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Enjoy a collection of gardening tips!

How To Grow and Care for Camellias

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Camellias are hardy evergreen shrubs that will provide visual interest in your home garden year-round. The glossy-green leaves shine throughout the year and the fragrant blooms will appear in late winter/early spring, or late autumn/early winter, depending on the variety being grown.
Are you wondering how to grow and care for camellias?

With over 250 varieties to select from it’s easy to find the right camellia (Camellia) to thrive in your environment. Follow these growing and care tips so you can enjoy the fragrant beauty of camellias in your landscape.

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5 Tips To Enjoy Your Garden In This Winter

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The garden is a drab, dull place during the winter. Nothing is growing and the view is either snowy slush, muddy gray, or a combination of both. Not very enjoyable after a spring, summer, and autumn filled with vibrant colors.
There are a few things that can be done to liven up a winter garden and make it more eye-appealing. Use these 5 tips so you can enjoy your garden in this winter.

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How To Grow Vegetables Indoors In Winter

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Growing vegetables indoors during the winter months will provide you with fresh food, help reduce the grocery bill, and the plants will help keep the indoor air cleaner.
Vegetables grown indoors during the winter have the same requirements as vegetables grown outdoors during the summer–sufficient sunlight, warmth, moisture, and fertile soil. If you can provide plants with those four elements, then you can grow a productive garden indoors in winter.

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Understand and Adjust Microclimates in Your Garden

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A garden is filled with life both above the soil and below it. Plants and sub-cultures are developing within the soil and how well they develop depends a lot upon the microclimate in the garden.
All landscapes and gardens have various microclimates in them and it’s a climate within a climate. It’s why the hilltop is covered with snow and the valley only received frost on the same morning. A microclimate also explains why certain plants thrive in one area and die in another area of the same landscape.
Let’s understand and adjust microclimates in your garden.

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How To Prepare Your Garden For Winter

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The summer growing and fall harvest seasons have ended and now it’s time to let yourself and the garden rest. Not exactly. It’s the perfect time to prepare your garden for winter so it will be more productive next year.

You can still grow fresh food in the garden throughout the winter in most climates. Many greens grow better when the temperature is cold. And even if you don’t want to eat the greens, the wildlife will enjoy them and the plants will protect your garden soil.
Get back outside and prepare your garden for winter with these tips.

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What Are The First And Last Frost Dates?

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Frost is frozen dew and it’s a plant killer. It forms when the outside temperature falls to 32 °F (0 °C) or below because the air gets too cold and the water vapor in the atmosphere freezes. Frost is tiny bits of ice that cover the lawn, flowers, garden plants, and anything else that is unprotected outdoors.
The first frost date of the year occurs in the fall/autumn. The last frost date of the year occurs in spring. Tropical climates rarely, if ever, have frost so it’s a non-issue for them. However, all other climates and growing zones being aware of the dates will help you be a more productive gardener.
Let’s take a closer look to understand exactly what the first and last frost dates are.

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How To Grow and Overwinter Dahlias

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When dahlias (Dahlia pinnata) are planted in a sunny location and well-draining soil they will reward you with large, colorful blooms from mid-summer until the first killing frost of fall/autumn.
These easy-care flowers perform their best during the hot, dry days of summer when most other flowers have withered under the summer sun. Dahlias are hardy in most growing zones and come in a wide variety of bloom colors and heights, making them a perfect choice for any home garden.
Use these tips to successfully grow and overwinter dahlias.

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What are the Signs of Overfeeding Plants?

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Who hasn’t heard the phrase that an excess of anything is harmful? The same goes with plants. We say overfeeding is etched deep into human attributes and it keeps happening conscious or unconsciously.

People always think that their plants need extra food, that perhaps another tablespoon of fertilizer will trigger sudden growth. However, this is always wrong and has adverse effects because plants create their own food through photosynthesis.

The two most common mistakes people make while caring for plants is overwatering and overfertilization. We all want our plants to look healthy but overfeeding does more harm than underfeeding. The plant is dying without you knowing or even noticing. That’s why it’s important to know the common symptoms and signs of overfeeding plants so you can nip the evil in the bud.

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How To Decorate A Bathroom With Indoor Plants

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Even the smallest bathroom has space for a decorative, air-purifying plant. A hanging basket filled with a spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) or Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) is ideal for hanging in the corner of bathroom.
Several other plants enjoy the low-light and humid growing conditions that a bathroom provides and the living greenery is easy to use as decor.
Read on to find out how to decorate a bathroom with indoor plants.

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How To Maximize Any Small Garden Space

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A small garden space can yield large quantities of fresh flowers and vegetables when you use the space creatively and with a few gardening secrets. Growing plants upward instead of outward is one secret to maximizing a small garden space. The second is to select the right plants for the limited space.
You don’t even need outdoor land space for growing food and flowers, a couple of containers and the right plants can provide you with fresh veggies and floral beauty for most of the year. Check these tips to maximize any small garden space.

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