The best way to grow your green thumb. Our plant guides are in-depth articles about exactly how to grow vegetables, fruits, and flowers…no matter where you live.
Those of us who keep aquariums around to enjoy fish swimming around have an unusual outlet for gardening right in front of us. Growing java fern in our fish tanks …
Read moreJava Fern: Underwater Plants For Aquariums And Water Gardens
If Frankenstein’s monster were to take up gardening, he might find coral cactus to be his favorite plant. This melding of two succulent varieties into one unusual cactus-like plant is …
Read moreCoral Cactus: Growing The Frankenstein Of The Succulent World
The balloon flower is a popular plant. Lushly green foliage sets off massive five-pointed flowers that open up like stars from a puffy, balloon-like bud, and they make the perfect …
Read moreBalloon Flower: Growing The Chinese Bellflower In Your Garden
I love my soaker hoses! They are a godsend for good watering, enabling me to easily direct the water directly to where it’s needed without any headaches. But you have …
Read moreHow To Use A Soaker Hose: Irrigation Planning And Installation
Are you into purple plants? Do you like the notion of a plant which is low-maintenance, rarely has any pest or disease issues, and which will brighten up a room? …
Read morePersian Shield: How To Grow & Care For Strobilanthes Dyeriana
If you’re like me, storing seeds is a necessity. You may have particular flowers that you grow every year like geraniums, or a favorite kind of kale or watermelon that …
Read moreStoring Seeds: Ways Of Preserving Seeds For Future Planting
The humble marigold is often the favorite flower of vegetable gardeners, and there’s great reason: marigolds help to keep many different pests at bay. They flower near-continually from late spring …
Read moreMarigolds: Pleasing, Prolific Flowers That Naturally Repel Pests
Grown either as a loquat tree or a shrub, this fruiting plant is an interesting one. A relative of the rose, Eriobotrya japonica makes small fruits which taste like a blend …
Read moreLoquat Tree: How To Grow Tiny, Tangy And Uncommon Asian Fruits
Have you ever wanted to grow a lucky plant? Aglaonema, also referred to as the Chinese Evergreen, is considered to be a luck-bringer in China. Native to China and the …
Read moreAglaonema Plant: Chinese Evergreen Plants You Need To Grow
Have you ever been browsing in the succulent section of a garden center, and discovered a pot with nothing more than a pair of flat-topped rocks in it? If so, …
Read moreLithops: How To Grow And Care For Living Stone Plants
Are you finding brown, ring-like spots on your cabbage leaves? Perhaps you’re discovering blotches of brown on your tomatoes, or even on your apple or orange trees? You may have …
Read moreAlternaria Leaf Spot: How To Wipe Out This Fungal Foe For Good
Peperomia are beautiful little houseplants. Super-easy to grow, these small-leaved treasures add a pop of color to nearly any location. While they don’t typically produce fancy flowers (instead producing pale …
Read morePeperomia: Growing Radiator Plants And Baby Rubber Plants
