Hart’s tongue fern
Hart's tongue fern is a wonderful, refreshing fern to grow in the…
Gardening
Advice on plants, flowers & vegetables for both garden and home.
Natural pest control and care to grow a beautiful garden & produce healthy food.
Garden flowers for outside
Papyrus sedge or cyperus, plants for water
Papyrus sedge is a very beautiful plant, that thrives particularly well in…
9 sunshine yellow flower plants for the garden
Bring on the sunshine in the garden with these brilliant yellow flowers.…
9 orange-flowered plants for the garden
Orange flowers really make a garden feel peppy and active! Perennials, shrubs,…
Shrubs and trees for a beautiful landscape
Mexican Orange, superb flower shrub
The Mexican orange tree is a marvel at the beginning of spring…
Choisya ternata, superb blooming
Choisya ternata is a marvelous flower shrub at the beginning of spring…
Choisya Sundance, the golden Mexican orange tree
Choisya ternata 'Sundance' is is a true marvel at the beginning of…
Aztec Pearl Choisya, a small flower-bearing shrub
'Aztec Pearl' Choisya ternata is a Mexican orange tree variety that is…
The Veggie Patch by N&G
No-treat vegetable patch: easy peasy
Experiment with companion planting which has by now proven its effectiveness in…
Companion planting in the vegetable patch
Just like humans, vegetables also have friends and foes. Some families stimulate…
Permaculture, nature is the ultimate teacher
Permaculture is the art of following biological insights gleaned from considering nature…
What is permaculture?
Rooted in both ancestral knowledge and innovation, the answer to the question…
Herbs fresh from the garden
White mustard, the seeds give the plant its name
White mustard is turning increasingly popular: many are discovering its use as…
Herbs and spices, everything there is to know about them
Herbs and spices are a perfect match for those who love both…
Bunching onion (or Welsh onion), a delicious herb
Bunching onion, also called Welsh onion, Spring onion or even sometimes long…
Rosemary, beautiful in the garden, useful in the kitchen
Rosemary is both a beautiful shrub and a formidable herb plant. Overview…
Plants that make a house a home
Stephanotis, a deliciously fragrant vine
Stephanotis, also called Madagascar jasmine, is a magnificent indoor plant that blooms…
Poinsettia after Christmas – steps to make poinsettia bloom again
It gets all the votes at Christmas for its bracts and foliage…
15 bathroom plants – these will revel in the warm moisture of your bathroom!
Here's a list of 15 excellent plants that will thrive in your…
Dracaena marginata, a striking tall house plant
Dracaena marginata, often thought to be a palm tree, is a truly…
Wonderful blooms with "The Rose Garden"
5 fragrant rose varieties for planting around the house
Hmmm, the mesmerizing fragrance of a scented rose is a repeated pleasure…
David Austin, four new English roses
The year 2013 brought joyful tidings for the David Austin roses, with…
Pruning rose bush shrubs, technique and timing
Here are the tips on how to prune your rose bush shrubs,…
Pruning climbing rose trees
Climbing rose trees are special and you can't prune them like you…
Bulb flowers for every season
Wild tulip, a natural wonder that’s small but fits the spot
Wild tulip are far less common than regular tulips. "Botanical tulips", as…
Botanical tulip, excellent for unique and zero-care tulip beds
Botanical tulip blooms very early, hugs the ground instead of growing tall,…
8 great blue flowers for a garden covered in blue
Blue flowers are a favorite these days in many gardens. Why so?…
Grape hyacinth, cute little blooms
Grape hyacinth, also called muscari, is a very ornamental bulb flower. Key…
Climbing vines, fragrant and beautiful
Growing clematis for abundant blooming: first steps count most
Ah, so the time for planting and repotting is over... comes the…
Top garden ideas for a shaded courtyard
What is a courtyard? Might seem like a basic question, but it’s…
Clematis alpina, an abundance of blue
Clematis alpina bestows us with purple blue blooming that is simply beautiful.…
Winter jasmine, superb blooming
Winter jasmine is probably one of the most fabulous climbing plants. Winter…
Fruit trees and berry shrubs
Plums, a sweet delicacy
The plum symbolizes the sun's comeback after winter and colors abound in…
Which fruit trees will do best in my garden?
Available growing space, altitude, soil quality are additional factors to consider when…
Corylus avellana hazelnuts for your garden!
Corylus avellana, better known as the common hazelnut and more rarely aveline, …
Summer care for fruit trees
Over the summer, don’t pass on the few chores that will lead…
Citrus, tangy tartilicious
Potted lemon tree, very convenient!
Potted lemon trees are an excellent citrus to grow at home. Care…
Clementine tree and mandarin orange, how to grow them
Both the clementine tree and mandarin orange tree are amazing citrus. Clementine…
Lemon tree, magnificent fruit trees
Lemon tree is a rather easy citrus to grow. It looks magnificent,…
Four-seasons lemon, everything there is to know about them.
Four-seasons lemon trees are magnificent citrus plants that are called so because…
Lawns, lush and luminous
Lawn grass clippings and compost: what’s the big deal?
Spring begins, and with it comes baskets and hampers full of lawn…
Ground cover plants, no more mowing!
If mowing the lawn has become an unbearable chore, or if you…
Mowing, the key to a pristine, tidy lawn – get the timing and technique right!
Mowing the lawn is an easy art to master as long as…
Topdress your lawn for a lush, thick, neat result!
Lawns typically give more than they take. Give your lawn a boost…
Plant & tree diseases - organic treatments
Septoria, a leaf spot fungus destroying harvests – learn to destroy it instead!
Septoria is a species of fungus that infects vegetables, trees and ornamental…
Russian olive tree, an invasive species in America, how to control it
The Russian Olive tree, as opposed to the native American silverberry, is…
Sooty mold, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it
When leaves are covered with a blackish substance, similar to black soot…
European brown rot, rotting fruit, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease
European brown rot or rotting fruit is a disease caused by fungus…
Special Garden reports
How to determine the type of soil in your garden
Landscaping a flower bed always starts with the basic question "What type…
Chalky, lime soil: best plants for alkaline soil and how to amend it
Nature doesn't think in terms of "good soil, bad soil". Each soil…
9 purple flowers for a mysterious enchanted garden
Purple flowers often look great with white flowers to create a mysterious,…
For a sustainable garden
To transform your growing beds into spots of high ecological value, here…
