You planted daylilies for the first time last year. You can’t wait for the explosion of color to begin in early summer. Take care of your daylilies throughout the growing season to ensure healthy plants that bloom to their heart’s content and to your delight. Spring Daylily Care Daylilies often emerge as one of the first green spouts to peek through the cold ground. Check on them occasionally to make sure they’re not freezing....

Fruit Confused on how much sunlight your blueberry shrubs need to grow properly? Getting an adequate amount of sunlight is essential for the growth of any plant. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen examines how much sunlight blueberry shrubs need. You'll find out if they perform better in full sun, partial shade, or fully shaded garden areas. By Liessa Bowen Last updated: January 8, 2023 | 3 min read Blueberries are versatile fruiting shrubs that are commonly grown for their delicious berries....

QUESTION: I want to get the biggest tomato harvest possible from my three tomato plants this season. How can I make my tomatoes flower better? – Monica C ANSWER: There are several things you can do to help your tomatoes flower better. First, choose tomatoes that are well suited for your growing zone. Also, indeterminate varieties tend to produce more flowers and fruits than determinate varieties, so choose indeterminate types for your garden....

QUESTION: How do you keep a poinsettia year round? Is there a way to keep them healthy all year long? -Stacy H. ANSWER: To keep a poinsettia year round, you will need to move it into the outdoor garden once there is no danger of the temperature falling below 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7.22 degrees Celsus). The best place to plant your poinsettia outdoors is a spot where it will get sunshine in the morning....

by Matt Gibson Ever seen a dozen or so onions braided together in a natural chain hanging in your grandmother’s kitchen? The practice of braiding (or plaiting) onions for long-term storage dates back to the pioneer days, and is actually a wonderful way to store onions that you are not planning on using immediately. The braiding technique actually promotes increased air circulation, which will keep unused onions fresher than tossing them into a storage bin, and is also aesthetically pleasing....

We all love to click great selfies, and what could be better than to add a touch of nature in them? So, here is the list of 13 tremendous ideas that will help you to design the best indoor selfie space with plants without the help of any interior designer. Check out our article on best plants for the gym here How Can Plants Be Great for Selfies? Nature has always been the best canvas, providing some of the great visuals our eyes could feast on....

One of the best things about herbs is that they are very low maintenance plants. Which means they don’t require a ton of care. So don’t be intimidate by the thought of fertilizing herbs, it’s really not that difficult and doesn’t take much time! In this detailed herb fertilizer guide, I’m going to break it all down, and make this super easy for you. Do Herbs Need Fertilizer? Herbs are not heavy feeders, so you don’t need to fertilize them as often as other plants in your garden....

Here’s what’s in store: Platycodon grandiflorus Balloon flower, Platycodon grandiflorus, is a native of the Russian Far East, China, Japan, and Korea that has become a garden sensation in the United States. A member of the Campanulaceae family that includes bellflower and lobelia, its common name derives from the puffy balloon-like buds that burst open into starry bell-like blossoms. In this article, you will learn how to grow and care for balloon flower in your landscape....

As indicated by the plant’s name, it is indigenous to China, Japan, and the Himalayas. Some call it Chinese witch hazel, for its membership in the Hamamelidaceae family. Loropetalum chinense Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense) has become a go-to shrub for southern gardeners in recent years, and for good reason. In addition to its attractive deep red leaves, this fast-growing plant puts on a breathtaking springtime display of fringy pink or white flowers....

I ate it raw, lots of it, every single day. I shredded the stuff and put it on toast. My classmates complained that the smell was seeping from my pores. Ah, garlic. I have a complicated relationship with this fragrant bulb, often called the “stinking rose.” Back when I was a child, I had severe emetophobia. Fear of tossing my cookies, if you’ve never heard the term before. I read somewhere that garlic could help prevent the stomach flu, so when I was twelve years old, I pretty much became a walking garlic clove....

