Bougainvillea isn’t your typical houseplant—in its wild , it’s a sprawling climber and shrub with formidable thorns, often found on the outside of buildings (like climbing up a trellis or over a fence) or in gardens in subtropical-to-tropical climates. Native to South America, bougainvillea was named in honor of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, a sailor and explorer during the late 1700s….

Fragrant flowers. Beautiful, shiny, and evergreen foliage. Colorful, edible, and delicious fruits. A well-behaved rootage . the power to regulate to differing types or methods of cultivation. All of those make the dwarf citrus a valuable plant for contemporary home gardening. Dwarf citrus trees are simply regular fruit trees that are grafted onto smaller plant rootstock. this suggests you get the tasty fruit of a traditional citrus from a plant that…

Alpines are superb plants for the beginner gardener but also for experienced gardeners looking to expand their range of plants. Delicate, diminutive, yet tough and floriferous, once you’ve grown a couple of you’ll be hooked. But which alpines are best for beginners? In this diary I’m sharing descriptions and pictures of my favourites from my very own garden. For a extended list, John Good’s…

If eating more nutritious foods is one among your gardening goals, you’ll want to urge busy growing spinach, a cool-season veggie to boost in spring and fall. Loaded with vitamins and minerals, spinach is taken into account a superfood due to its many health benefits. Eating spinach regularly may help normalize blood glucose levels, prevent cancer, promote stronger bones, and undo the damage done to our circulatory systems once we eat…

Loofah sponges are great within the shower and handy within the kitchen, but did you recognize you’ll grow them in your garden? A loofah sponge is that the fibrous interior of a loofah gourd, which are produced on vining plants that are closely associated with cucumbers and squash. Growing loofah gourds isn’t difficult but they are doing need an extended season . I grow them successfully in my short season garden…

Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) may be a deciduous perennial vine with a twining growth habit. Like all members of the wisteria group, Chinese wisteria may be a stunning bloomer. From May to June, it bears large, drooping clusters of fragrant flowers that are typically a bluish-purple. The vine may be a vigorous climber which will…

Chocolate mint, an in depth relative to ordinary peppermint, features a complicated lineage involving sorts of peppermint. it’s derived from a cross between water-mint (watermint) and spearmint (spearmint), from which a specific form, citrata (orange mint) was selected for development. The ‘Chocolate’ cultivar has the aroma of chocolate, but the taste in foods more closely resembles the orange citrus flavor of the citrata sort of mint. The plant grows to about…

If there’s a reason for a gardener to maneuver to the south, it’s the camellia. This shrub , which has been in cultivation for quite 1000 years, is that the Southerner’s answer to the peony. Similarities between peonies and camellias include lushly petaled blooms, and a bent to measure for quite a century. The genus Camellia , a part of the Theaceae family, includes several common ornamental species and lots of cultivars. C. japonica…

Peonies are the spring-blooming stars of your garden. they need large, showy blooms and a lot of personality. By some estimates, there are as many as 33 different species within the Paeonia , known collectively as peonies. Most are herbaceous perennials, though a couple of are woody shrubs. Peonies are medium-sized, have tuberous roots that are a mixture of thick storage roots and thin roots…

Homegrown fruit always beats market fruit for freshness and taste, but not everyone has the space to grow a angiospermous tree or a melon . For that reason, berries are the gateway fruit for several gardeners, and none are easier to grow within the home garden than the blackberry. As native North American fruiting shrubs which will typically be harvested from June to August, blackberries…

Houseplants are getting ever more popular as days pass . With less access to the outside , people are choosing instead to bring nature inside instead. For those that have an interest in a simple to worry for, beautiful, and fast-growing plant. The Baby India-rubber tree may be a great option. This attractive plant has glossy green leaves that are thick and sturdy . If you wish succulents, but want something with a touch more meat…

Red tip photinia (Photinia x fraseri) is an evergreen shrub that gets its name from the striking red color of its young leaves, which change to a dark green as they mature. it’s a hybrid plant, a cross between Photinia glabra (Japanese photinia) and Photinia serratifolia (Chinese photinia). Also referred to as Fraser photinia, it’s a superb shrub for hedges and privacy…