Articles related to "Easy To Grow"

The Crinum is a member of the Amaryllis family and is often mistaken for Amaryllis. They can be found growing in southern US gardens and should be in every flower bed.

Organic gardeners can choose from several easy to grow vegetables when starting a vegetable garden. Tuck these favorites into the flower garden, or grow them in pots.

Perennials are those plants in the yard or garden bed that can be counted on to return and bloom every year. Here's a list of perennial plants anyone can grow.

Nicotiana, sweet alyssum and marigolds have similar growing needs. Beginning gardeners will find these annual plants easy to grow when starting a garden hobby.

If you're a novice when it comes to horticulture, you'll want to start with something simple.

There's no magic to growing produce. But there are many easy-to-grow vegetables that make a first home garden almost effortless.

Cat mint is an herb that is so easy to grow, even if you don't have a green thumb it will thrive.

Adults can instill a lifelong love of gardening and educate children about the natural world by helping them create their own gardens.

If you've admired orchids from afar but are hesitant to commit to what you fear will be a demanding relationship with a finicky plant, here's a no hassle arrangement.

Madagascar periwinkle, or just periwinkle, is a very popular heat and drought tolerant annual in summer gardens. In warmer climates, it can be almost a perennial.

Overwintering Teasel attracts small birds, like buntings, goldfinches, sparrows, to its super-sized brown seedheads. Gardeners can encourage self-sowing teasel in spring.

These plants are famously known as shamrocks or four leaf clovers but they are so much more, Read on for more info on this outstanding houseplant!

In warm climates, plant strawberries in late autumn. In climates where the ground freezes, plant in spring.

While growing vegetables is generally easy to do, some are easier to grow then others. Check out this list of the 10 easiest to grow vegetables for your home garden.

Rugosa roses are easy to grow plants perfect for tough landscapes. Gardeners who like naturalized gardens will find wild shrub roses low maintenance plants.

You don't have to be an expert gardener to successfully grow orchids. Phalaenopsis, Paphiopedilum, Dendrobium, and Oncidium are easiest for the novice to grow.

The specific amount of water an orchid needs depends on many factors, but here are tips on how you can water to optimize the health of your exotic beauty.

The specific humidity level an orchid needs depends on the type of plant, but here are general guidelines to optimize the health of your plant and coax it to flower.

The amount of light an orchid needs depends on the type of plant, but here are general guidelines that will help optimize the health of your plant and coax it to flower.

Specific temperature requirements depend on the type of plant, but here are general guidelines to help the beginning orchid enthusiast maintain healthy plants.

This is your one-stop online orchid guide, with brief descriptions and links to a series of Suite101 articles on the basics of orchid cultivation.

How much water an orchid needs depends on many factors, but here are general guidelines to help optimize the health of your plant and coax it to flower.

Euphorbia Diamond Frost® is the best plant for complementing poinsettias. Both are easy to grow, classically decorate homes and keep throughout a winter holiday season.

Here are more Rudbeckia hirta ideas to grow. These easy to grow black-eyed susans attract butterflies helping to create sustainable annual plant gardens.

Ivy is an easy to grow, popular, and enduring houseplant. Here is an overview of the Hedera, or "True Ivy" family.

Aloe, Geraniums and Cast Iron Plants-grow these plants and more, even if you think you have a black thumb!

Here are types of Nicotiana for growing in a variety of themed gardens. The many species of flowering tobacco plants inspire many ideas for annual flower gardens.

Easy to grow, disease free, and beautiful -- Inland Sea Oats are unique accent plants and a useful ornamental grass for shady areas.

The delicious world of easy-to-grow leafy greens goes far beyond spinach and lettuce.

A simple article on how to grow the many colors and shapes of bachelor's buttons.

Strawberries are among the most delicious soft fruit and very easy to grow. A few strawberry plants in a sunny corner of the garden will give a tasty crop for 2-3 years.

Learn how to grow epiphytic and terrestrial bromeliads as houseplants. Bromeliads are good easy to grow plant choices for indoor gardening.

So you'd like to start your own vegetable garden? Vegetable gardening is a rewarding experience and with these easy steps you'll have fresh vegetables growing in no time.

Rose-colored flower heads start out as a mass of dark pink buds which open to release the scent of Cashmere Bouquet soap.

The Oleander plant is easy to grow and can be used as a bush, a tree or as a hedge. Oleander is low maintenance but toxic, so should be avoided in gardens with children.

Calea Zacatechichi is an easy to grow entheogen from Oaxaca Mexico which is reported to enhance dreams.

Mache, mizuna and pak choi are Asian greens suitable for growing in a vegetable garden. These leafy greens are easy to grow during cool season gardening.

Indoor tropical plants have been found to improve the causes of Sick Building Syndrome. Here is a list of houseplants to clean indoor air and tips on how to grow them.

If you aren't familiar with the types of hot peppers available, follow this handy guide.

A sunny window brings blooms to anthurium, lipstick plant, goldfish plant, begonias, peace lily, kalanchoe, and more indoor plants.

Consider these planting ideas to soften the appearance of a sidewalk or finish a pathway garden. Flowering plant groupings make beautiful landscaped walkways.

Children can be successful gardeners, growing bright flowering plants and aromatic herbs with joy when careful plant selections are made for them.

Grow fragrant annual summer flowers Nicotiana and Heliotropium to create a scented flower garden anywhere.

Boxwood, the wintergreen garden shrub, is the world's oldest ornamental garden landscape plant, perfect for hedge planting and topiary.

These ornamental flowering shrubs are mostly hardy and prefer slightly acid soil. They produce brilliant displays of bold white pink or scarlet blooms from late winter.

Hydrangeas are ornamental shrubs, with huge heads of white pink or red flowers, but acid soil gives purple or blue hydrangeas. Some accept full sun, most are shade plants

Learn how to design an herbal tea garden using herbs such as mint, lemon balm and chamomile that is not only practical but also a fun place to entertain.

The Maranta family consists of 4 closely related plants. While often challenging to grow they are prized for their colorful foliage. Read on for more!

A look at plants that can really make a garden pop with color and interest.

Learn about the plants that provide winter interest with blue, purple or black colored berries.