Gardening - page 30

Spectacular blooming in heath soil, 8 stunning shrubs

 Heath soil flower shrubs, a compilation starting with this dogwood

Mahonia benefits for house, health & more

 A robin bird in a mahonia tree, an example of the many mahonia benefits

Armeria, sea thrift

 Armeria near the sea

Marjoram, garden oregano

 Marjoram flowers with a bee

Origanum rotundifolium, the Kent Beauty oregano

 Round leaves and pale pink flowers are the mark of the Kent Beauty origanum rotundifolium variety

Quince, grown for thousands of years yet unknown of all

 Quince fruit in a basket with spices

Regional planting calendar to maximize your vegetable patch – MetroFrance Edition

 Climate zones in France to guide the planting calendar in the vegetable patch

Pineapple mint, beautifully variagated

 Pineapple mint with variegated leaves

Mint, refreshments for the summer

 Mint

Indoor vegetable patch, straightforward and effective

 Starting an indoor vegetable garden

Moringa oleifera, a fast-growing tree with edible leaves

 Lush moringa leaf with lots of leaflets

Tufted hairgrass, a grassy wonder that sways its fronds in the wind

 Deschampsia cespitosa tufted hairgrass

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

 Rice hulls turned into mulch at home

Evergreen oak, a beautiful evergreen tree

 Branches and fruits of an evergreen oak tree

Citrus mitis, the dwarf orange tree

 Citrus mitis

Beurré Hardy pear tree, early and abundant

 Young beurry hardy pears on tree

Tomatillo, the Mexican Physalis

 Green tomatillo fruits from growing the plant

Andromeda, a 4-seasons shrub

 Andromeda is a type of shrub. As a plant, it is magnificent in all seasons

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

 Pineapple cutting with roots

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

 Leaf miner symptoms on an allium leaf

Sycamore lace bug, organic treatments to control it

 Beautiful but deadly, the sycomore lace bug can kill a tree

Plane tree, a symbol of southern French villages

 Plane tree leaves

Rose tree – when and how to plant roses

 Rose tree planting in the ground and in pots

Root dip – how to prepare your own root dip

 Barrel of root dip with protect shrub roots.

Handkerchief tree, a tree with truly unique flowers!

 A swath of ghost-like handkerchief tree flowers

Green lacewing, the genesis of aphid lions

 Green lacewing adult on flower

An eco-friendly hive in the garden

 Straw wicker hive on stones

9 orange-flowered plants for the garden

 Orange garden flowers

Corrigiola, strapwort, a simple wildflower for rocky ground

 Tiny Corrigiola flowers, stem and leaves, also called strapwort, in sandy soil.

Portulaca, a simply magnificent succulent

 Portulaca flower

Inspiration for colorful winter planters and garden boxes

 Inspirational ideas for garden boxes in winter

Primula auricula, bear’s ear or cowslip, have no fear it’s easy to grow!

 Primula auricula growing and care

A profusion of blooms with flower apple trees

 Flower apple tree branch with white blooms.

Delosperma cooperi, Cooper’s ice plant

 Carpet of Delosperma cooperi flowers

Square-foot vegetable patch, 5 steps to get it right

 Square-foot vegetable patch

Repotting, how to repot a plant and when

 Three pots on a workbench with soil, peat and filler materials.

Preparing fermented rhubarb tea

 Rhubarb, fermented, is excellent pest-combating tea

Rose moss, key points to know

 Rose moss flower

10 drought-resistant plants

 Plants that resist drought and can live with no water

Prepare or renew your lawn in 3 steps

 Sowing a lawn from seed

Where is Russian Olive invasive or native?

 Invasive Russian Olive in Montana

Biennials, easy enjoyment in every garden

 Foxglove, shown, is one of the easy biennials

Grasses, growing wild grasses in the garden

 Wispy grasses in the wind for a wild garden

Transplanting, how to transplant a seedling

 Transplaning cuttings and seedlings

How to create a colorful garden

 Colorful garden with plants and ornaments

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

 Restaurant with a vine that provides shade on a pergola

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

 Paulownia, a fast-growing shade tree

5 shrubs that birds find inviting in the garden

 Peacock hiding in a holly bush

Pruning shrubs, technique, season

 Shears for pruning shrubs and trees

Ground beetle, its favorite food is slugs!

 Ground beetle with metallic colors

Guelder-rose – famous for its flowers

 Hedge grown with guelder-rose