Plant Combination: Cool Trio for the Mid-Summer Garden
Karen When the sun shines hot and temperatures rise in mid-summer, it seems as though the garden is full of hot colors, red, orange, and yellow. Beautiful as they are, those…
How to Choose Hydrangeas
The large flowerheads of hydrangea bring an old fashioned charm to a garden. The flowers may be white, pink, blue, or a shade of purple, they can be round or…
Five Red Miniature Roses for Containers
In spite of their delicate appearance, miniature roses are tough plants that offer a lot to gardeners. They can be used in the landscape like other roses but are especially…
Garden Hedges: Roses as a Living Screen
Sometime you may need a tall screen in the garden to add to add to the pleasure of the outdoor experience. There are many reasons for building a screen: they…
Flowering Vines for Ground Covers
Chances are that if you are growing vines they are growing up on a wall, fence or trellis. But many vines can be used as ground covers where they will…
Herb Garden: Four Herbs for Hair Care
Beautiful hair is a virtue that every woman wants. They spend mega-bucks every year at the beauty parlor having their dyed, curled, straightened, conditioned, cut and styled. There are some…
Herb Garden: Five Herbs Used as Sweetness Enhancers
The great thing about using herbs as sweetness enhancers is that they don’t add calories. You can use them alone or with sugar or other sweeteners to heighten the sweetness…
Herb Garden: Five Herbs to Ward off Evil Spirits and Witches
You probably don’t spend much time worrying about evil spirits and witches but when Halloween rolls around it is always nice to know that you are protected. There are numerous…
Herb Garden: Five Herbs for Red Dyes
The beautiful red colors produced by vegetable dyes have a richness and mellowness that can’t be achieved with chemical dyes. These many shades of red can be produced by a…
Five Fabulous Pink Single Roses
When you think about a rose you probably invision the ones from a florist like Mdme Delbard or the cabbage roses pictured in 17th century paintings. These roses are beautiful…