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Testing your soil -
Soil-testing kits available and by and large they do a very good job of accurately testing your soil. , The Potato Moth However, if you are only interested in knowing if your soil , Tulips is acid or otherwise, without worrying about degrees of acidity or alkalinity, here is a simp...
Hedges - Growing a Hedge -
Many gardens , Great Pergola Plants use the growing , Kitchen Design of a hedge , Growing Beans as a foil to the architecture of the house, , Rocks and Stones in a Japanese Garden as a screen to provide privacy, or as a garden , Lawn Sods - Instant Lawn division. Short hedges , Flowering Shrubs and Trees are used to emphasise the points of interest in the building, , Grafting sometimes by merely repeating a horizo...
Noxious Weeds of Australia -
SIAM WEED - (Chromolaena odorata) Considered to be one of the world's worst weeds. , Clay Soil - How to Improve Clay Soil This weed, , Garden Roses first found in Australia in 1994, has the potential to cause major damage to coastal ecosystems. It has a spreading habit similar to Lantana, but is more aggress...
Medicinal Tea - Catnip -
Catnip has been used as a medicinal tea for stomach upsets and colds , Pruning Houseplants since time immemorial. It is often combined with some other herbs , Watering Cactus such as lemon balm and or lemon grass. , Loamy Soil Catnip is a perennial , Repotting Houseplants that grows , Repotting Houseplants very well in dry and sandy conditions, however i...
Seedling Transplanting -
Transplanting of seedlings should be done as soon as the seedlings produce their first true leaf. The earliest "leaves" to appear are the cotyledons or seed , Vegetable Garden Design leaves; their shape is normally simple and different from that of the true or normal leaves of the...
Moving Your Roses -
Roses may be successfully moved at most times of the year, even in full flower , Bulbs & Corms and when the soil , Pruning Newly Planted Roses is dry, provided precautions are taken. Remove all buds , Landscaping on sloping Ground and flowers, , The Illusion of Age in Bonsai but do not leave them with long stems. Lift each plant , Permaculture Zones carefully, cutting back any extra...
Light and House Plants -
Light can be supplemented by artificial lights, , Bonsai Display especially by fluorescent tubes only half a metre or so above the plants. , Propagating Roses This works well for foliage plants , Propagating by Cuttings but to make flower , Sowing Mix for Australian Natives buds, the red rays of incandescent globes are needed. Too many of these too clo...
Types of Roses -
Roses come in so many types, plant , Preparing a New Lawn sizes and forms that an entire landscape , Plants for Window Boxes planting could be made from them alone. The best way to judge roses , Plant Bacterial Diseases is to see them growing. , Keeping Your Plants in Happy Surroundngs Many public gardens_ botanical gardens , Plague Thrips and parks make a feature , How To Transplant Seedlings of rose , Landscaping on sloping Ground collections. In...
Indoor Plants for Warm Rooms -
If your room , Soil for Groundcovers is warm choose some of the plants , Kitchen Design listed below. But if you have central heating make sure there is enough humidity for them, they all need moisture. , Topiary The Bromeliads (Air Pines) are a large family, of which the pineapple is one, whose striped a...
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