shrub, a 2-min video

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Crocosmia flower opening up

Crocosmia, finding its way back into gardens

Garden Flowers

How to grow onions from bulbs

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