Houseplant Care Guides
Practical, real-home plant care — watering, light, propagation, pests, and seasonal advice, reviewed by experienced indoor gardeners.
Growing Plants on Walls
Tiny gardens particularly benefit from walls clothed in brightly colored flowering plants.
Weed and Pest Control of Garden Plants
In a newly established garden, weeds are the main problem; but at a later stage the accent lies rather on disease – that is to say, fungus and pest infections etc.
Best Way to Control Weeds
‘If weeds won’t grow nothing else will.’ Experienced gardeners are fond of saying this and they are quite right.
Anemone Bedding Schemes
The anemone grown in such large quantities for supplying the cut-flower market is known as the Poppy Anemone or Anemone Coronaria.
Raising Anemones From Seed
Anemones of all species may readily be raised by sowing the seed in pans of loam to which is added some peat and some sand.
Checking and Cleaning Indoor Plants
When each plant is watered and fed at its appointed time, just check over the flowers or the foliage to make quite sure all is well.
Grafting Cacti and Succulents
Grafting is another method of propagating plants. It consists of uniting a piece of one plant called the scion, with another rooted plant called the stock.
Repotting Indoor Plants Correctly
One of the most frequent questions asked when buying a plant is about repotting. In most cases plants do not need repotting.
Tips for Growing Cut Flowers
Flowers are not only lovely in a garden but beautiful in the house. One of the features of our British households is surely that of being able to have bowls of flowers in the living rooms all the…