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How to Make a Stunning Demijohn Terrarium For Your Home

Demijohn terrariums are unique, enclosed glass bottle gardens that make for beautiful and intriguing home decor. These bulbous glass vessels provide ample space for creative planting designs and perfectly showcase mini indoor environments. If you can get your hands on a demijohn bottle, follow these simple steps to create your own distinctive terrarium bottle garden. … Read more

lily with white spotted leaves

How about a classic that stands above the rest? The Spotted Leaf White Calla takes the best traits of the popular Zantedeschia albo maculata and makes it stronger and more floriferous. The sleek, slender creamy white blooms feature small dark eyes and plants have speckled arrow-shaped leaves that are gorgeous in the garden even when … Read more

How to Get Rid of Chives – A Complete Guide

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Chives are low-maintenance denizens of the herb garden, and they’re handy when you want to snip a few for use in recipes or topping baked potatoes. The only problem is that these easy-to-grow plants aren’t always well-behaved … Read more

How to Pick Sweet Plums

Plums are one of the most delicious fruits you can grow in your garden or find at the grocery store. Their sweet, juicy flesh and variety of colors make them a treat to eat fresh or bake into tasty treats While all plums have the potential to be sweet, there are some tricks to picking … Read more

Are Cats Attracted to Catmint? Unraveling the Mysteries of This Feline-Frenzy Plant

Having studied organic farming, I enjoy trying out new cultivation methods and other gardening experiments with friends in our community garden. I care deeply about exploring sustainable and mindful approaches to working with nature. This is my biggest passion, but I am also a real ornamental plant enthusiast! Favourite fruit: strawberry, mango, guava Favourite vegetables: … Read more

Why Are My Pear Tree Leaves Turning Red Early? Causes and Solutions

Seeing the leaves on your pear tree turning red prematurely can be alarming While pears naturally display brilliant fall colors, early reddening of the foliage usually signals an underlying problem. Pear trees need adequate water nutrients and proper growing conditions to stay healthy. When something is amiss, the disturbed tree reacts by changing leaf color. … Read more

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica ‘Pamina’ – The Elegant Japanese Anemone

Pamina is cultivar with 2″ wide, deep rose-pink double flowers and overlapping petals. Star performer awarded by the Award of Garden Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society, Britain). 2.5-3 tall x 2-2.5 wide clumps, bigger basal leaves at the ground, slender stems with round buds and large flowers in September-October (sometimes starts in August). Full … Read more