By Cindy Ausbrooks
Geraniums are easy and versatile plants to grow. The plant can thrive in flowerbeds, containers or even indoors. A geranium makes a wonderful "first-time" plant for new gardeners due to its ease of growth and care. This hardy flower can grow 12 to 24 inches tall with bright flowers produced from mid-summer until the first frost. Use this easy method to grow a geranium that will thrive...
By Nannette Richford
Bottlebrush (Callistemon) provides a blaze of fiery red, making a striking contrast with its rich green leaves in late spring and early summer. Native to Australia, this semi-tropical shrub loves bright sunshine, but can tolerate occasional dips to 32 degrees without suffering damage. Its rich evergreen leaves make it ideal as a hedge or as a screening plant that remains attractive throughout the ...
By Angela
Lavender is a plant that is fragrant no matter whether it is growing in the garden or if it is dried. Timing is crucial when harvesting flowers for drying, especially for lavender. To get the maximum amount of beauty and fragrance from lavender buds, you should harvest the flowers early in the morning within the fifth week of their bloom. Harvest the lavender. Pick lavender spikes just before...
By Darcy Logan
If you want a more sustainable garden, or if you simply want to learn how to grow your own variety of vegetables, then you need to learn how to save vegetable seeds. Vegetable seeds, once harvested, will be viable for several years if they are stored properly. Learn some basic guidelines about how to save seeds as well as how to harvest seeds from tomatoes, beans, peas, lettuce and peppers. While ...
By Diana Bailey
Egypt's longer growing season makes it possible to produce continuous quantities of flowers almost year round. But, with the extreme temperatures associated with Egyptian climate, growing popular flowers for export is difficult. People are often surprised at the number of flower shops disbursed throughout Egypt since it is such an arid region. Egyptian flowers have a vast range of sizes and...
By Christie Leman
White roses have long been associated with different meanings and significance, but universally a white rose stands for purity and innocence above all else. While hundreds of different colors of roses have been cultivated by man over time, white roses are often praised for their simple, natural beauty. Since ancient times, people have been drawn to the significance of the white rose and used it...
By David Lessem
Most plants need nitrogen, potassium, phosphorous and traces of other minerals from the soil in order to thrive. Particularly in the spring, plants need to use nitrogen to grow new blooms. Although all these elements are naturally present in the soil, their proportion varies. Plants grown in poor soil will grow sluggishly and may not bloom or seed well. To combat this, many growers apply...
By Sarah Letts
Believed to be incredibly intelligent, black crows can be quite bothersome. From food crumbs to garbage scraps, crows are happy to eat anything. Black crows are social birds and generally travel in flocks. If crows feel threatened, they will attack in a group. The force of several black crows attacking at once can be quite strong. If you have an issue with black crows in your yard, you can get...