Gardening
Advice on plants, flowers & vegetables for both garden and home.
Natural pest control and care to grow a beautiful garden & produce healthy food.
Truly astonishing garden flowers
Mandevilla, a climber that bears stunning flowers
Mandevilla is a remarkable vine. It climbs very high and bears flowers…
Black hollyhock, mysterious beauty
It is all in one: beautiful and original, mysterious and ornamental... Black…
Narcissus, daffodil, spring is nigh!
Narcissus is a very beautiful bulb flower characterized by its nice yellow…
Agastache, a very fragrant flower
Agastache is a plant that boasts many assets. Its appeal lies in…
Shrubs and trees for an elegant garden
Japanese maple, superb foliage
Colorful to the point of being flamboyant, Japanese maple is a very…
Datura tips and guidance for the best possible care
Datura, also called "devil's trumpet" for its magnificent inflorescence, is a very…
Berberis, ideal for defensive hedges
Berberis is a defensive hedge of great value, especially thanks to its…
Rose of Sharon, a flower shrub shrouded in the mysteries of the past
Rose of Sharon, sometimes hyphenated to Rose-of-Sharon, is a delightful summer-blooming garden…
The Veggie Patch by N&G
Growing butternut gourd
Butternut gourd, also called simply butternut, is one of the most popular…
Celery, a delicious vegetable
Celery is a vegetable where the entire plant is edible: root, stalks…
Zucchini, a delicious vegetable that is easy to grow
Zucchini is an easy plant to grow that will delight your taste…
Vitelotte, or black vitelotte, the China truffle
The purple Vitelotte noire, or black vitelotte, isn’t only reputed for its…
Joy-sparking houseplants
Kalanchoe, how to support its blooming
Kalanchoe or kalankoe is surely among the most beautiful succulents. Key Kalanchoe…
Aloe Vera, the plant with a thousand uses
Aloe vera is a very ornamental indoor plant, easy to care for…
Extend the blooming of your amaryllis!
With its magnificent brightly colored flowered stems, amaryllis brings light to our…
Calliandra, a delicate plant
Calliandra is a shrubby plant that bears extremely ornamental foliage and flowers.…
Wonderful blooms by The Rose Garden
Rose tree diseases and how to treat them
Roses are most certainly among the most beautiful flower-bearing shrubs, but they…
Pruning Hybrid Tea roses
Pruning hybrid tea roses, sometimes called large-flowered roses, is an important step…
Dog rose, a rose tree with a rather wild touch
Plant a dog rose bush in a corner of your garden: it…
Preparing rose tree cuttings, when and how to do it
Preparing cuttings from a rose tree is easy to do, cheap, and…
Bulb flowers for every season
Narcissus, daffodil, spring is nigh!
Narcissus is a very beautiful bulb flower characterized by its nice yellow…
Grape hyacinth, cute little blooms
Grape hyacinth, also called muscari, is a very ornamental bulb flower. Key…
Ornamental onion, a very ornamental perennial
Ornamental onion is a beautiful perennial, known for its tall ornamental floral…
Spider lily, a bulb plant to discover
Spider lily, also called hymenocallis, is a simply beautiful bulb flower. Summary…
Climbing vines, fragrant and beautiful
Plumbago, Cape leadwort – a magnificent climber
Plumbago is a superb vine noted both for its flowers and for…
Bougainvillea, a unique climbing plant
Bougainvillea are very beautiful Mediterranean climbing shrubs. Basic Bougainvillea facts Name –…
Winter jasmine, superb blooming
Winter jasmine is probably one of the most fabulous climbing plants. Winter…
Solanum, Potato vine, a jasmine look-alike
Potato vine, also called jasmine nightshade for the resemblance they share, is…
Fruit trees and berry shrubs
Pear tree, a king of the orchard
Pear tree is among the most common fruit trees found in our…
Fig tree, generous from North to South
This tree isn't reserved to hot-weather climates: some hardy varieties make it…
Plant your own currants!
Tasty and vitamin-rich, currant is the chance to cook up delicious jelly.…
Apricots, little bites of sun
A few words about apricots in France... 2012 apricot production in France…
Tangy tart citrus
Citron, the hand of Buddha
Citron, of which the Buddha's hand is a variety, is a citrus…
Calamondin, a nice indoor orange tree
Calamondin or calamondino is an apartment orange tree very well suited to…
Orange tree, producing beautiful oranges
Orange trees have been enchanting our gardens for centuries and are quite…
Clementine tree and mandarin orange, how to grow them
Both the clementine tree and mandarin orange tree are amazing citrus. Clementine…
Caring for your lawn and hedge
Plant and tree diseases - and organic solutions to treat them
Effective organic ant repellant
Although they aren't directly pests for plants and for humans, ants can…
Transplant shock, what it is and how to minimize it
Transplant shock is actually a combination of three factors. Upon moving the…
Nasturtium vs. Aphids
Whether in the vegetable patch, around fruit trees or near rose trees,…
Oak processionary, treatment for this caterpillar
This well-known oak tree parasite is a caterpillar that devours the leaves,…
