But if not properly set up, they can also pose a number of dangers you don’t want your pooch exposed to. Do you know what it takes to make your garden a safe space for your dog? This article will take you through 6 tips that will help ensure both you and your dog are able to be healthy and happy in your garden! Build solid inner/outer boundaries Allthingsdogs.com say “One of the most important considerations for a dog-friendly garden is making sure it is a fenced-in area”....

Don’t get me wrong, I love my spireas too, for example. But after they stayed bloom-less thanks to a pruning mishap one year, I didn’t feel the same sense of loss that I did when my ‘You and Me Together’ hydrangea sat bare for a season. There’s no denying it, hydrangeas are seemingly miraculous. Their eye-catching blossoms (technically an inflorescence) come in a range of colors, from deep purple to bright pink, and icy blue to pale lavender....

In a favorable climate, pothos can grow at a rate of 18-24 inches per month, which is fast. However, when grown indoors, this fast-growing rate reduces to slow. If you’re facing this issue as well and want to grow pothos faster, follow these tips! Here’s how to save pothos foliage from turning yellow How to Grow Pothos Faster 1. Give it More Light This is most important–because Epipremnum Aureum can tolerate low light–most indoor plant growers keep this plant at a spot that doesn’t even receive any indirect light....

If you love exotic flowers, then here are some of the Best Blue Orchids that will look smashing in home decor! Want to know the secrets behind making an orchid flower? Click here Are Blue Orchids Real? If you are looking for a true blue natural orchid, then the choices are quite limited. However, there are many artificial ones available that are injected with a food-grade coloring to make them take a dark blue hue....

QUESTION: Are calla lilies sun or shade plants? I’ve seen some conflicting information about this. — Rodney L. ANSWER: The reason you’re seeing conflicting information is that calla lilies should be grown either in sun or in partial shade, depending on the region where they are grown. Calla lilies can be grown year-round in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 8 through 10. However, they can be grown in other zones either as annuals or as part of a houseplant collection....

Plants grow from the energy they receive from glucose through the process of photosynthesis, for which they need sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water. Sunlight is the crucial element for it, and without it, the process of photosynthesis is incomplete. But, have you ever thought of what plants do at night when there is no sun? Do Plants Grow at Night as well? Read the full article to know the answer....

Fiddle leaf figs aren’t hard to grow, in fact their care is pretty darn easy. In this post, I’ll show you all you need to know in order to keep yours thriving for decades to come. The fiddle leaf fig is a popular plant for many home gardeners because of the eye-catching large green foliage and its height. Despite having a reputation for being difficult, even a beginner can learn how to grow them successfully with the right advice....

This type is often used commercially, and I wasn’t thrilled at first, because it’s non-native and doesn’t attract local pollinators. Roses, Rosa spp., are perennial flowering plants suited to cultivation in USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 11. They thrive in organically-rich loam with a slightly acidic pH of 6.0 to 6.5 in a full sun to part shade location. If you’re standing, shears in hand, shaking your head at a tangled mass of roses, you’ve come to the right place....

In this article, we’ll discuss the best ways to control an aphid infestation on your precious plants. Even better, we’ll help you learn how to prevent large-scale attacks before they happen. You’re walking alongside your sweet-scented rose bushes when you stop short. Something’s not quite right with your lovely blooms. You lean in closer, and see that some of the flower stems and buds are covered in small, pear-shaped insects, typically green or pink but they may appear in other colors as well....

Have you ever witnessed a vivid coleus plant growing like a tree in someone’s garden and wanted to have the same in your yard? Don’t worry! We are here to help you! Learn all about How to Grow Coleus as a Tree in this article! Learn How to Grow Coleus as a Houseplant here Picking the Right Coleus Before you plan to grow coleus as a tree, you have to remember that not all varieties can grow tall as most of them hardly breach the 3 feet mark....

