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Devil’s beard, the garden valerian

Perennials
Centaury, centaurea

Centaurea, a cluster of color for hard-to-flower areas

Perennials
Three honey moon tomato

Honey Moon tomato, round and firm, and tasty, too!

The Vegetable Patch
Seedless tomato variety

Seedless tomato varieties to grow in the vegetable patch

The Vegetable Patch
Air-layering lavender, a how-to with pictures

Air-layering lavender: root your lavender stems in pouches of soil on the plant

Perennials
Brandywine tomato on the plant

The brandywine tomato, a large beefsteak tomato with smooth flesh

The Vegetable Patch
Large bollworm on a cabbage leaf with excrements

Bollworms, dreaded caterpillars defoliating vegetables

Treating diseases and pests
enrich soil naturally

6 tips to make soil richer – completely naturally

Special reports
Black zebra tomato

Black zebra, the darker striped tomato

The Vegetable Patch
Easy perennials to decorate flower beds

Flowers to grow for an easy flower bed

Garden Flowers
Black krim tomato growing on the plant

Black krim tomato, a dark-skinned tomato with a rich, meaty flesh

The Vegetable Patch
Mulch like straw is a favorite for many plants

Different plants need different mulch

Special reports
Pineapple tomato, a large tomato

Meet the tasty Pineapple tomato, large and round with few pips

The Vegetable Patch
Tea tree, the tree that grows leaves for tea

Tea tree growing, care… harvest and drinking, too!

Herbs and spices
Large double flowers characterize peony tulip

Peony tulip, a double tulip with massive ornamental impact

Bulb flowers
Infusing lavender oil

Infusing lavender oil, a simple way to make scented lavender oil

Special reports
Cut tulips in a vase

Creating a bouquet of cut tulips in a vase

Indoor plants
Tulip cut flower bouquet keeping for longer

Extend the blooming of a tulip bouquet: proper care for cut tulips

Bulb flowers
Various plants that thrive in full sun

Full sun? These plants will positively thrive!

Garden Flowers
A swath of ghost-like handkerchief tree flowers

Handkerchief tree, a tree with truly unique flowers!

Trees
Climbers that keep their leaves in winter

Climbers that keep their leaves in winter: an evergreen vine selection

Climbing plants
Restaurant with a vine that provides shade on a pergola

Climbing vines for shade, dress up dark spaces with spots of color!

Climbing plants
Black necrosis on leaves with a yellow border are the marks of alternaria, or early blight, on tomato plants

Tomato early blight, the dreaded Alternaria fungus: alternatives to beat it

Treating diseases and pests
When and how to prune eggplant

Pruning eggplant, when, why and how

The Vegetable Patch
Tomato suckers, keep or remove them

Tomato suckers: remove or keep? [Battle begins]

The Vegetable Patch
Lush moringa leaf with lots of leaflets

Moringa oleifera, a fast-growing tree with edible leaves

The fruit Orchard
Moringa health benefits

Moringa leaves: how to use them in the kitchen, and what tradition credits them with

Health
ficus bonsai

Ficus bonsai – the beginner’s bonsai, care and best species

Foliage houseplants
Three green zebra tomatoes

Zebras in the veggie patch Yup! green zebra tomato!

The Vegetable Patch
Tips and tricks to get the pruning of your tomato plants right

Pruning tomato plants, let those shears run loose!

The Vegetable Patch
Steps and guidance to prune a cherry tomato plant like this one

Prune your cherry tomato to make sure you get a harvest

The Vegetable Patch
Ground beetle with metallic colors

Ground beetle, its favorite food is slugs!

Special reports
Plants instead of grass

Great alternatives to grass for lawns: climate-proof and zero-maintenance

Lawn Care
Garden tools used to make a gate

Garden without any garden chores: make it a reality!

Special reports
Stephanotis is a flower loved by famous people

Stephanotis, a flower for the famous

Gardening
Bean blight

Bean blight, 7 diseases that cause spots and wilting on beans

Treating diseases and pests
Stem with cluster of Argentinian verbena flowers

Purpletop vervain, the verbena from Argentina

Perennials
Root system of the Dracaena marginata plant

Dracaena marginata roots, the dragon plant’s strength and weakness

Foliage houseplants
Dracaena marginata propagation

Propagating Dracaena marginata plants: 3 techniques

Gardening
Black ZZ plant

Black ZZ plants, three easy-care dark Zamioculcas plants

Foliage houseplants
Lemon tree wrapped up in winterizing fleece

Get your lemon tree ready for winter: in pots and in the ground, indoors and outside

Citrus
Garden plants for seaside oceanfront landscaping

Plants for a fabulous oceanfront garden

Special reports
Lavender oil

Making lavender oil, two methods: steam and infusing

Special reports
Stephanotis problems

Stephanotis, solve its problems for it to bloom again

Treating diseases and pests
Hunting predator wasp with caterpillar prey

Predator wasp, a voracious feeder… of pests!

Special reports
Barn with blue and yellow spring flowers

First flowers to bloom in spring

Garden Flowers
Magnolia flower bud protected with fuzz

Vernalization: why plants need chill hours to bloom and bear fruit

Special reports
White flowers

12 luminous white flowers for the garden

Special reports
Planting tulips

Tulip planting, basic steps to get a sea of blooms

Bulb flowers
Soap plant

Soap from plants? Yes, our grannies were right!

Special reports
Mary Milton viburnum

Viburnum Mary Milton, a blissfully beautiful viburnum

Shrubs