After all of the love and care you’ve given it, the last thing you want is to see it die especially when the problem could be something that is easily fixed. 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 need a refresher on how to grow camellias in containers, have a read of our guide....
Both are just different names for the tasty legume Phaseolus lunatus. But that’s not the complete story. Sometimes home gardeners will find it relevant that a bean has one of these labels or the other, especially in particular areas of the country, or the globe. At the same time, when you shop for seeds or decide which variety to plant in your garden, it’s important not to let the lima-versus-butter-bean confusion influence your choices....
At least, not for me up here in Alaska, where it’s also difficult to find a strawberry for sale in the wintertime. If you opt to grow your own, there’s nothing as sweet as looking out at your own garden and seeing the long green leaves rising from the soil. Beneath them lies a growing bulb that can fill your cooking with flavor and life. If you can figure out how and when to harvest it, that is....
For many of us, when we think of calcium, our minds go to the classic “Got Milk?” advertisements, but we can get a surprising amount from many of the vegetables that are growing in our gardens. 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 Calcium? Calcium is an essential mineral that we need to include in our diets every day....
Nature is full of plants with creepy colors, twisting vines, and spiky stems. Some devour whole insects or are viciously aggressive towards other plants, others are associated with bizarre history and scary stories. Take your decor up a notch this Halloween and try decorating your home and yard with a collection of spooky plants! We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
I wouldn’t blame someone for thinking that there are only one or two varieties of celery out there. I mean, they all look and taste the same, right? Maybe not. While each of the nine cultivars described below has that unmistakable savory flavor we associate with this vegetable, there are some differences between them. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
There’s no reason to settle for some unattractive plastic model that needs to be hidden out of sight. On the contrary, there are many charming options that a discerning decorator would be happy to leave in plain view. But we’re not going to content ourselves merely with appearances, are we? Embarking on an indoor gardening adventure means we need a watering can that will offer control over where we let the water flow....
For many folks, the winter season can drag on and become a bit gloomy. The weather’s gray and dull, there’s not enough daylight hours, and our favorite outdoor activities can grind to a halt. But gardeners have a wonderful antidote for the short-day blues. This is the time of year when the seed and gear catalogs arrive, igniting the imagination with plans, schemes, and dreams of gardening glory! We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....
Fertilizing will not only help your plant grow to its full potential, with big, fragrant flowers and healthy foliage, it will also help to promote a healthy and abundant berry harvest. If only fertilizing elderberries were as simple as tossing some nutrients at your plants when you have the time! But it isn’t. You need to apply fertilizer at the right time and in the correct amounts if you want to get this garden task right....
The blue, purple, white, or bicolored blooms grow on three-feet-tall stems above the lance-like leaves, and these plants a garden fixture in places like Mexico, Jamaica, and warm parts of the United States – though they’re native to South Africa. Also commonly known as “African lily” or “lily of the Nile,” agapanthus plants aren’t lilies at all but are tall perennial flowers in the Agapanthus genus. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....
The perennial culinary herb has always been associated with the scents and flavor notes of the season for me because of how prolific it is in my gardens at this time of year. Thyme is a name given to many herbs in the Thymus genus, which is made up of over 350 species, but the most common one used for culinary and ornamental purposes is T. vulgaris, which we’ll focus on here....
Here in Alaska, it’s the wild roses, bluebells, and fireweed that appear in spring which make every cold day worthwhile. In Montana, where I grew up, it was the arrowleaf balsamroot, lupines, and wild larkspur. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Like larkspur. Oh, how I love the tall spires, with their blue, violet, rose, and white blossoms....
I think the combination of columnar central spadix and spathe looks like a candle flame flickering peacefully on a dark night. Regardless of what you might think of the name, you have to admit that there’s something gentle and peaceful about the peace lily. 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 love houseplants and you want to add a flowering plant with lush green leaves to your indoor space, this guide will tell you everything you need to know....
Or maybe your garden is already chock-full of green goodness and you don’t have any space for any huge, hungry melons. Whatever the reason, if you think you don’t have the space to grow your own sweet cantaloupe, think again. 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 guide, I’ll show you exactly how....
This flavorful broccoli-like green vegetable – also known as gai lan, kailaan, or Chinese kale – is simple to grow and only takes a couple of months from seed to harvest. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Continue reading to learn all about growing Chinese broccoli in your garden. Here’s what I’ll cover:...
That’s why I love growing currants, gooseberries, and my all-time favorite: elderberries. It isn’t just the fact that they taste delicious, but there’s something so satisfying about growing a plant that popular culture has recently rediscovered, to the point of obsession. But what if you don’t have room in your garden for an elderberry bush? Never fear, these lovely plants lend themselves well to container growing, as long as you keep a few tips in mind....
It might be mistletoe, that beautiful parasite that we smooch under during the holidays. Okay, not all of us. I remember dodging around any doorway that held the seasonal menace. I wasn’t about to be snagged by an aunt for a sloppy smooch on my cheek! We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. In addition to their infamous reputation as winter holiday decor, these plants are invaluable to wildlife and they’ve long been used in medicinal remedies....
And in addition to tolerating blistering desert heat, this tough evergreen shrub can also withstand temperatures as low as 10°F. Perfection! Before we get too far, I know you’re wondering how the heck Ericameria laricifolia got its common name. Its foliage is covered in a resin that, when touched, smells like the stinky solvent. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
It only makes sense to combine the two into a fun, relaxing, kid-friendly, educational activity, right? Rudbeckia hirta is one of those wildflowers that’s simple to grow, beautiful to have in the garden, and easy to collect from. So once I have an established patch, I will be visiting it regularly to watch the pollinators, revel in the bright blooms, and harvest some future plants contained in a tiny black package....
Unfortunately, these bugs are widespread throughout the US and southern Canada. These insects can suck out a plant’s juices so aggressively that the plant will wilt and die, injecting toxic substances that only exacerbate the problem. And if you didn’t think things could get any worse, squash bugs can infect your crops with cucurbit yellow vine disease (CYVD) as well. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....