Kale is super, but maybe you’re in search of something else that’s leafy and green, with a little extra crunch and a touch of bitterness. Something more delicate than radicchio, but less tough than cabbage. Cichorium endivia Lately, I’ve been looking for a way to perk my salads up a bit. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good salad, but there are days when I worry that if I have to stick my fork into another baby spinach and arugula mixture, my taste buds will fall asleep....

One of the best plants for hanging baskets, Tracheophytas can also be an amazing choice to display in a vase and decorative terrariums! If you don’t want to grow them in pots, then these plants can be great centerpieces, too, if you know How to Grow Ferns in Water! Have a look at the best types of ferns you can grow here Can Ferns Grow in Water? Ferns are easy to grow in water as long as you keep the following points in mind:...

Tender green tops add zing to any salad, and immature seed pods have a marvelous sharp taste that makes them a natural in soups and stir fries. Raphanus sativus Radishes are among the easiest vegetables to grow. Hardy and quick to mature, successive plantings in early spring and again in early fall will ensure a steady supply of crisp, piquant roots. A good source of vitamin C, they also make a good companion plant in the garden....

Collecting radish seeds from your garden is a no brainer. It’s frugal, and you can even trade with your friends for different varieties. Every year that I grow them, I always make a point of gathering radish seeds. It’s one of my favorite veggie seeds to harvest and save from my garden, and also one of the easiest. If you have radishes in your vegetable garden this year, you should absolutely try saving the seeds....

My supervisor, noting my interest, filled me in on the vegetation I was gawking at. A great trap crop for pests, comes in trailing or mounding form, very spicy. Plucking off one of its flower heads, she offered me a taste. I fondly remember my first encounter with a nasturtium. ‘Twas the summer of 2021, and I was working as an intern at a botanical garden. I was doing my weeding rounds in a new section of the garden, when I literally stumbled upon a Tropaeolum majus....

While preparing for this article, I learned quite a few interesting things about these flowers. Tagetes Before we get too far into this, I have a confession: I love marigolds, everything about them. So, if you were expecting an article about these annual flowers that’s written with journalistic detachment, you’re out of luck. This is my tribute to the peerless marigold, recognizing its great virtues and its hangups as well, with unabashed affection....

Increasingly, growers deal with sunscald in their gardens. While sunscald is often attributed to either trees or solanaceous plants, the term applies to both situations. Within those two topics are more nuanced incidences largely dependent on plant conditions and the weather. Table of Contents Sunscald affects fruit trees, younger trees, vegetables, fruit, vines, and shrubs. Sunscald occurs in extremes: sunny winter days, freezing nights in winter months, and summer. It originates from direct sunlight that causes injury in plants....

A durable snow shovel is a must-have piece of kit, and if you’re in the market for a new shovel or to replace that old broken one that’s been languishing in the shed all summer, we’ve got you covered. Winter’s on its way, and that means frosty flakes will soon be falling here in the northeast. As autumn gives way to winter and the cold weather brings frosty sidewalks and blankets of snow on the driveway, it’s time to make sure you are prepared....

Houseplants Have you heard of Epiphytes? This term encompasses a wide variety of plants that grow on the outside of trees or other plants. There are many different Epiphyte varieties and many of them can make excellent plants to keep around your home. In this article, we examine the Epiphyte plant, what they are, and why they can be beneficial to have around. By Jason White Last updated: May 17, 2022 | 9 min read Not many of us will get the chance to venture through the rainforest and explore dense jungles in our lives....

1. Fruit And Veggie Planter Create a set of planters that resembles any fruit or vegetable by just using glass dishes and acrylic paint. Shirley And Chris has the tutorial. 2. DIY Fruit Planters Spray paint terracotta pots with several coats and draw the features of a fruit you like. Here’s a tutorial for every planter that you see in the picture above. 3. DIY Clay Fruit Planter Cover mini terra cotta pots with air dry clay in shape as if pineapple and strawberry and add details using ruler or brush....