Growing herbs in your garden doesn't just have to be about cooking, spices or medicinal uses. Many of these practical plants can also be quite beautiful and showy. Many flowering herbs sport gorgeous blooms that can add variation and color to your herb garden. Blooming herbs come … [Read more...]
How to Grow Martagon Lily / Turk’s Cap (Lilium martagon)
By Jennifer Poindexter The martagon lily is a unique flower with traditional shaped petals that form non-traditional heads. This plant becomes as tall as three to six feet, but the heads of the plant are relaxed and droop down. When this happens, it resembles a hat, so … [Read more...]
How to Grow Wax Begonia Flowers (Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum)
By Erin Marissa Russell First things first: Wax begonias are a category of begonia plants (Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum) with fibrous roots, as distinguished from begonias with tuberous roots. Wax begonias are especially known for their ability to flourish during times of … [Read more...]
Helping Pollinators: Your Garden Efforts Can Make a Real Difference
by James Aldrin As home gardeners, we're always looking for ways to make our yards and gardens more welcoming to the beneficial insects that call them home. One essential group of beneficial garden visitors are pollinators, and a recent study from Lund University in Sweden has … [Read more...]
How to Grow Panama Rose (Rondeletia leucophylla)
By Jennifer Poindexter The Panama rose (Rondeletia leucophylla) is a scented bush with beautiful flowers that create an even stronger scent during the evening hours. It's also sometimes called bush penta because of its penta-like clusters of flowers. It's not actually a rose, … [Read more...]
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