Creative and Cozy Garden Containers

Whether you have a sprawling backyard or a small patio, a container garden is an easy way to enhance any outdoor space—and a great method for any gardener. From easy-to-grow herbs to a mini citrus garden, simply choose the plants that suit your skills and start growing. There are many …

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Inspiring Tropical Interior Design Ideas

Summer is over, the kids are back at school and the days are getting shorter and colder. Don’t despair – with the right design touches you can keep your home bright and sunny all year round and bring a touch of the tropics right into your living room. To help …

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Houseplants That Will Thrive in Your Kitchen

Adding houseplants to a room is a quick and easy way to spruce up your decor, and when it comes to the kitchen, growing plants indoors can also have some practical uses. The right plant can help purify the air, add a pop of color, or even provide fresh produce …

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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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The Bronze Age: 7 Ways to Add Drama with Purple-Brown Plants

At the Chelsea Flower Show last month one plant kept popping up again and again, dotted through show gardens and on nursery stands and displays. Atriplex hortensis—or orache—is an edible salad crop that is increasingly being grown in borders, too, and at Chelsea it was used as a bold vertical …

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Amazing Plants You Can Easily Grow In Water

If you’re a plant lover like me who’s made too many mistakes by killing valuable greenery due to overwatering, then why not consider growing plants directly *in* water instead? Growing plants in water means no messy soils and no worrying about watering them every other day. With these plants, you …

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How to grow and care for Clematis

With stunning variety, these hardy vines put on an unforgettable show that includes colour, scent and perennial displays of flowers and showy seed heads. Some are evergreen, some deciduous. Flower sizes range from small and delicate to large, plate-sized blooms, and some even fill the air with sweet fragrance. Flowering …

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How to grow and care for frangipani

Appearance and properties of frangipani The frangipani is a small tree with a distinctly tropical appearance. The richly scented blooms appear in the warmer months and range in color from white with a yellow center to bright pink, yellow, pink-yellow-orange blends (often referred to as “fruit salad”) and dark shades …

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