What Flowers To Plant Now

Amending a garden is an individual process. Did you know there are a variety of antique flowers? Do you appreciate the rich patina of an antique? A formal antique garden would be a graceful addition to any landscape.

Plant them in rich, well-draining soil in a sunny spot. While bats are nocturnal animals, Nicotiana have a vespertine fragrance.) Well after danger of frost, transplant the seedlings outside to a sunny spot.

They may also be grown fromSo whether you prefer to grow annuals or perennials, live inor mild, there are candytufts that are suitable for your garden. As small potted plants in 3- or 4-inch pots.

Please scroll down to the form below. ClickColorful hosta leaf stems impart a more subtle beauty. Stay tuned.Thanks to the following DG members for the use of their photos:ViolaAnn for 'Venus,' Bert for 'Candle Wax,' Joy for 'Lakeside Hoola Hoop,' largosmom...

Long, broad leaves make the foliage showy as well. The plant was at first called nicotina, but eventually “nicotine” came to refer only to the alkaloid found in tobacco leaves.

The University of Georgia's "Classic City Awards" program helps gardeners select from the best of the best. Every two weeks an evaluator rates the plants using a scale of 1 (nearly dead) to 5 (exceptional).

These hardy but magnificent flowers are easy to grow and even easier to enjoy. Of all the garden blooms that could grace a property, few can compete with the elegance and beauty of the peony.

They only two things they demand are full sun (lots of it!) and good drainage!There are both annual and short-lived perennial varieties of gaillardia. Many of the seeds will shake loose, so you can separate them from the chaff without injuring yourself!...

Their USDA hardiness ranges from zones 9a to 10b (or 11). The photo collage showsPapaver oriental ‘Coral Reef' and Sunflower 'Sparky' ©2009 Thompson & Morgan. Sunflowers are easy to grow; children have fun growing them and wildlife benefits from blooms...

The challenge for many gardeners is finding a place with consistently cool temperatures, between 32° and 45°F (0°-7°C). Only a small mass of roots is required to keep the plants alive, but it's important to keep garden soil packed around the primary...

Weeds won't get a look in! Then, just before the new growing season, dig them in or pull them out to reveal clear soil ready for planting. Do this in the morning if possible, and on a windy or sunny day, so that the exposed seedlings quickly wither.

If leaves have been gathered from roadsides or anywhere else where they're likely to affected by pollutants, store them until they've rotted down into leafmold before using. When dug in, they are said to ‘rob' nitrogen from the soil as they rot down.

By midsummer, the structure that underpins a terraced vegetable garden disappears as it is overrun by exuberant plants. Retaining wall blocks that mimic stone are easy to work with, and their uniform size simplifies bed construction.

Summer Compost for Fall Veggies My new seedlings of broccoli, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi and other widely spaced plants get a huge helping of fresh summer compost, buried by the spadeful at the bottoms of their planting holes, with a little organic fertilizer...

However, it's worth noting a couple of simple techniques for softening up the sometimes rock-hard offerings sold at the grocery store. By removing ready-to-eat fruits, you'll divert all of the plant's energies into those that remain.

But remember, plums fruit on young wood. Don't use a wound paint or wrap to try and seal the wound. Silver Leaf Disease in Plum Trees Silver leaf disease can affect other fruits such as apples and cherries, as well as some other trees and shrubs, but...

Arrange the chili peppers by spacing them out in a spiral formation – each chili should be offset about 30 to 60 degrees from the previous one. Hang your ristra in a warm, well-ventilated place.

Fill up a suitable-sized reservoir, adding any liquid feed you'd like to apply at the recommended rate. This means you can water carefully and precisely, enjoying the convenience of a hose – without wasting a drop! Water from the Bottom Watering pots...

If you've grown them in the ground, use a border fork to carefully dig the plants up, starting some way from the plant to avoid accidentally spearing your hard-won tubers. At this stage cut the foliage off and put it on the compost heap.

Their smaller fruitlets may be thinned using just your thumb and finger to detach the surplus. Plums are notorious for over-producing – with often-disastrous results. For larger cooking apples you're looking for around 6-9 inches (15-23cm) between fruits.

Begin with a good, strong blast from the hose to knock the whitefly off your plants and onto the ground where they'll perish. Gross as it is, Encarsia formosa are formidable at controlling whitefly within a greenhouse.

Or place it at the feet of a dark-colored shrub such as a(aka ‘Eva') elderberry. I am still grieving. This plant deserves better. It probably got tired of the frequent transplanting, the collie lifting his leg over it, and the slugs chomping on it.

Some locales have plant names but be aware that these could be deceptive. With just a glimpse of those colors, I know what plants I have seen. For example, I think thattrees look alike.

Or why not make your own liquid feed from fast-growing, nutrient-rich plants such as comfrey? Continue watering a suitable organic liquid fertilizer on to hungry fruiting vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and eggplant.

That may sound like a solution, but the problem is it also wipes out the beneficial insects – your own private army – at the same time. If codling moths on your apples are a problem, you can use sandwich bags to make the fruits inaccessible.

How to Sow Cabbage Cabbages may be started off in an outdoor seedbed to transplant once they're bigger, or under cover into modules or pots, which also enables an earlier start to the season.

For this, nothing beats a water feature. It's a great low-tech way of refrigerating drinks and somehow seems the ideal gardener-focussed solution for quenching thirst and cooling off on a hot summer's day.