Planning a Japanese Garden -
Before beginning a Japanese garden, look carefully at any made in your district or articles on this subject and study pictures of well-designed Japane...
Spring Flowering Plants -
Due to modern plant growing techniques, it is often possible to buy pot plants in bloom outside their normal season (Chrysanthemums, African Violets, ...
DIY Water Feature -
Have you ever thought about building your own DIY water feature, pond or water garden? The key in creating a successful well landscaped pleasing wat...
Propagating Roses -
Propagation by cuttings is generally not as successful as by budding. Commercially the method is quite impracticable since a shoot which provides seve...
Sowing Seeds in Glasshouses -
There are various methods of seed sowing that apply to plants raised in glasshouses and cold frames, but the necessary requirements for germination-mo...
Caring for Bulbs -
Bulbs should not be thrown away after they have flowered. Continue watering (with liquid fertilizer added occasionally) until the leaves are completel...
Plague Thrips -
The plague thrips (Thrips imaginis), which is native to Australia, may occur in plague numbers in spring and early summer, when the climatic condition...
Low Maintenance House Plants -
Some plants, luckily, are happy in almost any conditions. If every pot plant you were given in the past died almost as soon as you looked at it, do no...
Hanging Basket Plants -
Plants which trail naturally are best: Ivies, Lobelias, pendant Begonias, Petunias, Zebrinas, Chlorophytum (Spider Plant) and Geraniums (particularly ...
