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Get on your creative hat and include these Amazing Plants as Picture Frame Ideas to add a classy visual appeal to your interior decor! Look at some Fantastic Vertical Flower Garden Ideas here Amazing Plants as Picture Frame Ideas 1. Wall Frame of Ferns, Spider plant, Anthurium, Philodendron, Wandering Jew, and Ivy Find out some Beautiful Fern Display Pictures here 2. Variegated Devil’s Ivy Wall Frame 3. Bushy Foliage Living Wall in the Corner 4....

Trees Finding the right flowering tree can be a challenge depending on where you live. You need to consider climate, flower color, soil type, and so much more. In this massive guide, we look at over 70 of our favorite flowering trees to help you decide which of them could be a perfect addition to your home landscape or home garden space! By Jason White Last updated: November 3, 2022 | 36 min read Including flowering trees in your yard is a terrific way to brighten up your outdoor space....

When it comes to melons, we generally picture a green rind with red flesh inside. However, they also come in a different color! Have a look at the best Best Yellow Watermelons! Learn How to Grow Watermelon in a Pot Vertically here Best Yellow Watermelons 1. Missouri Heirloom Yellow Flesh Watermelon It is the oldest variety with a yellow-orange flesh that tastes sweet, crispy, and juicy. It is one of the Best Yellow Watermelons you can grow!...

Instead of buying, you can make these DIY Beach Carts and Wagons from repurposed items at cheap cost and save money. Not just that, these are functional as well. 1. Diy Beach Utility Wagon Cart Find out the materials you’ll need to build a beach cart and what steps are involved in this article. 2. $50 Heavy Duty Beach Cart If you don’t want to spend much, make this sturdy DIY beach cart with the help of this tutorial....

by Bethany Hayes Some plants in your garden make better neighbors than others – sort of like humans – and when you plan out your garden for the year, you’ll want to make sure you know the best green bean companion plants. Companion planting is a gardening technique used by many home gardeners that practices placing different compatible plants near each other to support growth. The companions might deter pests that love the other, help amend the soil, or provide growth support....

If you are a gardener who wants to try growing from seed then you’ve come to the right place. This is a great practice that allows you access to a wide variety of plants to add to growing areas each season. It also allows you to immerse yourself in the entire process as a creator and caretaker. Growing plants from seed until maturity is a fairly uncomplicated procedure. All you need is a little know-how and understanding to incorporate seed starting into your gardening tool kit....

QUESTION: Can artichokes be eaten raw? What are some good ways to prepare fresh artichokes? -Ken R. ANSWER: Although the most common preparations for artichokes involve cooking the vegetable (like steaming, boiling, braising, roasting, or frying), they’re delicious served raw as well. The most important factor in raw artichokes tasting just as delicious as their cooked counterparts is the freshness of the artichoke, and you can’t get any fresher than homegrown produce....

When given the right conditions, they can be prolific bloomers, covering fences, pergolas, and walls with weeks of dazzling floral displays. And giving them the right conditions is simple and easy. Beautiful and familiar flowering vines, the Clematis genus is also a highly versatile and diverse group of plants. They provide a wide range of sumptuous flower colors and blooms that range from small, nodding bells to extra-large starbursts. The numerous species and hybrids offer an extended growing season, with varieties for spring, summer, and fall flowering times, and many that rebloom as well....

Do Deer Eat Mums? Are Mums Deer Resistant? If you are wondering about these, we have all the answers for you! Learn all about growing mums in pots here What are Mums? Also known as chrysanthemums, these photoperiodic flowering plants bloom in autumn and are one of the most popular blooms after roses. This plant is popular as a natural insecticide and is also used in beverages. Do Deer Eat Mums?...

D. purpurea is suited to cultivation as a biennial in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 to 9, and as an annual in all temperate zones. It grows as a short-lived perennial wildflower in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest. Digitalis purpurea Purple foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, aka common foxglove or lady’s glove, is a biennial plant with tall flower stalks and tightly clustered, tubular, downward-facing blossoms. Blossom colors include cream, pink, purple, red, yellow, and white, often accented by throats of a lighter hue, or speckles and mottling....

