Tips for growing colorful geraniums

As well as offering beautiful blooms, some geraniums, known as scented-leaf geraniums, have fragrant leaves. Choose from apple, orange, lemon, spice or lavender. They’re often sold as herbs as the leaves are edible. Jump to Best geraniums to grow Geranium: plant profile Botanical name: Pelargonium Common name: Geranium Plant type: …

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Amazing vine for your pergola: Bougainvillea

Amazing Bougainvilleas are versatile landscape plants as they can be grown as vines, bushes, trees or in planters. With bright pink and green foliage and resistance to many diseases and pests, bougainvillea can be a beautiful, easy-to-grow plant. How to use bougainvillea in the garden Bougainvillea growers use the plant …

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How to grow colorful Cosmos flowers

Cosmos plants commonly self-seed in the garden. Self-seeding plants drop seeds onto the soil at the end of the season that may germinate and grow without help the following season. Choose a position where new plants will be welcome. If you do not want cosmos to become established in your …

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How To Plant, Grow and Care for Celosia

With its bright colors and showy, cluster-like or frilly flowers, Celosia is highly ornamental for the indoor or summer garden, blooming from mid-summer to early fall. Celosia is sensitive to frost and is best treated as an annual plant. Vibrant flower colors include orange, pink, red and green. Because of …

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How to encourage a cactus to bloom

Although getting a cactus to bloom isn’t the ultimate goal for most growers, seeing these spiky succulents bloom is still icing on the cake. The wait can be long, as some cactus species take dozens of years to mature, but getting your cactus to bloom is a real horticultural feat. …

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Amazing orange flowers to plant this summer

There are many orange colored flower. Here are some amazing species: 1. Pocketbook Plant Botanical Name: Calceolaria crenatiflora Specification Description USDA Growing Zones 10 to 12 Color Varieties Yellow, orange, red, or brown, sometimes with spots Sun Exposure Bright but indirect light Soil Needs Well-drained, loose, and slightly damp soil …

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Captivating planter designs with purple flowers

To see your cluster of houseplants as a sculpture, imagine if they were all attached, would the design still work or would it seem awkward? Although all plants and plantings may vary, they should generally flow into a cohesive form when arranged together. 2. Give planters a purpose Planters that …

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Amazing Spilled Pot Ideas For Your Backyard

Spilled flower pots are a quirky and humorous trend in garden design. This is a simple concept that can be applied to any backyard garden and requires just a little thought and creativity. Many of these designs give the impression that the “catastrophe” has just occurred. In some of these …

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