Designing Garden Islands for the Landscape

List of Theme Garden Ideas – Butterfly Pollinator Garden, Edible ornamental garden, rock garden, Native perennial plant garden, Color themes (e.g. a white or orange garden), Japanese evergreen garden, Classic cottage garden, Formal rose garden, cut flower garden Once you’ve found a good location for the garden on a property, …

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Tips to Start a Balcony Flower Garden

Do you love flowering plants and want to grow them on your balcony? Follow all these tips to start a balcony flower garden! If you live in an apartment and don’t have a common backyard space to create flower beds, don’t let that stop you from growing your favorite blooms. …

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Gabion Ideas To Improve Your Outdoor Space

You’ve seen them along highways and probably never received much attention because gabion cages were primarily used for civil projects such as large retention systems, gravity walls, flood and waterway protection, and erosion control. Read on for the latest gabion designs and ideas. Recently, gabions have found their way into …

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How to grow and care for Zinnia

Zinnias come in various shapes, sizes, and colors. Some popular varieties include: Zinnia elegans: Classic zinnias with large, single or double blooms in various colors. Zinnia angustifolia: Smaller flowers with narrow leaves, great for ground cover or borders. Zinnia haageana: Also known as Mexican zinnias, they have smaller, more compact …

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The Ultimate Guide to Shade Flower Planters

Shade flower planters are a wonderful solution for adding greenery and blooms to areas with limited sunlight. Whether you’re dealing with a shaded patio, a north-facing garden, or indoor spaces, shade flower planters can transform these spots into lush, vibrant oases. This guide will delve into the benefits, best practices, …

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Amazing pot designs for the stairs

Pleasant-looking garden steps help to inspire good mood and a positive attitude. Traditionally, garden steps are decorated with pure stones, for example several bricks. However, with modernization comes new ideas and unique designs. This attractive improvement in yard step decoration is progressing as traditional outdoor steps made only of stones …

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How to grow bluebells in your own garden

Bluebell seeds can take several years to reach flowering size, so it’s better to buy bulbs. In spring you can get bluebells while they’re flowering (also called ‘in the green’), which many gardeners believe have a better chance of establishing well. Alternatively you can buy them as dry bulbs to …

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Top Cutting Garden Flowers

A cut flower bed – a dedicated area for growing cut flowers – allows you to enjoy your own home-grown blooms from late winter to late fall. If you like to bring the outside in, pick a few flowers from your garden to admire on the kitchen table, or add …

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How to grow and care for amazing cactus Gymnocalycium

Gymnocalycium is a genus of about 70 South American species of cacti. The generic name “Gymnocalycium,” from the Greek “naked calyx,” refers to the flower buds bearing no hair or spines. The members of the genus are commonly known as Chin Cactus. The main distribution area of the genus is …

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How to grow peonies from seed

Having trouble growing peonies from seed? Despair no more…help is on the way! Growing peonies from seed is as easy as growing carrots, except it takes a little longer (about 3-5 years). However, the results are much more satisfying. There are two approaches that we have found will have good …

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