In this article, we discuss all you need to grow your own stock flowers. Matthiola incana Stock, Matthiola incana, is a member of the Brassicaceae family of plants that includes cabbages. Originating in Europe, it is easily cultivated in all temperate zones, and is especially prized by cottage gardeners for its terminal clusters of fragrant, showy blossoms. It is also a favorite of florists who appreciate the robust blooms for their vertical interest, sturdy stems, spicy-sweet aroma, and longevity in vase arrangements....

This fig can be grown in warmer climates, too, and it does well in USDA Hardiness Zones 5-11. In general, fig trees, Ficus carica, are well-known for their preference for mild climates. But northern gardeners won’t be denied a supply of fresh backyard fruit if they grow a ‘Hardy Chicago’ variety, which can withstand fairly cold temperatures if properly cared for. Also known as ‘Bensonhurst Purple,’ this variety produces purple-brown figs that ripen in late summer....

Able to thrive in nutrient-starved conditions, these plants evolved to find a creative yet passive way to provide for themselves, and their method is fascinating! Sarracenia spp. If you’ve ever spotted pitcher plants in the wild, or as part of someone’s landscaping, you may have been intrigued by them – and perhaps that’s what brings you here, to learn more as you prepare to add them to your own yard or garden....

If you love gourds, then you must try growing this cute and small variety, which you can harvest in just 70-80 days. You can also train it around arbors as its trailing stems look quite appealing! Here are all the details on How to Grow Round Gourd! Check out different types of Gourds here Propagating Round Gourd You can grow round gourds easily from seeds when the weather is warm. You can start it any time of the year if you live in a warm climate....

The Center for Science in the Public Interest placed sweet potatoes at the top of its list of healthy foods. High in carotenoids, vitamin C, potassium, and fiber, sweet potatoes are also rich in complex carbohydrates, an essential component of a healthy diet. Because a sweet potato is a tropical plant it needs a long (four-to-five month) growing season to produce good-sized roots, which limits U.S. commercial production to the southern states....

Urban gardens are decked with colorful blooms and lush, dainty foliage, but how about turning them into a nature’s abode with chatter and twitter? Learn How to Invite Birds on Balcony Garden and try them today! Find out some Amazing Hummingbird Feeder Ideas here How to Invite Birds on Balcony Garden 1. Keep the Scary Birds Away Better hush them away. Garden birds call for the chirpy sparrows and cute hummingbirds, not messy crows and pigeons....

How Vinegar Kills Plant Vinegar when sprayed on plants, drain moisture from leaves, and the plant dies. It is an organic and inexpensive way to kill weeds. But beware; it kills every plant that comes in touch with it. Here’s the simple but effective recipe for making vinegar weed killer at home Take one-gallon white vinegar. You can use the vinegar that we use in the kitchen; its concentration is 5%....

After the end of summer, you should refresh and spruce up your balcony garden for autumn to keep enjoying your only outdoor spot of the urban home all season, until the winter arrives. For this, you can plant container fall flowers, create eye catchy autumn plant arrangements, add famous fall decorating staples. Or, if you love organic homegrown vegetables and herbs, continue growing them. 1. Grow Fall Flowers Some of the popular fall flowers you can grow on your balcony are celosia, chrysanthemum, heather, pansy, dianthus, cosmos, alyssum, and aster....

Let’s look further into the reasons some gardenias might incur winter damage, how you can tell if there’s hope for your frost-damaged plant, and ways to protect your plants ahead of a cold snap. Uh-oh. Does your outdoor gardenia have brittle branches and brown leaves following a bout of freezing temperatures? If you’re left wondering whether the ornamental shrub, Gardenia jasminoides, could come back from that damage, my answer is a definite, “Maybe....

Succulents Not sure if Aloe vera is considered a type of succulent or a cactus? Or if there's even a difference between the two? This is an important factor to consider in order to understand maintenance requirements. In this article, gardening expert Emily Horn takes you through Aloe's classification so you know what you can expect. By Emily Horn Last updated: December 21, 2022 | 4 min read The similarities between cacti and succulents, like aloe vera, are as numerous as the differences between cacti and succulents....