Gardening Tips & Techniques

can you plant dahlias with vegetables

Companion planting of vegetables with herbs and flowers is a great way to have a healthy garden! Marigolds, nasturtiums, geraniums, dahlias, and chrysanthemums make great companion plants with your vegetable seeds and can also offer various benefits for your garden. Experienced vegetable gardeners often use flowers shown above, and herbs such as sage, rosemary, basil, … Read more

How Many Species of Bamboo Are There? A Complete Guide to Nature’s Versatile Giant Grass

When it comes to bamboo trivia, few questions are more frequently asked or more inconclusively debated. How many bamboo species are there? Most authors and experts agree that there are approximately 1,500 species of bamboo. Occasionally, you may come across a claim with an extremely precise number, like 1,662 known species, or 1,718. But I … Read more