Best Indoor Plants for Living Rooms
Living rooms are where you spend so much time, it’s always nice to make them look great as well as function well. When you have plants in your living room, …
Growing Guide: Tips for Growing Crocus
Crocuses are delightful little flowers that appear in the spring as soon as the ground has thawed. They often emerge through patches of snow creating an explosion of color in …
Tips to Get Rid of Moles in Your Garden
Moles may just be trying to find food, but the tunnels they build as they travel around your lawn can devastate your garden. Moles usually stay underground, but when they …
Tips to Get Rid of Groundhogs
Groundhogs are a common garden pest that, despite their cute little faces and ears, are not a welcome sight. They may just be animals in search of food and shelter, …
Tips for Growing Pentas (Growing Guide)
Pentas (Pentas lanceolata), also called Egyptian stars, produce clusters of tiny star-shaped flowers on branching, medium green foliage. While they are technically a tender perennial that can survive for years …
Why Are My Houseplants Dying?
Houseplants bring a little fresh oxygen and color to a home and can be fun to take care of even as a beginner. However, many plant owners find their beloved …
Helpful Tips for Growing Ixora (Jungle Flame)
Ixora (Ixora spp.) is a tender perennial shrub that must be grown as an annual in all but USDA plant hardiness zones 10 and 11. This showy plant is prized …
Getting Rid of Yellow Jackets From Your Garden
Yellow jackets are a group of social wasps in the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. These wasps are considered beneficial insects in the garden as they feed on grubs and other …
Different Types of Bergenia (Photos & Growing Tips)
The Bergenia plant family is a trendy option as a ground cover in landscaping because it looks beautiful, can choke out weeds with ease due to its size, and is …
12 Perennials That Attract Bees
Planting pollinator plants that attract bees and other flying insects to the yard and garden is beneficial to both the insects and your garden. They provide food and shelter for …
10 Flowering Shrubs for Full Sun
Most yards have areas where any plant there will be exposed to full sun. While that sounds like plant heaven at first, because sunlight is necessary for photosynthesis, too much …
Different Types of Heliotrope for the Home and Garden
Also known as Heliotropium arborescens, heliotrope is the more common name used for a popular variety of gardening and landscape flower. It is a sweet-smelling flowering shrub, highly desired and …
Growing Rock Cress Ground Cover (Aubrieta deltoidea)
Rock cress (Aubrieta deltoidea), also called rainbow rockcress, false rockcress, and lilacbush, is a low-growing groundcover native to the Mediterranean and western Asia. Its penchant for full sun and rocky …
Tips on How To Deadhead Foxglove Plants
The Foxglove is a native plant found in much of the United States that is also commonly used in home landscapes. It can be grown as a perennial but in …
How to Prune Areca Palm
The Areca palm, which is a beautiful medium-sized palm, is a native of the island of Madagascar. Among indoor houseplants sold today, it consistently ranks as one of the most …
How to Get Hoya Plants to Bloom
Hoyas (Hoya spp.), also known as wax plants, are low-maintenance vining plants that produce thick, waxy leaves and, in most cultivars, clusters of plump flowers. A few cultivars do not …
How to Propagate Persian Shield
With brilliant shades of purple, green, and silver, the leaves of the Persian Shield plant (Strobilanthes dyerianus) are better in many gardener’s eyes than some flowering plants. The colors are …
How to Germinate Clivia Seeds
Clivia (Clivia miniata), also known as a natal lily or bush lily, is a tender perennial native from South Africa. This showy flower resembles an amaryllis with similar trumpet-shaped blooms …
10 Perfect Alaska Perennials (Growing Tips)
There are a lot of plants that won’t grow in the cold climate of Alaska, but there are also plenty of great plants that will. Growing perennials in Alaska requires …
10 Perennials That Grow Well in Maine
Perennial plants help maintain soil structure and are relatively easy to care for once you’ve got them planted and established. While some people prefer annual flowers that they can rip …