As you’d expect from such large roots, these can take twice as long as table beets to mature. They also differ from their relatives in that they contain fewer vitamins and minerals, and have a texture that is quite a bit tougher. Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. altissima These days, it’s pretty common to stumble upon a home garden where nutritious red (and orange, purple, pink, golden, or striped) table beets are growing, but sugar beets are still mostly the domain of commercial and livestock growers....

Luckily, there are some steps you can take if you notice them in your landscape. Lymantria dispar I had to memorize a lengthy list of invasive pests’ Latin names in my pest identification class, and to help me remember, I imagined the trees groaning out a silent mantra of despair when they realized a generation of the defoliating caterpillars of Lymantria dispar were emerging. The name has stuck in my head ever since....

As bee populations decline all over the world, home gardeners can play a vital role in helping to save them. Bees are a necessary and beautiful part of plant pollination. By creating a bee friendly garden you can increase vegetable yields, have gorgeous flower beds, and enjoy watching them buzzing around. Even beginner gardeners can create a happy home for bees with this guide at hand. In this detailed guide, I’ll give you tons of tips on how to create a safe and nurturing bee garden that provides them with food, water, and even potential nesting places that will encourage yearly returns....

Fruit Are you trying to overwinter strawberries in your garden, but aren't quite sure where to start? In this article, organic gardening expert Logan Hailey walks through the entire process to overwinter strawberries to keep them alive and productive into next growing season. By Logan Hailey Last updated: November 27, 2022 | 8 min read Strawberries are one of the most popular and easy-to-grow garden fruits. They are widely adaptable in USDA zones 3 through 10 and are even native to North America....

By Matt Gibson Flower and vegetable seeds aren’t very expensive, but for an avid gardener who plants for new crops every spring and fall, the cost of those small paper packets can add up quickly. Saving your seeds for replanting only takes a few minutes and it can save you a lot of money in the long run. Plus, harvesting seeds leaves you with more than you need, which allows you to give lots of them away to your gardener friends....

Before you get started with these indoor food garden ideas, a word about light Before I dive into my favourite indoor food garden ideas, I wanted to take a moment to talk about light. Providing adequate light is the biggest challenge when growing food indoors. A sunny, south-facing window is generally fine for growing garlic shoots, re-growing scallions, or starting microgreens. To grow edible plants like strawberries or hot peppers, however, especially in winter where the days are short and the light is low, adding a growlight can make all the difference....

Jerusalem sage is a lovely semi-perennial, drought-tolerant addition that adds splashes of bright yellow flowers to gardens. Growing Jerusalem sage for herb or flower is relatively easy, too, with the plant needing little care once it is established. Table of Contents Also known scientifically as Phlomis fruticosa, Jerusalem sage originates in the Mediterranean, where it thrives in sandy and rocky soils along coastal cliffs and inclines. Much like many other Mediterranean herbs that flower, it finds homes in herb, meadow, and pollinator gardens in much of North America too....

QUESTION: My crepe myrtle isn’t blooming. What’s wrong? I’ve seen others in the neighborhood that are blooming. – Andrea E ANSWER: There could be many things going on if your crepe myrtle isn’t blooming. Go down this list to see if you can figure out which problem you might be facing. Our first issues are for crepe myrtles which once bloomed but have recently stopped. 1. Late or Early Pruning Crepe myrtles shouldn’t be pruned until after they’ve finished blooming....

The wild blueberry fields of Maine are a true sight to behold! Gorgeous blueberries drip from plants left and right and invite families of all ages to enjoy their bounty. With such memories, it’s natural to want to replicate this paradise in any backyard garden. Blueberries have become so popular! Gardeners in the regions of the US that a few centuries ago couldn’t grow blueberry bushes now have access to recently created hybrids and cultivars that can weather milder winters or even no winter at all....

Using the right type of soil for snake plants is very important. So in this post, I’ll tell you all you need to know, including the best type, what properties to look for, and I’ll also give you my recipe so you can mix your own. Choosing the best soil for snake plants is a big part of keeping them healthy. The wrong kind can cause many problems, or even kill them....