Hostas come in many varieties. These easy hosta care tips will help ensure the hostas in your garden remain virtually maintenance free.
There are so many varieties of Hosta that they can fill just about any need you have in your garden. Hostas range in size from 6 inches to 3 feet tall with foliage that ranges from green to gold to blue-green. This planting guide for hostas will help you get started. There is also…
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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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How to plant wisteria vines.
Wisteria is a woody, deciduous climber that is very invasive. Wisteria is known for its vigorous growth as well as its fragrant eye-catching flowers. Depending on the variety, wisteria flowers come in a large range of colors, including red, lavender, white and blue. Although some gardeners avoid wisteria due to its invasive nature,…
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Expert tips for growing tulips. The best time of year to plant tulips, what kind of soil is best for tulips, how deep to plant tulip bulbs, and more.
When people think of tulips, it is not uncommon for them to think of Holland. But the name actually originates in Turkey and a literal translation of the term in Turkish means turban. No matter who named the tulip, the flowers are some of the most recognizable in the world and remain a favorite…
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Tips for growing watermelons from seed. Where to plant watermelons, how to apply mulch, and common watermelon growing problems solved.
The Watermelon is catalogued to be both a fruit and also a plant from a vine-like herb which originates from Southern Africa. Most watermelons have a green surface with a pink juicy flesh which can at times be red, orange, yellow depending on the type of watermelon or even green if it is not yet…
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