Pine Trees for Containers
Karen Pines in containers provide year round greenery. Some have attractive bark and cones as well as unique growth habits. Some can even be used as Christmas trees indoors for a…
Basic Types of Potting Soil for Containers
One of the most important factors affecting success with container grown plants is the choice of potting soil. The potting soil should be light weight, provide the roots with air…
How to Grow Sweet Peppers
Bell peppers are produced on stiff compact attractive plants that can be grown in small gardens and containers. Most start out green but some may change color to yellow, orange,…
Garden Urn: Selecting
Urns give the gardener an unique opportunity to adorn the garden. They can be used alone like a statue, in pairs to create symmetry and formality, or filled with flowers…
Rambling Roses for the Cottage Garden
The vigorous sprawling growth of rambling roses have made them popular choices for inclusion in cottage gardens in the past as well as in the present. They only bloom once…
Characteristics of Old Garden Roses: Alba Rose
The name “Alba’ would lead you to believe that these roses are white. In fact, they are also various shades of light pink. They are the result of a cross…
Characteristics of Old Garden Roses: Damask Rose
The Damask roses have a certain mystic. Is it the name that suggests an exotic origin? or the recollection of a heavy fragrance? Both are true of the Damask rose.…
How to Grow the Best Vegetable Garden Ever
There is nothing more rewarding to a gardener than to have a beautiful vegetable garden bearing an abundance of delicious fresh produce all summer long. Most of us know that…
Characteristics of Grandiflora Roses
Funny thing about grandiflora roses, the name suggests large flowers but the flowers aren’t as large as those of hybrid teas. Maybe the English rose growers know something we don’t…
Five Sweet Smelling Herbs for the Cottage Garden
The traditional cottage garden of the past was a practical garden that included vegetables and herbs. The herbs were important to the cottage gardener for their usefulness especially in regard…