Flower Gardening

Easy DIY tips for making homemade plant food to fertilize your hanging flower baskets and keep them blooming all summer long. Easy DIY tips for making homemade plant food to fertilize your hanging flower baskets and keep them blooming all summer long.

Are you looking to add some color and life to your porch or patio? Hanging flower baskets are a great way to do just that. However, to keep your baskets healthy and blooming all season long, you need to provide them with the right nutrients.   In this article, we will discuss the best way…

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How to properly fertilize and care for your hosta plants. How to properly fertilize and care for your hosta plants.

Are you looking to fertilize your hostas and wondering where to start? Hostas are beautiful and easy-to-grow plants that can thrive in a wide range of soil conditions. However, to keep them healthy and looking their best, you need to fertilize them regularly. In this article, I’ll guide you through the process of fertilizing your…

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Bright pink hollyhocks growing in a field Bright pink hollyhocks growing in a field

Can I Transplant Hollyhocks?   Many people wonder if they can transplant hollyhocks. Hollyhocks are beautiful, old-fashioned summer annual (or perennial, depending on the variety) flowers that are easy to grow under the right conditions. They are also a favorite flower of hummingbirds and butterflies.   If you want to get a head start on…

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Harvesting rose hips. Information on growing, harvesting, and cooking with rose hips. Includes a recipe for rose hip marmalade. Harvesting rose hips. Information on growing, harvesting, and cooking with rose hips. Includes a recipe for rose hip marmalade.

Roses can do more than grace our landscapes and floral designs. Like its cousins the apple, pear, peach and cherry, roses produce a fruit. Rose Hips are a valuable source of vitamin C, containing as much as 20 times more vitamin C than oranges. They are also an excellent antioxidant.   Growing Roses for Hips…

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