Gardening - page 7

Fall garden checklist, work to do in the garden in Autumn

 Work to do in the garden in fall

Using rainwater for the garden

 Rainwater tank connected to gutter spout

Mizuna cabbage, japanese greens

 Three greens: lettuce, mizuna cabbage and coriander

Chimonanthus, gold winter flowers

 Chimonanthus

Silk tree – proper care and soft pruning for this silk-flowered tree

 Silk tree flower with pink rim and white center

Iris reticulata, the cute early blue spring bulb, grow a carpet of blue!

 Beautiful cluster of iris reticulata flowers, the dwarf iris

Spring bulbs for rocky terrain, 6 flowers that rock!

 Flowers for spring in rocky soil

Cyclamen, a marvelous flower

 Cyclamen

Codling moth, the fruit worm

 Three apples infected with codling moth fruit worms

Asparagus, how to grow it

 Two asparagus shoots coming up from a ridge in a field.

Lentil, from seed to harvest

 Lentil plants growing in a vegetable patch, with pods ready for the harvest

Berberis thunbergii, Thunberg barberry

 Ripe berberis thunbergii fruit berries.

Yaupon holly, bring the grand old South to your garden

 Yaupon holly branches with a few green leaves and bright red berries.

Broad beans, easy and quick to grow

 Opening a fresh broad bean

Brussels sprouts, all there is to know about growing them

 A small pyramid of fresh brussels sprouts doused in water.

Brussels sprouts, the Origin story

 Brussels sprouts peeled and laid out on a cutting board, ready for a winter meal.

The Children’s vegetable patch – with a simple planting calendar, too!

 Toddler watering tulips.

Marvel of Peru, a wonderful fragrant bloom

 A single Marvel of Peru flower, red splashed with yellow stripes.

Narcissus, daffodil, spring is nigh!

 Bright yellow daffodils with hanging heads.

Ornamental apple tree, flowers galore

 Pink-flowered branches criss-crossing on a blue sky background.

Soap bush, spectacular blue blooming

 Soap bush bloom visited by a butterfly.

Planting a katsura tree – tips and tricks to make sure it thrives!

 Young katsura tree at the Geoff Hamilton Memorial Garden

Katsura propagation top techniques & how-to

 Katsura male flowers on branch

Bigarreau cherry tree, the ultimate cherry

 Cherries of the bigarreau variety are darker in color.

Turnip-rooted chervil, how to grow it

 Turnip-rooted chervil tubers ready to sprout

Stone pine, a majestic conifer

 Stone pine tree seen from below

Wood chip mulch, excellent mulch and a great way to recycle garden waste

 Wood chip mulch with stones, juniper and walkway

Choisya ternata ‘White Dazzler’, a shrub bursting with fragrant white stars

 White dazzler leaves and flowers are about the same size.

Aztec Pearl Choisya, a small flower-bearing shrub

 Young blooms of the Choisya ternata Aztec Pearl

Choisya ternata, superb blooming

 Choisya ternata

Flowers in the garden for fall and winter

 An open pink winter flower, the Christmas rose or hellebore.

Katsura tree germination – success rates, problems, and how to succeed

 Four katsura seeds (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)

Grapevine, producing nice bunches of grapes

 Grape vine, vitis vinifera

Pear tree, care from planting and pruning to harvesting pears

 Pear tree

Plant your own currants!

 Red currant sprigs hanging from branches.

Dahlia, a Red Label to select them better

 Dahlia red label "Purissima" variety.

Brugmansia, gigantic flowers!

 Dangling brugmansia flower opening up to reveal peach-colored blooms.

Different species of thrips – Tube-tip or Cone-tip?

 Thrips species

Rejuvenate faved perennials that have lost their vigor

 divide favorite perennials

Mophead acacia, a beautiful acacia with a happily frazzled appearance

 Delineated mophead acacia tree

Mexican feather grass “Pony tails”

 A close-up of a clump of Mexican feather grass.

Fermented horsetail tea, for the orchard and the vegetable patch

 Fermented horsetail tea

Scab, avoiding the disease

 Scab on an apple

Fuchsia, exceptional flowers

 fuchsia

How to plant heath plants

Black hollyhock, mysterious beauty

 Hollyhock can come in a deep black color like this single black bloom.

Miniature man-made aquifer

 Two large pans filled with hydrogel water crystals crossed by an irrigation pipe provide a miniature man-made aquifer for plants.

Plant patent – how can anyone claim to own nature?

 Stylized tree in front of piles of coins.

Organic ant control – effective repellent plants and treatments

 Ants on a stone margin being repelled with organic treatments.

Oceanblue morning glory, electric blue flower vine

 oceanblue morning glory ipomoea liseron bleu

Jerusalem artichoke, an effortless vegetable to grow

 Jerusalem artichoke harvest with squash and other vegetables