Home Lawncare

A vist to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

If you are disappointed by the shade of your property and are still looking for that "special" plant which will provide low maintenance color and fragrance for the shade then look no further. Hostas through leaf variegation are today available in mind boggling numbers and the look of a well designed ...

Article describes how to succesfully grow one of the most long blooming and beautiful plants suitable for partial shade: The Tuberous Begonia.

Caladium tubers produce wonderful lush color in the shade. These tropical plants can be grown anywhere in North America, but in cooler areas they must be lifted and stored dry for the winter. In this article we explain how to grow these wonderful plants in the summer, and when and how ...

When you buy perennials online, usually they are shipped as “bare-root”. Because the gardener spreads out the roots in the process of planting, these plants tend to establish themselves quickly in their new environment. These types of planting tend to create anxiety with new gardeners, but really, there is no reason ...

Shade is not a single well defined topic, but a broad concept which ranges from very light to very dark. With shade usually follows other problems such as disease pressure, competition from nearby trees, too dry or moist soils, and other related factors.

There are plants suited for almost any lighting ...

The Amaryllis Christmas flower is very popular no doubt due to the very showy flowers, long stems, extended flowering period and the fact that it can be forced to flower at any time of the year. Most home owners have great success with these bulbs the first winter, but often it ...

Winterizing the lawn is one of the most beneficial horticultural practices a home owner can perform. This is the time of the year when maximum strength is build in the grass plants ... provided it is time and carried out properly.

Learn what the "winterizer" application is, why it is important, and ...

After a long, cold winter there is nothing more exhilarating that the colors, scents, and beauty of spring flowering bulbs. Unfortunately, you can not go to the local garden center and buy spring flowers like you do annuals in May. Spring flowering bulbs must be planted in the ground in fall ...

Elephant ears (colocasia esculenta) are fantastic, lush, tropical plants which are incredibly easy to grow for all gardeners from Florida to Maine. The most popular of the kind, the green leaved elephant ear, grow from large tubers which are readily available. You can even catch one at the supermarket, if you ...