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Seaside gardens in France

Seaside gardens, wonders of man and nature… France edition!

Special reports
Fragrant clematis

6 fabulous fragrant clematis

Climbing plants
Clematis cirrhosa - Early Virgin's bower

Clematis cirrhosa, a fragrant winter vine

Climbing plants
Envelope with tag showing saved tomato seed

Save seeds from good tomatoes to grow next year

The Vegetable Patch
Indoors, mammillaria grows in pots easily

Mammillaria, a family of easy-care cactus

Cacti and succulents
Tips on how to set up a deck, terrace or patio

Tips to set up a deck or patio: balance furniture with plants

Special reports
Spring snowflake close up, leucojum vernum

Leucojum vernum, a bulb flower as cute as a spring snowflake

Bulb flowers
Lawn trimmings mulch

Mulching with lawn clippings, a good idea?

Lawn Care
Dracaena marginata kiwi in a pot near a pool

Dracaena Kiwi, a bright dragon tree

Foliage houseplants
ZZ plant unfurling its leaves

ZZ plant varieties

Foliage houseplants
Emerald palm

Emerald palm, how to care for Zamioculcas palm

Foliage houseplants
How to Clean the Leaves of Houseplants

How to Clean the Leaves of Houseplants

Indoor plants
Japanese dogwood - Cornus Kousa

Japanese dogwood, striking flowers and fruits

Trees
Kniphofia fllowers blazing like fire

Kniphofia, like a flaming sword thrust from below earth

Gardening
Mason bee on wood

Mason bee, a solitary worker bee that burrows in the ground

Special reports
Young propagated lavender shoots

Propagate lavender with these 100% propagation guidelines

Garden Flowers
pruning thuja

Reducing thuja, a battered look for a year, before bursting back!

Trees and shrubs
Bumblebee hovering near a flower

Bumblebee, bumbling along and heavyweight pollinator

Special reports
Thornless blackberry

Thornless blackberry, a pleasure to harvest!

The fruit Orchard
Air root on a ficus ginseng

Air roots forming on Ficus Ginseng

Foliage houseplants
Heather and other winter flowers in a a stone garden box

Winter flowers for planters: brighten balconies all season

Garden Flowers
Red and yellow species and varieties of dogwood, cornus

Types and varieties of red or yellow dogwood, like fire in winter!

Shrubs
Season for tulip bouquet has started

The season of tulip bouquets has begun!

Bulb flowers
Growing kiwi from seed

Grow kiwi from seed

The fruit Orchard
coffee tree

Coffee tree, fabulous scented flowers… but beans are hard to get!

The fruit Orchard
White garden flowers for landscaping a garden in white

White flower beds, best white flowers for a pearly-white garden

Special reports
Watering dracaena

Dracaena (Dragon plant) watering

Foliage houseplants
Tulip bulbs, how to plant and choose them right

Tulip bulbs, how to plant and choose them right

Bulb flowers
Health benefits of inula hellenium or elfdock

Elecampane (Inula helenium): the root, its traditional uses and how to prepare it

Health
Dracaena and ficus are two air-purifying plants, here filtering both light and air

Which air-purifying plant to get first?

Indoor plants
Ficus lyrata

Ficus lyrata, how to care for fiddle-leaf fig

Foliage houseplants
Man with hedge trimmer on standby

Laws and regulations on trimming hedges: to trim or not to trim, that is the question!

Trees and shrubs
Lemon tree, get the watering right

Lemon tree, get the watering right, and the harvest will follow the flow!

Citrus
Hoverfly on a lawn daisy

Hoverfly: looks like a wasp, flies like a hummingbird, works like a bee!

Special reports
Pineapple cutting with roots

Grow your own pineapples from scraps of the ones you find sweetest

Special reports
honey bee

Cute and generous, the common honeybee

Animal care
Parrot tulip

Parrot tulip, alien-like garden tulip

Bulb flowers
hardy kiwi

Hardy kiwi, the kiwi that can survive Siberian colds

The fruit Orchard
Clematis varieties with small flowers

Small-flower Clematis varieties… but incredible climbers!

Climbing plants
Guttation on an orchid leaf with beaker and measuring stick

Guttation and plant diseases, should you worry about those drops?

Special reports
Potted tulips along a walkway

Potted tulip, 5 steps to grow tulips in pots!

Bulb flowers
Kiwi sliced open and set upon a cloth

Kiwi: how to use the fruit, and who should be careful with it

Health
Single white hellebore

White hellebore, pearly white flowers in winter

Perennials
Hellebore in pot

Hellebore in pots, caring for potted Christmas rose

Perennials
Black hellebore

Black hellebore, stunning white flowers of Helleborus niger

Perennials
Lenten rose

Lenten rose, the longest-lasting blooming of all hellebore

Perennials
Helleborus foetidus

Stinking hellebore, look but don’t touch… or else!

Perennials
Hellebores in the wild in a forest

Wild hellebore species, 4 common wild Helleborus

Perennials
Green hellebore species

Green hellebore species and varieties, quiet garden beauties

Perennials
Pink Christmas rose variety blooming for the feasts

Wonderful Christmas roses, flowers for the winter season

Perennials
Ornamental tobacco

Ornamental tobacco, beautiful flowers for a garden bed

Annuals and biennials