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Mimosa in a pot

Mimosa in a pot, grow that winter sun at home!

Trees
Varieties of English lavender

English lavender varieties, the best L. angustifolia varieties

Perennials
Hortensia

Hortensia, a shrub with fabulous bloom clusters

Shrubs
Helianthis - Helianthus strumosus

Helianthis, a root vegetable with beautiful flowers

The Vegetable Patch
Biological control of russian olive

Biological control of Russian olive

Treating diseases and pests
Sunpatiens problems

Problems with sunpatiens? Possible diseases and pests

Treating diseases and pests
Plants vulnerable transplant shock

Plants vulnerable to transplant shock

Treating diseases and pests
Osmunda regalis

Royal fern, Osmunda regalis

Garden Flowers
Ravintsara health benefits

Ravintsara essential oil: what it is and how it is traditionally used

Health
dracaena marginata problems

Problem with your Dragon tree? Solve it here!

Foliage houseplants
How to make a cactus bloom, here a ring of flowers

Make your cactus bloom with a sequence of light and temperature

Cacti and succulents
Avoid and block cross-pollination

How to avoid cross pollination

Special reports
improve pollination

How to improve cross-pollination

Special reports
Spiderwort is a family of beautiful leaf and flower plants

Spiderwort, a family of drought-resistant leaf and flower plants

Perennials
Convolvulus is a shrubby bush that bears flowers identical to those of bindweed

Convolvulus, the shrubby bindweed with leaves like silver

Garden Flowers
Cornus alba in fall

Cornus alba, the white dogwood that’s actually pretty red… and green… and white!

Shrubs
Butterfly bush

Butterfly bush, fluttering and buzzing all around fabulous flowers

Shrubs
Citrus varieties on display

Citrus varieties, the main types to grow indoors and outside

Citrus
Dodonea, the broadleaf hop bush

Dodonea, the hop-bush that’s happy planted near the sea

Shrubs
Beautiful cluster of iris reticulata flowers, the dwarf iris

Iris reticulata, the cute early blue spring bulb, grow a carpet of blue!

Bulb flowers
Planting eggplant

Planting eggplant, the first steps to start your crop off right

The Vegetable Patch
Monarda, or beebalm

Monarda, the plant that bees love that helps prepare soothing balms

Perennials
Paulownia, a fast-growing shade tree

Paulownia, racing for the heavens… to provide blissful shade for all!

Trees
How to harvest and keep fall fruit such as walnut, chestnut, apple and pear

Harvesting and keeping 4 key fruit crops in Fall

The fruit Orchard
Lagurus ovatus, bunny tail grass, in full bloom

Little bunny foo-foo, hopping through the garden!

Ornamental grasses
Cuor di bue tomato, here a small one

Cuor di bue, the original beefsteak tomato

Gardening
White eggplant varieties

White eggplant, different color, taste, feel… same care!

The Vegetable Patch
Large goat's beard shrub, Aruncus dioicus

Goat’s beard, feathery white plumes of the Aruncus dioicus plant

Perennials
Winter aconite, eranthis hyemalis

Eranthis hyemalis, the aconite with short gold yellow blooms in winter

Bulb flowers
Rice hulls turned into mulch at home

Home-made mulch, the DIY-solution is better than stores!

Special reports
Ivy latching on to bare rock

Grow climbing plants in your garden

Climbing plants
Caring for eggplant

Eggplant growing at last? Proper care leads to great harvests!

The Vegetable Patch
Vegetable patch with no maintenance

An effortless veggie garden

The Vegetable Patch
Rhipsalis plant

Rhipsalis, a plant that looks like hair

Cacti and succulents
yuzu tree

Yuzu, a hardy citrus for colder climates

Citrus
Different eggplant varieties in a crate

6 superb eggplant varieties, from egg-like to stunning black beauty

The Vegetable Patch
Hypericum

Hypericum, yellow-studded shrubs from ankle-height to hard-to-reach

Shrubs
Kaffir makrut citrus hystrix

Kaffir lime, a small, lumpy citrus with a tasty Asian tang

Citrus
Olearia traversii

Olearia, the chatham tree that fell in love with the sea

Shrubs
Flowers and leaves of prunus laurocerasus

Prunus laurocerasus, a shrub with leathery evergreen foliage

Shrubs
Savory, a herb that's delicious and easy to grow

Savory, an herb for even tastier grilling and cooking

Herbs and spices
Root parsley

Root parsley, the double-decker parsley

The Vegetable Patch
Hibi

Hibiscus moscheutos, a huge-flowered shrub with stunning blooms

Perennials
Panicum virgatum

Panicum virgatum, switch to switch grass for flower beds and pots!

Ornamental grasses
Health benefits of birch

Birch: how leaves, sap, bark and buds are used in herbal tradition

Health
Mandarin orange tree

Mandarin, the ancestor of Clementines, delicious fruits and hardier tree

Citrus
Phormium grass, New Zealand flax

Phormium, a grass-like clump of color in the garden… or pot… or terrace

Ornamental grasses
Choosing the right bamboo for planting

Choosing the right bamboo for planting: running, dwarf, black canes?

Trees and shrubs
Cold tolerance Citrus Trees

Citrus hardiness, which species survive as it freezes and gets colder

Citrus
Sagina subulata, a ground-cover plant that looks like grass and moss

Sagina subulata, the moss-like ground cover that flowers before summer

Perennials
Three different garden birds and how to identify them

Garden birds, learn to identify our singing and tweeting feathered garden friends

Special reports