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Bedding Plants for Beginners
Generally speaking, the beginner in garden matters will buy most of his bedding plants as he buys his bulbs, probably from a local nursery or market.
Growing Fruit in Small Gardens
It isn’t often realised how much fruit can be grown in quite a small garden. Trees can be trained as cordons or espaliers to make the very best use of available space.
How to Grow and Cultivate Bonsai
The word bonsai simply means a plant in a container. This can be a tree or a shrub or even forms of grass.
Shrub Growing Simplified
The term ‘shrubs’ covers a wide range of plants. You can buy those which grow to a few inches to those growing to thirty feet or so.
Caring for Your Houseplants Properly
Providing the proper treatment and correct cultural conditions for a plant will take you three parts of the way along the road to successful growing.
Growing Fuchsias Outdoors
Site and Soil Any reasonable garden soil will do if it is well-drained. Improve its moisture-holding capacity by digging in compost, peat or leaf mould before planting.
First Requisites for Growing Perennials
The sensible approach to any form of gardening is to decide first whether the piece of ground you have is suitable for the type of decorative plants you wish to grow.
Aquatic Plants – Back to the Water
The many thousands of plant species which today cover the land surface of the earth have all evolved from ancestral forms which were aquatic. Indeed, life itself had an aquatic origin.
Pollination and Plant Reproduction
Pollination is the process whereby pollen grains are transferred from the anthers of a stamen, their site of origin, to the receptive part of a carpel, ie the sticky surface of a stigma.