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Soft scale insect on a ZZ plant

Scale on ZZ plant – keep sap-sucking bugs from infecting your Zamioculcas!

Treating diseases and pests
Lavender wand, lavender wad

Lavender wand, how to make this scented ornament

Gardening
Turnip-rooted chervil tubers ready to sprout

Turnip-rooted chervil, how to grow it

The Vegetable Patch
Snowberry, symphoricarpos

Snowberry, the pearl tree

Shrubs
English vs French lavender

English vs French lavender, which is best?

Perennials
Stalks of lavender flowers with a white background.

Get the name of each lavender right: scientific names for English, French, Spanish…

Perennials
Roots exposed on a plant during transplanting

Transplant damage – protect your plant & avoid wounds

Treating diseases and pests
how to prepare your own root dip

Root dip – how to prepare your own root dip

Special reports
A field completely covered in purple Lavandula stoechas flowers.

Lavandula stoechas, the ornamental lavender

Gardening
Seeds from the Stephanotis vine

Stephanotis seeds – a fruit pod packed with surprises

Climbing plants
Properly pruned stephanotis blooming before a brick wall.

Pruning stephanotis – timing, tools, technique & tips!

Climbing plants
varieties of hosta

Hosta, hardy and abundant

Perennials
Palm trees indoor houseplant

A palm tree in the house

Indoor plants
lants-for-each-room-of-the-house

Plants for each room

Indoor plants
How to make a living plant wall

Setting up a plant wall, indoors and outside!

Special reports
Sunflower

Sunflower, a simply beautiful flower!

Annuals and biennials
Willow shrubs are willows that grow shorter than normal willow trees

Willow shrubs, small but ever so elegant

Shrubs
iris

Iris: planting, growing and care for beautiful blooms

Perennials
Shaped boxwood shrubs forming boxes

Boxwood, always the elegant one

Shrubs
Dahlia imperialis towers tall above, blooming

Dahlia imperialis, a marvel in fall

Perennials
Salix caprea

Salix Caprea ‘Kilmarnock’, a miniature weeping willow

Trees
Edible plants

Grow flowers for food!

Special reports
Red berries dot this rhamnus alaternus or mediterranean buckthorn

Italian Buckthorn, how to care for Rhamnus alaternus

Shrubs
Gardening tools

Gardening tools, basic gardening equipment

Special reports
Oriental fountain grass seed pods swaying in the wind

Pennisetum orientale, the oriental fountain

Ornamental grasses
Three square-foot vegetable beds

Planting an organic square-foot vegetable patch

The Vegetable Patch
Rhodanthe

Rhodanthe, superb for dry flowers

Annuals and biennials
fern

Abundant ferns, excellent landscapers for shade

Garden Flowers
Medicinal sage

Medicinal sage, tips on how to grow and care for it

Herbs and spices
Bidens

Bidens, like gold in garden

Perennials
Garden tool care

Proper garden tool care, key maintenance steps

Special reports
Harts tongue fern

Hart’s tongue fern, a fern for the home

Garden Flowers
Yellow guzmania

Guzmania, exotic and colorful

Flowering houseplants
Gunnera

Gunnera, a giant rhubarb with mammoth leaves

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

Origanum rotundifolium, the Kent Beauty oregano

Herbs and spices
Flower cluster of a red valerian plant

Red valerian, a beautiful perennial

Perennials
Thuja

Thuja, a true hedge conifer

Trees and shrubs
Rose moss flower

Rose moss, key points to know

Annuals and biennials
fleabane

Fleabane, the rockwall daisy

Perennials
Systems to water plants

Watering responsibly – we’re all involved

Special reports
Funkia

Funkia, hardy and ornamental

Perennials
Phillyrea

Phillyrea, a short olive-like tree for hardy climates

Trees
Stipa gigantea is giant feather grass

Giant feather grass, advice on caring for it

Ornamental grasses
Herbaceous peony

Herbaceous peony, oriental beauties

Perennials
Orchid exposure light

Orchids, daughters of light? Get exposure right

Orchids
Mineral mulch

Mulch guidelines, mineral mulch

Special reports
Carex sedge growing near water

Sedge, carex, superb grass

Ornamental grasses
aechmea

Aechmea, a beautiful plant with pastel hues

Flowering houseplants
four season hedge

Four-seasons hedge, every season sees it as beautiful as ever

Trees and shrubs
Amelanchier

Amelanchier, an all-season eyecatcher

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

Regional planting calendar to maximize your vegetable patch – MetroFrance Edition

The Vegetable Patch