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Plumeria flowers are incredibly fragrant and colorful, brightening up gardens. To encourage blooms provide ideal growing conditions including at least 6 hours of sun daily, well-draining soil, adequate water, and high phosphorus fertilizer. Trim back leggy branches to encourage thicker plants and more flower buds.
Trimming boxwoods properly is key to keeping shrubs beautiful and healthy. Prune once a year in the spring using pruning shears, loppers, or hedge trimmers. Perform touch ups through mid-summer if necessary. Immediately remove dead or deceased branches.
Seeing your arborvitae trees turn brown is quite disheartening. They may turn brown naturally due to seasonal needle drop or because of fungal diseases, winter burn, and pests. Understanding why it’s turning brown is essential to keep it from reoccurring.
Related to petunias, calibrachoa look like miniature petunias but are actually their own species. These little plants are great for containers and hanging baskets, growing as summer annuals in most areas. The several different varieties grow 6-12 inches tall and spread 9-20 inches wide. Flowers come in red, white, yellow, pink, blue, purple, and orange.
Fiddle leaf fig, also known as Ficus lyrata, is a popular indoor tree known for its violin-shaped leaves that are strikingly green and glossy. Feed your fiddle leaf with appropriate plant food and it is sure to be a frequent discussion topic.
Daylilies are known for their vibrant flowers that open early in the morning and wither during the following night. To get beautiful blooms, you’re going to want to use fertilizer with quality ingredients.
The cabbage plant, also known as Brassica oleracea, can easily be grown in a home garden. The result will be a beautiful vegetable that you is nutritious and delicious. If you want a beautiful harvest, you will need to invest in the correct fertilization for your cabbage.
Collard greens are a staple dish in Southern cooking. With their dark green leaves and a flavor that is a cross between cabbage and kale, you definitely will want to trying growing it. However, to do so, you will need the right nutrients.
Fiddle leaf fig trees can flourish even if they’re kept as houseplants if they are given the right circumstances. Using the right soil that their roots sit in is essential. Soil should be seen as a complex mixture of water, air, minerals and living organisms. As such, it is necessary to buy the best one possible.
Boxwoods are incredible versatile, evergreen shrubs that maintain green foliage all year. There are over 90 species, and 365 different varieties. The most common types are divided into 5 subcategories: small-leaved, Japanese, Korean, common, and hybrid cultivars. Read on to find out more about the 15 most popular types.
Petunias are a garden favorite with their non-stop blooms in a wide range of colors and their simple needs. They grow in beds, borders, containers, and hanging baskets and do well whether started from seed or transplants. Plants love full sun, like their soil a bit dry before being watered, and need regular applications of balanced fertilizer.
Plant boxwood in late winter or early spring in a spot that gets a combination of sun and shade. These slow-growing evergreen shrubs grow best when sheltered from the intense afternoon sun. The soil should be neutral to slightly alkaline and drains well. They make great borders or backdrops and can be shaped into topiary forms.
Plumeria thrive in warm climates as perennials and can be grown in cooler areas if brought indoors during the winter. Flowers are showy and fragrant, appearing in clusters at the ends of branch tips. Plants are typically propagated from cuttings during the spring or summer. They can be planted from seed but plants may not flower for the first three to five years.
Tulip festivals are celebrated all around the world, displaying millions of the spring-blooming flowers everyone knows and loves. They are often held in cities with distinct Dutch heritage. US festivals are celebrated in Washington, Michigan, Oregon, New Jersey, Utah, New York, Iowa, and California. They can also be found in Amsterdam, Ottawa, Istanbul, Japan, India, and Australia.
Companion plants are important in gardens. To help ward off insect pests, plant onions, garlic, or chives near your watermelon plants. Aromatic flowers like lavender and marigolds also drive away pests. Flowering ornamentals will attract pollinators, dramatically improving pollination rates.
Tulips have an interesting history and are full of significance. The beautiful spring flowers are often gifted to people for what the color represents. In floriography, each flower color represents an emotion or sentiment. The most commonly gifted colors are red, pink, white, yellow, orange, and purple.
Dahlias are tuberous perennials with mesmerizing flowering heads. Simply by looking at them, you can see why they represent elegance, strength, and creativity. For the prettiest bloom, you will need the correct N-P-K ratio to ensure that it directs its energy into producing beautiful flowers.
Watermelon plants grow in very distinct stages in the garden, each with unique characteristics and needs. Seeds germinate within about a week of planting, and sprouts push through the soil surface. Vegetative growth occurs to develop a main vine with several small vines sprouting from it. Male and female flowers appear on the vines, and then, if fertilized fruits develop. The whole process takes about three months.
Arborvitae are common landscape plants as they are easy to care for and resistant to insect and disease problems. The most popular types are Emerald Green, Green Giant, Firechief, American, Dwarf Golden, Golden Globe, and North Pole. Each type has its own striking characteristics that make it popular.
Ferns are nonflowering vascular plants that are capable of reproducing through spores. To get robust growth, they need adequate nutrients with the correct N-P-K ratios. Without it, they will not flourish.