Articles related to "Large Plants"

There are advantages and disadvantages, both monetary and cultural, to landscapes installed at new home sites. Is it best to put in mature plants, or use small plants?

A few warm sunny days in early spring can fool you into thinking spring is here for good. This is not always true.

Elephant ear plants add a dramatic accent to any landscape. Their colors range from bright green to purple and black and they take little care after planted.

There are many types of algae

Whether you're buying new pots or recycling old ones, there are some things you need to be paying attention to when creating your container desert garden.

With Spring here and Summer just around the corner it's time to get your houseplants ready for a new growing season. Here's a quick guide to show you how!

Design with big, easy perennials: eye catching, attention grabbing plants that bring excitement to the flower bed or mixed border. Special plants that say "Look at Me!"

Spring is coming and your houseplants have awakened from their winter's nap. Here are some answers to readers' questions about how to help your plants welcome spring.

Spring is coming and houseplants are starting to awaken from their winter's nap. Here's a guide to getting them ready to take full advantage of the growing season!

A screen planting in just the right place can block out that unsightly view of a wall, the neighbor's trash cans, garage or jungle gym and offer you some privacy.

Think you don't have room for a garden? Try these ideas.

Florida beaches attract tourists, including plant enthusiasts. Sea oats and foliage stabilize sand dunes. Large dunes act as a natural barricade against coastal erosion.

Of the hundreds of nurseries on the Internet, these online nurseries made it to the top five.

Acanthus is an ancient Greek plant which has huge architectural significance both literally and in the garden. Grown for its arching green leaves and tall floral spires.

While spring is typically the busy garden season, fall is the best time for planting landscape perennials, shrubs and trees for many reasons.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has wide boulevard gardens throughout its public streets. Gardeners will be inspired by the free garden plantings easily seen in this Midwest city.

This is the time of year when many people bring their houseplants outdoors. They appreciate the vacation, but here's what you need to know before they go!

Old-fashioned cottage gardens can be a treasured addition to a home and will deliver charms and delights season after season, with some attention to details.

Use Valentine's Day as an excuse to decorate your home and to add life and warmth during the long winter months.

The sun's height in the sky is crucial in determining climates and microclimates. Latitude, longitude and the earth's tilt govern amounts of sun reaching locations.

Decorating outside for fall is easy using pumpkins, mums and leaves all in rich colors.

Swiss Chard is an easily grown green vegetable that is both delicious and health giving.

Large ornamental plants create the backdrop for garden landscapes and set off other plants and bulbs. Learn how to grow and care for flowering and garden shrubs.

Water lilies, radioactivity and health - that's the combination you find at the thermal lake in Heviz, western Hungary. Spending a day wallowing in wellness.

Did you know indoor plants do more than just look good? It has been proven that some plants do more than just make a room look nicer, they actually clean the air.

Creating a diorama doesn't require expensive craft store items; build this dual-ecosystem using items often found around the home.

Gardeners can share plants inexpensively or increase perennials in their landscapes, through division. How do you divide rhizomatic perennials?

The holidays are just about here and it's time to decorate! Don't leave houseplants out of the fun-there are several ways to add beauty to any holiday decor with them!

Organic gardeners can shop for garden and landscape software that allows them to plan an entire garden design at once, avoiding piecemeal mistakes.

Lewisias have rigid requirements for water, drainage, light, and space. With these satisfied, they live and blossom happily for years in an alpine environment.

Many gardeners shy away from planting roses due to their high maintenance nature - read on.

Take a tour of a winery in the show-me state. You might not want to leave.

How to buy plants online: what to look for in the descriptions.

The placement of food and beverage in your party space is critical to the ability of your guests to mingle and may cause your guests to clump in one location.

Many vegetables such as greens, sprouts and asparagus benefit from a fall garden. The cooler temperatures allow for a better growing season and better tasting produce.

Planting your first flower garden from scratch is exciting – and a challenge! Start out right with this simple guide to selecting the best possible site for your garden.

Spring bulbs are beautiful to behold, but difficult to plant in the fall. The bulb auger fits onto most electric hand drills, and will make short work of digging jobs.

Here are the top 10 Low-Water-Use Native Groundcovers.

Tropical fish are fascinating. There are many diverse aspects to keeping them. Planning for the hobby benefits from a checklist, particularly if working to a budget.

Virginia - America's Oldest Wine Region Matures

This is an impressive pitcher plant hardy to Zone 5, and a good choice for windowsills, cool greenhouses and patio gardens.

The quickest way to bring flowers and color into the residential landscape is by planting containers full of bright and interesting plants.

Discover why this weed is the model plant in the field of plant biotechnology, and some of the benefits that sequencing its genome has brought.

See the best of the new annual plants available to home gardeners in 2008. New colors, healthier plants and interesting flower forms can all be found.

A holiday by the sea gives the opportunity to become an expert on the fascinating creatures that live between the tides.

Esperanza or yellow bells, with green foliage and brilliant yellow trumpet-like flowers, are desert plants, but can be just as at home in a backyard garden.

Betta fish have different characteristics for breeding which determine their optimum environment. It is worth researching the requirements before making your choice.

Northern gardeners can add blueberries to a sustainable kitchen garden by growing hardy plants. Homegrown blueberries provide fresh fruit despite blueberry virus news.

Introducing height into the garden can be accomplished by using plants, garden structures, fountains and even a mound of earth.

Come spring, the mail order gardening catalogs flood into mailboxes everywhere - pages of temptation, enticing gardeners to want one of everything.