The ‘Ogon’ cultivar, S. thumbergii ‘Ogon’, aka Mellow Yellow, is noteworthy for its early spring bloom time and golden leaves. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Cultivation and History The Spiraea thunbergii species is native to China and Japan. The true species and its cultivars are suitable for US Hardiness zones 4 to 8....
I was working at a garden center many years ago and discovered quickly the shoulder pain incurred from watering over one hundred hanging baskets at a time, especially for one particular flower. Verbena was a troublemaker as far as I was concerned, a flower that refused to stay attractive unless I babied it. Flash forward years later and I recognize that, yes, this flower does need a bit of extra care to be at its best, but not that much....
I remember these flowers from my youth, as I’m sure many other gardeners do. It took a long time for me to grow and tend for my own, but I’ve since wasted no effort fostering these springtime lovelies since they’ve found their way into my gardens. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Let’s learn about where these plants came from, and why they deserve a spot in your garden....
Okay, maybe not everyone sees their property in terms of where they can fit in more edibles, as I do. But if you’re looking for a plant to fill the floor of your food forest, look no further than ramps. Allium tricoccum has gained quite the reputation in recent years. No longer a novelty vegetable, you can find ramps at restaurants and kitchen tables across the country during those few weeks in the spring that they’re available....
With snow-white pom-pom inflorescence and exfoliating, textured bark, Hydrangea arborescens in particular is a festive garden staple. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Also known as smooth or wild hydrangea, H. arborescens serves as an excellent pollinator plant and slope stabilizer in habitat gardens and naturalized ornamental gardens. Its showy blooms make for an elegant cut flower, fresh or dried....
Pitcher plants like species of the Sarracenia genus are among those that are a challenge to grow as houseplants because they have very specific needs. And some can grow very large, making it tough to find space for them indoors. Many of the carnivores are bog-dwellers that need wet soil and bright, direct sunlight for 12 or more hours per day to remain healthy, but others – like those of the Nepenthes genus – need very different conditions to flourish....
Well, you can! You know those little pods that are left behind after a flower falls off? Those are actually the plant’s berries – technically called ovaries – and they contain the plant’s seeds. Just keep in mind that you probably won’t create an exact replica of the existing plant. That’s because most fuchsias are hybrids, and they won’t grow true if you use this method. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....
Think Gloria Gaynor – your plants will survive! However, repeated infections of this pathogen can seriously weaken and destroy the health of susceptible plants. They will also lose any ornamental value. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. What Is Cedar Apple Rust? Cedar apple rust (Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae) is a fungal disease that depends on two species to spread and develop....
They’re also low maintenance and extremely resistant to disease (we won’t talk about slugs, however). So when your hosta looks like someone beat it up with a baseball bat, it can be extra distressing. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. If you can relate, don’t feel bad. Just because hostas are typically disease-resistant, that doesn’t mean they’ll only get sick if you mess up....
You know that old saying, “There’s a fungus among us?” There is some truth to that. A fungus called anthracnose can infect a large number of tropical and temperate plants, and it is widespread throughout the world. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. In this article, we’re going to help you to prevent, diagnose, and treat anthracnose in your hydrangeas....
We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. What is Caraway? Caraway, Carum carvi, is a member of the Apiaceae, or Umbelliferae family that includes celery, carrot, parsnips, fennel, parsley, and other fragrant flowering plants. It is a biennial herb best known for aromatic fruit that is called a seed, and used as a spice....
Also called rose geraniums, sweet geraniums, or old fashioned rose geranium, scented geraniums are beautiful evergreen plants that all have various unique scents to their leaves and blossoms. Plants can range from low-growing foot-tall specimens to bushy three-feet-tall versions, and they can spread from a foot wide up to eight feet or more. Blossoms can be tiny and plain to large, vibrant, and multi-colored. Some have small or deeply-lobed leaves, while others have large, round leaves....
And when we get a nice, sweet, juicy batch we inhale them within a day. Well, if the best tasting strawberries are what you’re after, growing your own is the way to go. You will never taste a sweeter strawberry than one picked fresh from your own garden. There are multiple varieties to choose from, and as perennials that are hardy in zones 3 through 10, they’ll come back year after year....
Because of this centuries-long love affair, these plants have been bred and crossbred, resulting in thousands of known varieties. When you plant a camellia, you’re not only adding beauty to your garden, but history as well. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. There are numerous reasons that you might want to duplicate your camellia plant....
While there are various methods available for getting rid of bugs once you have an infestation on your hands, it’s best to be proactive. Using physical protections, like floating row covers, is particularly effective if you are trying to grow crops organically. Common zucchini diseases, like bacterial wilt, can also be spread by pests. So, while vigilantly checking crops and looking for pests is helpful, it’s important to protect the plants as they are growing....
With little input from me, they’ll bloom and bloom all season long. I know I’m not the only one with a passion for these low-maintenance beauties! We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. But just because they don’t need extra care to survive, can a little extra attention encourage them to put on a better show?...
Cauliflower may be traced back to fifteenth-century Cyprus, where it began as a mutation of a type of wild cabbage. Through the centuries, this new-found vegetable began to adapt to the climates of the places in which its seeds were cultivated. Europe and India are two locations where these “original” cauliflower varieties became a staple food. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
But fear not, for Mother Nature provides. She has given the Southern gardener a plethora of spectacular landscape choices that withstand brutal conditions in sparkling fashion. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Bulbine frutescens is a perennial, but it has trouble withstanding anything more than a light frost. While my love is endearing, I am occasionally heartbroken when the odd deep freeze in my Zone 8b Austin steals my dear bulbine away....
This guide will get you started with giving your plants the best start, to allow them to blossom to their full potential. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. This is true of the plants you see as you walk down the street, ones you buy at the garden store, and those you grow from seeds....
Cultivation in planters and pots is a smart way to enjoy their graceful, swaying motion in small spaces, and to easily manage the spread of fast-growing types that can potentially take over the garden. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Depending on the species, foliage can be plain, spotted, or variegated, and comes in a stunning range of colors, including burgundy, copper, green, gold, gray, glaucous, pink, purple, scarlet, and silver....
