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.
One of my favorite flowers, bachelor buttons are sometimes called cornflowers. And it’s from there that the color “cornflower blue” derives its name! Also called basket flowers, blue bonnets, blue …
Read moreBachelor Buttons: Cornflowers And Blue Caps To Brighten Your Beds
If you’re looking for an easy-growing fall crop, growing carrots might be the way to go. These root vegetables can be sown in early September for a November harvest in …
Read moreGrowing Carrots: Grow A Rainbow Of Tasty Vegetables In Your Yard
Once upon a time, the Jacob’s ladder plant was called the “charity plant”, although it shouldn’t be confused with the Mahonia species that also bears that common name. It’s also …
Read moreJacob’s Ladder Plant: Growing Polemonium Caeruleum At Home
As a gardener, I’m a guy who not only has dirt under my fingernails – I usually have it all over me, my clothes and my house! If you don’t …
There’s nothing better than having access to fresh, nutrient-dense salad greens that practically grow themselves, right? I can already hear you saying, “Yeah, that’d be nice, if they existed…” Well, …
Whether you want to make wine, dry raisins, eat fresh grapes or drink grape juice, you’ll begin by growing grapes. Sure, you can buy table grapes at the market, but …
Read moreGrowing Grapes: How To Get Epic Amounts Of Fruit From The Vine
Love seeing an abundance of beautiful plants, both indoors and out? Do you have a green thumb? Then one of the many landscaping careers may be perfect for you. Landscaping …
Read moreLandscaping Careers: Finding A Pathway Through The Industry
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