Gardening - page 4

Althea, a fantastic hibiscus

 Pink double althea flower with crimson red center.

Purple filbert, purple hazel – care, pruning, harvest

 Blood hazel or purple filbert

Allium, exceptional bulbs

 Allium giganteum

Deutzia, a nice flower shrub

 Two varieties of deutzia flowering next to each other.

Grecian windflower, superb flowers

 Single grecian windflower with leaves

Mowing, the key to a pristine, tidy lawn – get the timing and technique right!

 Lawn mower with large, perfect green lawn

Kikuyu grass, lawns made easy

 Close-up of a square of kikuyu grass lawn.

Using Coffee Grounds in the Garden

 Used coffee grounds, with a few filters, collected on a gray tabletop before being used in the garden.

Lettuce, tips on growing it

 Lettuce

Types of thrips – pests, predators and recyclers

 types of thrips

Natural tips against thrips

 Control thrips naturally

Dracaena marginata, the drought-resistant dragon plant

 How to water dracaena marginata under full sun depends on container size and air moisture.

Plant small exotic fruits!

 Exotic berry shrubs like cranberry, shown here, survive harsh winters.

Datura tips and guidance for the best possible care

 Datura flower, double or triple, with white and purple petals

Callicarpa, the candy tree

 Callicarpa

Ornamental onion, pom poms of color in the garden

 Ornamental onion, a beautiful garden flower

Mandevilla, a climber that bears stunning flowers

 Pink mandevilla vine twining up a black wrought iron fence.

Mandevilla and dipladenia, magnificent sisters

 White mandevilla or dipladenia flowers against a gray trunk.

Spike lavender, the lavender for wild rock gardens

 A full panicle of spike lavender flowers close-up, slightly dried.

Septoria host plants – targets of this ravaging leaf spot disease

 septoria plants

Strelitzia, bird of paradise

 Two yellow and blue strelitzia blooms against a deep green leaf.

Bird of Paradise, the queen’s stretlizia

 Bird of paradise flower opening with yellow petals against a leafy background.

Bleeding heart, an exceptional perennial

 Three handfuls of bleeding heart flowers picked and strewn across a pastel blue plank of wood.

Raised garden, do all your gardening standing up!

 Raised gardening

Mirabilis jalapa, a wonderfully fragrant shrub

 mirabilis jalapa

Mahonia Soft Caress, fern-like leaves for a Japanese garden

 Mahonia soft caress

Marigold, a generous flower

 Frilly red and orange marigold flowers with a hazy background.

Spring sowing and planting

 Row of onion and strawberry plants

Grow red kuri vertically to maximize space

 Red kuri on a fence with leaves and fruit

Choisya Sundance, the golden Mexican orange tree

 Choisya ternata Sundance, a golden-leaved Mexican Orange

Calla lily and Anthurium, brightly colored indoor flowers

 Pink anthurium flower looking elegant and slender.

Clematis montana, the mountain clematis

 Clematis montana

Camas, cute spring wildflowers

 Camas

Celery, a delicious vegetable

 celery

Blackthorn, delicious wild berries

 Blackthorn berries or sloes clustered on a branch.

Pruning an apple tree or pear tree into an espalier shape

 Espalier pruning maximizes yields for apple and pear trees.

Lantana, a beautiful perennial shrub

 Lantana planting care

Nectarine tree, how to grow nectarines

 Nectarine tree

Exochorda, the pearl bush: care and blooming

 Pearl bush exochorda

Lavandula latifolia, the broad-leaved lavender

 Lavandula latifolia

Spider lily, a bulb plant with spider-like flowers

 Spider lily

Nasturtium, a cute annual climbing vine

 Nasturtium vine

China pink, very long blooming

 China pink

Hibiscus syriacus, an oriental beauty

 Pale violet Hibiscus syriacus flower with sun shining through the petals.

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

 Raised beds with companion planting

Aster, fairies in the garden

 Violet aster flowers cluttering a field.

Magnolia, a sumptuous tree

 Magnolia tree

How to grow tomato, the perfect guide

 Tomatoes plant

Red beet, blood-red juice but no-sweat growing!

 Red beet

Mertensia maritima, the oyster plant

 Oyster plant

Onion fly, the reason why maggots are eating up your bulbs

 Onion fly