Houseplant Care Guides
Practical, real-home plant care — watering, light, propagation, pests, and seasonal advice, reviewed by experienced indoor gardeners.
Using Grasses in Dried Flower Arrangements
The infinite variety and decorative value of many different kinds of grasses, both cultivated and wild, give the dried flower worker wonderful scope, adding interest, charm and lightness to an…
Supporting Climbing Plants Properly
Supporting Climbers and Wall Shrubs With a few exceptions, ivy (hedera) and Virginia creeper (parthenocissus) among them, most climbers need something to fasten themselves to or to scramble over.
Growing Begonias From Tubers
Tuberous Begonias Although there are many different kinds of begonia, including some which are grown only for the beauty of their leaves, the- kinds most people grow are those which are grown from…
Ornamental Grasses
The Elegance of Ornamental Grasses There are a number of ornamental grasses which can be grown for the purpose of providing good flower-stems or attractive leaves of decorative value.
How to Grow Crocuses
One of the easiest and hardiest bulbs to grow. Never cut the leaves off but tie the foliage in a knot after the flowers have faded, to make them look neater.
Increasing Your Stock of Climbing Plants
Getting something for nothing is always an appealing idea, but growing your own plants from seed, or propagating them from cuttings, also gives you immense satisfaction.
Flower Arranging Basics
The Art of Flower Arrangement Flower arrangement is an art which was created and studied in Eastern countries for hundreds of years but it is a comparatively recent development in the Western world.
The Stem of a Plant
The Structure of Plant Buds The stem of a plant, unlike the root, bears lateral appendages that are different in form from the axis that produces them – that is, the stem bears leaves.
Apricots as Wall Fruits
Apricots are the most difficult of all the fruit grown outdoors in more northerly latitudes.