I may try that with one this winter, after first giving it a rest period in the fall.In USDA zones lower than 8, Aztec lily and Peruvian daffodil bulbs must be dug after the first killing fall frost and stashed away in the basement until after the last...
Some plants are perfect choices for forgotten areas in the landscape. Here, we will look at two beautiful bloomers, Mountain Garland (Clarkia elegans) and Rocket Larkspur (Consolida ambigua), with lovely clusters of blooms.
They are wonderful companion plants for ferns, mayapples, woodland anemones, hepatica and jack-in-the-pulpits. This article will introduce you to the diversity that exists among the genus Asarum.
Flattened white flowerheads can measure almost a foot in diameter. I was fortunate enough to live with a very good friend while I was there, and since we had a common love of plants, we spent our days and long into the daylight of the evenings basking...
Nurseries all over the country sellfor landscape accents. Theis renowned for its beauty in British gardens and across Europe. Berries occur on the female trees. It is mostly known as a food source for a variety of birds, especially after the sweeter fruits...
Well now here is a real good drink that'll make you well real quick. Since that is the case, I have no doubt it made its way into one of those dastardly asphidity bags that I was talked into wearing on my treks up into the mountains.
Most of them feed on one particular host plant or groups of plants. We are choosing native plants that share an evolutionary history with the insects and creatures in our area. Additionally, we have tried to choose “pest free” plants believing that...
You can sow them directly into garden beds or in pots so that you can keep track of them. "Why did you pull that up?" I wanted to know. I will keep trying, and surely a place will be found in my garden that suits it to a tee.
Texas is a large state historically filled with larger than life characters. Texas is an interesting state filled with beautiful plants. Simply surviving the harsh Southwestern climate for centuries is a story in itself.
Indigenous people in regions where the plant is native have used it to treat a wide range of maladies, such as menstrual cramps, dysentery, headache, and fever.Most gardeners today, however, have different uses for firebush.
While I was touring around the communities of Sisimuit and Nuuk, in southwestern Greenland, I was amazed to see honest to goodness flower gardens! I figured there would be some interesting native Arctic flora in the wild areas but never expected to see...
With their deep tap roots many of these plants live year in and year out with little care after the first few years. There is a large movement in the southern half of the United States to move back towards native plants that at one time covered all this...
Also known as Bay Star-Vine or Climbing Magnolia is one of the twenty five plants in the Schisandra genus of the family known asNorth Carolina and Tennessee, it is listed as threatened.Japanese honeysuckle choking the vine out of its natural habitat.
I once had a pair of earrings made of 'Oregon myrtle wood', which a relative got me from a vacation in Oregon.In cultivation, the tree tends to grow slowly to 20 to 25 feet tall and wide.
The first and most wonderful plant that I met that day was the Texas Star Hibiscus. This plant is best left alone in the garden. Settlers and Native Americans alike used the leaves for smoking.
Enormous trees were felled, tumbling giant trunks and branches into a roaring river.Downstream, the tumult slowed, and some of the logs became stuck in the silty bottom. Mineral salts transported along with the silicon created a wide range of colors.
Maybe so, but the plant that comes to mind for me is the mariposa lily. The seed capsules produce abundant seeds. The couple times that I did get the bulbs to bloom, they never returned in subsequent years.
Gradually I discovered more plants that would not only last the summer but would thrive. In part one of this series I discussed the overwhelming desire to choose plants not necessarily suited for the climate in which we live.
It spreads by seed carried on the breeze or by creatures in the wild. They prefer full sun and well drained sandy soil. It is preferable for the plants to be a little dry.Aphids are attracted to Lupines but in a healthy garden, parasitic wasps will find...
This plant lives in the wild on high and dry areas with thin soil. Give this plant the same care you would give bearded iris and it will grow with glee. Cuttings are hard to get growing and they often rot before they root.
As a way to encourage settlers, he called this great land Greenland. These native peoples came and went. The small coastal towns had a distinct Scandanavian look with brightly coloured houses and white-trimmed windows.
Plants grown from cuttings ensure that the new plants will be true to form. Give them as much sun as can be managed. Following the bloom, seeds are formed in cylindrical capsules.These tough, long-lived perennials are easy to grow.
Cultivation in pots is often an easier way to grow them. This article will introduce you to the plant named after Lewis of the famous 'Lewis and Clarke expedition'. One of the symbol plants of the western American mountains are Lewisia.
However, already I can see some great potential in these more unusual specimens. Bark canker is also evident but usually attacks older trees. Mountain-ash or rowans are popular garden trees.
I wish I'd had more time to loiter on the wide porches or in the chairs scattered across the lawn, with nearby views of gardens in bloom, and long vistas of trees and mountains.The historical draw for the resort is the naturally heated mineral hot springs,...
Do you remember the part in the film when Dorothy's house lands in Oz? Their gift shop also sells nothing but native varieties of plants typically found within their grounds which makes it easy to replicate what you see as you wander around.
Seedlings can also be transplanted to other places in your own garden or in the edge of the woods where space allows.Propagation is easily accomplished by division of clumps or by sowing seeds.
