Culinary superstar sage may be a pretty, low shrub with pale, velvet-soft greyish green leaves. A member of the Labiatae , sage is straightforward to grow and does well in containers, the bottom and indoors. If you’re looking to feature a replacement herb to your mix this year, read on to find out everything you would like to understand about this hardy, versatile plant. Here, we’ll cover: What is Sage? Popular sorts…

Flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata) may be a beautiful ornamental plant which will add color and fragrance to the garden. The plant features fuzzy, sticky foliage and flower stalks decorated with clusters of blooms. Appearing within the summer and fall, the flowers of most varieties open within the late afternoon to evening hours and fill the air with their potent sweet aroma. Jasmine tobacco grows fairly…

Lavender may be a native plant to the dry heat of western Mediterranean regions and its long history dates back to the Old World. The sweetly fragranced perennial herb may be a popular ornamental plant for a spread of garden and landscape uses, also as an arsenal of medicinal and residential applications. Lavender, of the Lavandula , is usually grouped into four subgenera, with a huge number of hybrids that are cultivated for…

Children who absorb high amounts of DEET through insect repellents have developed seizures, slurred speech, hypotension and bradycardia. There are new DEET-free mosquito repellents on the market today which offer some relief to those venturing outdoors in mosquito season. But there are also certain plants that are easy to grow and will have some effect in repelling mosquitoes when…

Basil is straightforward to grow in warm sunny conditions. it’s also easy to grow indoors. Basil is as aromatic within the kitchen because it is within the garden. Cooks round the world address basil. it’s perhaps hottest in Mediterranean and Asian dishes. it’s an excellent addition to most vegetable, fish, poultry dishes, and summer salads. And, of course, basil is that the key ingredient of pesto. Basil is usually matched with tomatoes in recipes, and within the garden basil may be a companion plant that’s said to…

Okra may be a heat-loving annual plant that needs 55 to 65 frost-free days with temperatures consistently above 85°F (29°C) for full growth, flowering, and pod development. Sow okra seed within the garden 4 weeks after the typical last frost date in spring. Description. Okra may be a tender, heat-loving annual that grows 4 to 7 feet (1.2-2.1m) tall and produces a green and sometimes…

Coleus plants, made popular as Victorian bedding plants, made an enormous comeback during the 1990s and show no sign of fading back to anonymity. These lovely foliage plants give us all-season color full sun, shade, and everything in between and are the last word in low maintenance. Coleus may be a tender tropical plant, native to areas bordering the equator. It loves the warmth but will happily…

If you’re trying to seek out a perennial flowering tree to provide a tasty, crunchy snack crammed with healthy vitamins and minerals, you’ll be considering planting a pistachio . The pistachio requires very specific growing conditions, but, if you’ll meet its needs, it’ll yield an abundant harvest. Pistachio trees grow in arid, hot climates that get many sunshine. Though slow-growing (pistachio trees…

Catnip (Nepeta cataria) may be a common herb that thrives in much of North America and is extremely easy to grow. While you’ve probably heard that catnip makes cats tipsy, you would possibly not know that this effect is an inherited trait and it doesn’t affect all cats.1 Catnip grows to a height of three to 4 feet and has featherlike, light green foliage and little clusters…

Tomatoes are a favourite crop for several home gardeners, and even beginner gardeners can have success when growing their very first tomato . But if you actually want to enhance your tomato-growing skills and see bigger and better yields than ever before, I’m getting to allow you to in on a couple of “trade secrets”. As a former organic market farmer, I’ve had many experience growing thousands of tomato plants over the…

Garlic are often planted in spring or in fall. Spring planted garlic is harvested late within the summer or early autumn. Fall planted garlic is harvested in mid-summer, the summer after fall planting. Fall planted garlic will produce larger bulbs and cloves than spring-planted garlic. Plant garlic in spring 4 to six weeks before the last average frost date. Fall-planted garlic…

Planning a children’s garden or one for the senses? Try Stachys byzantina, lamb’s ears, aka woolly betony, so-called due to its relationship with S. macrantha (big betony) and S. Officinalis (wood betony.) regardless of what the name, lamb’s ears are plants people like to touch. All stachys are a part of the Labiatae , with square stems, opposite leaves and a spreading habit. However, lamb’s…