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Wild tulip blooms with short, cute flowers

Wild tulip, a natural wonder that’s small but fits the spot

Bulb flowers
9 yellow-flowering plants for the garden

9 sunshine yellow flower plants for the garden

Garden Flowers
Orange garden flowers

9 orange-flowered plants for the garden

Garden Flowers
Azalea encore flower

Azalea Encore series, repeat blooming wonders for Spring, Summer & Fall

Garden Flowers
Clematis with beautiful flowers

Growing clematis for abundant blooming: first steps count most

Climbing plants
Purple-flowered plants for the garden

9 purple flowers for a mysterious enchanted garden

Garden Flowers
Testing for soil pH and selecting the best shrubs and plants for it

Chalky, lime soil: best plants for alkaline soil and how to amend it

Special reports
4 types of soil + loam

How to determine the type of soil in your garden

Special reports
Glove with worm in mulch for permaculture

Mulching techniques for permaculture, which is best?

Special reports
Permaculture principles is like a flywheel building up speed

Permaculture main principles and definition

The Vegetable Patch
tree peony

Surprising tree peony, tall and elegant

Garden Flowers
Nature and Garden signature guide

Writing up a signature on the Nature & Garden forum

Help
Garden shed in bright light

Garden shed, the perfect solution for tools

Special reports
Rosier Georges Truffaut, Dorkade

Georges Truffaut rose, a deep rich red bush rose

Roses
Santolina, cotton lavender

Santolina, Cotton lavender: pruning, care, uses

Garden Flowers
Corylopsis flower, pale yellow

Corylopsis, abundant and easy-going

Shrubs
Thistle flower

Thistle, a prickly perennial!

Perennials
Leek and ham quiche in preparation

Leek and Ham Quiche, truly delicious

Starters
Willow leaf pear

Willow-leaf pear, a beautiful ornamental fruit tree with wispy leaves

Trees
Wonderful white blooming of the Bradford pear tree

Bradford pear, the calleryana pear tree that went from true love to hate

Trees
bradford pear

Bradford pear, from beloved to banished – keep a lookout for it!

Trees
Nettle good for tomato

Nettle and tomato – convert weeds into great harvests!

The Vegetable Patch
Iron chlorosis can occur in the tropics, like on this bougainvillea

Iron chlorosis, identify this disease and heal your plants in a few easy steps

Treating diseases and pests
Chlorosis on leaves of a bird-of-paradise plant

Chlorosis, yellow leaves that signal nutrient deficiency in plants

Treating diseases and pests
Blooming white flower cluster of the sorbus mountain ash rowan tree

Mountain ash, rowan – a boon for bees, birds and beauty lovers

Trees
Symptoms of fire blight include red, dry leaves

Fire blight, a bacteria that flares through entire orchards in months

Treating diseases and pests
Fragrant winter flowers

Fragrant winter flowers, scents for brisk winter air!

Garden Flowers
Omphalodes cappadocica

Omphalodes, navelwort – like a forget-me-not for shade!

Perennials
Native and invasive range of Imperata cylindrica

Imperata cylindrica, a colonizer with blood-red blades… of grass!

Ornamental grasses
Blood grass, red baron

Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’, blood-like grass

Ornamental grasses
carex hachijoensis oshima sedge

Carex hachijoensis, the striped Oshima sedge to brighten up the ground

Ornamental grasses
Single red poppy anemone in field

Anemone coronaria – the Poppy anemone!

Bulb flowers
Veronica - speedwell

Perennial Veronica, wondrous blooming, zero care

Perennials
Plants for a shaded courtyard

Plant and garden ideas for a shaded courtyard

Climbing plants
Scotch broom lining the property of a farm

Scotch broom, a powerful burst of color

Gardening
alternative shrubs for invasive brooms

5 alternatives to invasive Scotch and French broom

Shrubs
French Broom being pulled out to control this invasive plant out of its native range.

French broom, a treacherous and invasive beauty

Shrubs
Creeping baby's breath

Creeping alpine gypsophila, for rocky ground and low walls

Perennials
Unique hydrangea

Unique hydrangea

Garden Flowers
Zinnia

Zinnia, zillions of colors!

Annuals and biennials
watering summer

How to water in summer, new routines and drip systems

Special reports
Straw wicker hive on stones

An eco-friendly hive in the garden

Special reports
Gazania

Gazania, easy and summer-worthy

Perennials
Clump of invasive scotch broom, here in its native range

Scotch broom, is it invasive or not? Depends where…

Shrubs
Mediterranean garden

Mediterranean garden planting ideas – Chelsea Highlight

Special reports
Health benefits of corn salad

Corn salad: what it brings to the plate, and how to use it

Health
Health benefits of mustard

Mustard: using the leaves, seeds and paste at home

Health
African violet

African violet, the most grown flower on the planet!

Flowering houseplants
Health benefits of bilberry

Bilberry: traditional uses, how to prepare it, and what to watch for

Health
Pineapple with slice and bokeh

Pineapple: traditional uses, how to prepare it, and what to watch for

Health
prostatitis plants

Saw Palmetto, Nettle Root and Squash Seeds: Plants Traditionally Used for Men’s Urinary Comfort

Health