Epsom salt for plants, How to use it and why. Most soils are lacking in some nutrients. Epsom salt helps provide these essential nutrients for plant growth.
Learn more about geraniums (Geranium), including the difference between a geranium and pelargonium, before growing these gorgeous, low-maintenance flowers.
Learn how to grow nasturtiums, and add bright pops of color to your garden (and spice to your salad) with this easy to grow edible flower.
These are the best perennial flowers for clay soil that thrive where others don't. Select from these native species, ornamental grasses, and more.
NOTE: This article is about 20 of my favorite medicinal healing herbs to grow in most garden areas and types of soil. There are 100’s more, though, that I just couldn’t include because of space. Enjoy this rundown of 20 of my favorites. Have you ever wondered which medicinal herbs are the best on
Learn more about geraniums (Geranium), including the difference between a geranium and pelargonium, before growing these gorgeous, low-maintenance flowers.
Even late in the season, beauty is possible in clay soils. Discover tough plants that are clay busters and how to improve the soil.
Clematis is the workhorse of so many yards and gardens across the country.
Start propagating plants from your plant cuttings! Use what you have to propagate plants so they regrow. Learning how to propagate plants will save money, time and assure the best results.
Add a vertical touch to your garden by growing climbing plants in pots. These 35 Best Vines for Containers are perfect for both small and big gardens!
Paths, pavers, and purple plants exploded on the Gardenista Instagram feed this year; here's a look back at our most popular posts. Not a follower yet? We'
List of flowers, vegetables, scrubs, and plants that love or like coffee grounds. The best plants to plant and grow with coffee grounds.
How to Prune Lilacs correctly addresses the different reasons to prune. Each reason has it's own method. Learn why and how to prune lilacs!
I love geraniums. The smell of the leaves leave a lasting impression on me of times when I was young and my dad had them in the garden. They produce a host of different reds, pinks, and white flowe…
Have a shady spot in your yard? You will love these stunning and inspiring shade gardens and find some fantastic plant suggestions for shady spaces.
Learn which Hosta companion plants will look the best in your yard with lots of shade garden pictures to provide inspiration and ideas.
If your border is short on sunlight, fill it up with this lush, shade-loving combo. Your garden will look fresh all season long.
So you want to have a beautiful yard filled with plants that will add character, but you have no sun because your entire yard is covered with trees? Do you have a back covered patio that’s in need of some refreshing and updating? Well, we at Garden Valley Farmers Market, have got you covered with o
Find out the difference between a Geranium and a Pelargonium with these little known facts about the colourful, low maintenance geranium plant.
Whether your thumb is green or black, whether you have one plant or a jungle's worth, here are some plant-care and gardening tips that can help keep your greenery not only alive, but lush.
Use this tough plants for dry shade guide to find the best plants for dry shade. These drought-tolerant perennials, ground covers, and shrubs are the plants that tolerate dry shade.
Dieffenbachia plants are easy to care for. Learn how to grow dumb cane: water, sunlight, soil, fertilizer, pruning, pest control, and more!
I think I struck a cord with my last post highlighting a small suburban shade garden. Obviously gardeners are hungry for planting suggestions for shade. In this…
There is nothing like a hot cup of tea to cure what ails you! Herb gardens are an incredible resource for making herbal tea and medicines at home. Buying bulk herbs can be quite expensive, whereas garden plants and seeds are a one time purchase that will keep producing for years to come.
4 simple ways to arrange flowers and plants in your garden to get that beautiful layered look that you want... even if you're a beginner!
Wondering how to trim basil plants for a larger harvest? It's easy! The key is to pinch often to stimulate growth. Read on to learn more!
I am excited to share that The National Garden Bureau has chosen the allium as the bulb of the year! They pick one annual, one perennial, one bulb crop and one…
Too often plants are left to dry up and suffer, eventually dying. An unglazed clay pot can work as a great, simple irrigation system. It can be buried with its opening at soil level. Covered with a li
Best Plants for Wet Soil - The wrong plants will most often succumb to root rot. Luckily, there are many shrubs, trees, and plants that like wet soil.
Looking for shade plants that can make your not-so-sunny garden look great? These are some of the best!
Because it's always mojito season somewhere.
These are the best perennial flowers for clay soil that thrive where others don't. Select from these native species, ornamental grasses, and more.
Because every tiny apartment could use a levitating garden.
There are several ways to overwinter geraniums (Pelargoniums). With some newspaper, a cardboard box, paper bag, or a sunny windowsill, you can keep these tender perennials for the winter.
Shade loving plants are adapted to very little sunlight because of their place in the forest understory. Since the canopies of larger trees and shrubs block as much as 95% of the sunlight that reaches
Discover the best plants that don’t need sun for indoor planting and for your yards. Our guide shows you the top perennials and other drought tolerant plants for low lights and shades. Find the best flower plants for low sunlight and water. #lowsunlight #plants #lowlightplants
Growing new plants from cuttings is a great way to increase your stock in a relatively short time. Rooted cuttings are often sturdier than seedlings, and come to maturity faster, many of them bearing flowers
Wanting to know how to grow rhubarb? Rhubarb is very easy to grow, but needs the cold weather in order to propagate. It is a long-lived perennial vegetable that is ready for harvest in early
The Agapanthus, commonly referred to as the Lily-of-the-Nile or the African lily plant, displays large masses of striking blue or white flowers atop a tall and slender stalk. Learn more about this pla
Use these essential orchid care tips from a lifelong grower to successfully grow orchids as houseplants. With the right conditions including light and temperature, orchids can bloom for months.
Geranium care is central to having the best flowering and most vigorous geranium plants. Like all plants, geraniums (Pelargonium xhortorum...
Here is a list of amazing fragrant plants that smell heavenly. Get to know 10 fragrant plants with scents to die for. Perfect for the green thumb who loves to smell what they've grown!
Alliums are a long-blooming perennial that are rich in color and height. Learn how to grow alliums in your garden so you can enjoy its blooms all Spring!
Epsom salt is safe, easy to apply, and works fast to correct a variety of problems and increase the overall health of your garden.
Christopher Bradley-Hole made a stir a few years ago with his Chelsea Flower Show garden, mainly consisting of different heights of boxwoods. Was it cold,
Spoiler: It's soil-free.
Learn just how easy Hellebore care is with these tips on planting, fertilizing, and pruning Lenten Rose (as well as some great varieties)
Die Längerkönner - Die einen fangen immer wieder von vorne an – die anderen pflanzen Stauden.
