Care Guides
Care guides by Rupert Foxton-Smythe
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Lighting Equipment for Indoor Plants
Lighting can transform a group of house plants into a dramatic focal point, or further enhance the delicate beauty of the leaves or flowers.
Using Jasmine for Flower Arrangements
Winter and summer jasmine could hardly be more different although both are well known and probably grown in the majority of gardens.
Annuals and Biennials for Drying
A number of monocarpic plants have flowers or attractive seedpods which can be dried for winter decoration.
The Dahlia Border
Dahlias have become very popular during the last few years and many people like to have special borders devoted to their culture.
Colorful Hardy Perennials
No single word or term has yet been accepted to cover garden plants, as distinct from bulbs and shrubs, which flower year after year.
Some Useful Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses are becoming much more popular nowadays and despite their lack of color in flower, some make an excellent foil to other plants, whilst others with attractive foliage, are worth…
Propagating Cacti and Succulents by Cuttings
Most succulents are readily increased by cuttings. Apart from mere multiplication of specimens, it is often possible to improve the shape of a weak or distorted plant by taking cuttings from it, for…
Legumes – Pods for Protein
The Long History of Legumes Legumes have been important constituents of human diets for many thousands of /years.
How to Take Cuttings From Plants and Grow New Ones
Knowing how to take cuttings from plants is the first step in growing new ones from what you already have.
Indoor Growing of Peaches, Apricots, and Nectarines
First, crack the stone a little – just enough to break the sides open slightly. Then plant it in a 4 inch pot of compost, about 1 inch deep.
Garden Flowers – Plants for Pleasure
From the earliest times man has appreciated the beauty of flowers. Their attraction arises from their marvelous symmetry and variety of form, their range and intensity of color and their pleasing…
Treating Plants With Rust
Many people refer to any disorder which causes reddish-brown spots on plants as rust. However, a true rust is caused only by a fungus.