Articles related to "Sensitive Plant"

The holidays are over and the winter doldrums are setting in. To help, here's a list of 5 fun plants for your kids to grow and care for!

The only thing better than buying new plants is growing them yourself. Here's a quick guide to growing houseplants from seed

To us plants appear rigid and incapable of real time movements. However, careful observation and time - lapse photography reveal quite a different reality.

As Halloween approaches let's take a look at some truly weird and unusual houseplants including ones that eat bugs and ones that produce stinky flowers!

Ask someone to name a houseplant, and they'll probably mention the old standbys such as Pothos, Swedish Ivy, and Philodendron. Here are a few of the lesser known ones!

In Zambia they call it the 'shy maiden' for its sensitivity. By whatever name, Mimosa Pigra is a nuisance that tears flesh of both man and animal. It is loathed by both.

Organic gardeners that host black walnut trees on their property must protect garden plants from the toxic juglone emitted by the trees' hulls, roots, and leaves.

Do you live near the ocean? Lucky you! That is, until you try and plant a garden in salt-soaked soil. But your landscape can be lovely if you follow these tips.

Waterfront gardeners can design a thriving oceanfront landscape. Choose salt tolerant plants to create a successful seaside garden.

Once water gardening was a novelty. Now, any gardener can have a garden pond with water plants and fish, even in container gardens.

Bring the outdoors in and create your own ecosystem by planting houseplants in a terrarium.

Before the ground thaws cultivate garden vegetables indoors using kitchen scraps. Common vegetables can be turned into a garden delight.

International travelers visit Africa to appreciate the scenic beauty and diverse wildlife found on this vast continent. How can the environmental impact be minimized?

Turn kitchen scraps into a bountiful garden. Many common vegetables and herbs produce seeds or root stock that can be turned into next summers crops.

From 1673 apothecaries used the Garden to train their knowledge of medical plants. Today the historic garden recreates images of the past - and reminds of climate change.

Gardening isn't a top priority as November begins the countdown to the holiday season, however, for gardeners spending time in the dirt provides welcome stress relief.

Gardening in Texas is not one-size-fits-all. The extraordinary diversity of Texas includes 10 climatic regions, 14 soil regions, and 11 distinct ecological regions.