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Bamboo growing, care, control and landscaping ideas

Bamboo is a beautiful modern evergreen shrub, but if left unchecked, it may spread uncontrollably.

Oasis of moisture: create an exotic garden at home

What does “exotic” actually mean? Plants that come from far away? Plants that look weird? Crazy lush growth and greenery like a jungle? As a concept, “exotic” can mean many things.

Create an exotic garden with endless lush growth

Bamboo, a plant with mysterious secrets

It’s very difficult to classify these gigantic stalks: they’re the size of shrubs and grow like perennials… but they’re technically grasses! Some bamboo plants are towering high, others are dwarf-sized, some have straight canes and others arch back down and even creep along the ground.

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

With surprising bamboo-like leafage, the Mahonia ‘Soft Caress’ is a shrub that will make you feel

Designing a sensory garden

A sensory garden has a simple goal: maximize the sensory experience of its visitors. Designing such a garden isn’t very difficult. You can follow various themes, set portions up into dedicated areas, or fuse all the experiences together as a whole.

Nandina domestica, the sacred bamboo

Nandina is a wonderfully beautiful shrub that many find appealing for its colored foliage and early summer blooming.

Fargesia, the dense-growing bamboo that’s perfect for privacy

With its dense clump-like silhouette and tight-growing stalks, Fargesia is the ideal candidate for growing a privacy hedge. This non-invasive bamboo grows corms that bear elegant, thin green leaves.

Tips to set up a deck or patio: balance furniture with plants

If there’s enough space, it’s perfectly possible to set up a comfortable patio, deck or terrace.

Tips on how to set up a deck, terrace or patio

Horsetail, mesmerizing ornamental patterns

Field horsetail is a perennial that is replete with advantages, but it often turns invasive in gardens.

Caring for Lucky Bamboo

Lucky bamboo – the bringer of good fortune – has become a very successful indoor plant.

Lucky bamboo in a pot filled with gravel

Pleioblastus, the dwarf bamboo that’s a blast to grow

Definitely an outlier in the usually tall bamboo family, dwarf Pleioblastus won’t ever grow taller than 5 feet (1.5 meters).

Create an exotic garden… bring the tropics to your back yard

What if you turned your garden into a year-round exotic holiday setting? Growing an exotic garden lets you travel between continents without even leaving your home.

Flowers, palms and ferns create an exotic garden even when not in the tropics

Control invasive bamboo – options and solutions

Even though your bamboo has been properly settled in the garden for years already, you must stay alert. The need to control invasive bamboo is a constant endeavor! Bamboo growth must be constrained if you don’t want your garden to turn into an impenetrable jungle.

Bamboo shoots clumping together in front of a door.

Mind-soothing rock garden – set up your very own Zen Rock Garden!

If a certain corner of the garden is rebellious and resists all the plants you’ve tried growing in it, don’t give up! No need to let weeds

Japanese inspiration for the garden

Tiny marvels of balance and elegance, Japanese gardens are a source of unlimited inspiration.

Landscape a small garden with 5 simple features

A small garden is definitely an excellent opportunity to showcase what’s really most important. Discover our tips and advice to transcend your small outdoor space and, through astute landscaping ideas, make it seem larger than it is! Read also: 5 ideas to set up a shaded courtyard Clever ways to organize a long, narrow garden […]

Small garden terrace landscaped with brilliant ideas

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