A garden pond provides hours of pleasure as showy aquatic flowers bloom throughout the spring, summer and autumn. Emergent or marginal plants naturally grow in heavy dirt along the shallow edges of a pond with their origins underwater and their stems above the water. Although pond plants generally grow best in full sun, a few …
Cow panels are made of heavy galvanized cable and therefore are traditionally 16 feet long and and 52 inches high. There are two chief forms: one has constant spacing between the wires and the other has spaces between the wires that get broader from the ground up. If the latter is used for tomato crops, …
A staghorn fern (Platycerium bifurcatum) is a plant that requires over an normal hanging basket. When grown outdoors in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 to 12, the epiphytic evergreen can achieve over 100 pounds and requires that the heavy-duty support chains may give. The plant contains upright, cuplike, sterile fronds, which collect …
A trellis fence does double duty at a garden, employed as a support for climbing plants in the same time it functions as a boundary between different regions of the garden. Trellis fences can be utilitarian, serving as little more than props for plants, or they can be architectural showpieces in their own right. Wood …
Annual plants are those that sprout, flower, set seed and die in a single gardening season. The hardiest summer annuals are those that stand up to various summertime conditions, such as drought, wind and extremely hot weather with only a reasonable quantity of attention in the gardener. Features like self-seeding, which efficiently perennialize the plants, …
Dare to add some dramatic colour to the garden this year. There are several ways to bring bold splashes of colour to a patio, edge or lawn, such as just throwing a few bright accessories round, painting a chair a shocking hue, including a few colorful planters or developing a master plan that uses a …
The sweet scent of the lavender flowers fills the lawn, as the vines clamber overhead to shade you from the hot sun. Selecting a perennial vine with just the right shade of lavender flowers to match your garden’s colour scheme is comparatively simple, whether you’re looking for a groundcover or a climbing vine that happily …
When we think of drought-tolerant, or xeriscape, design, normally Mediterranean and Southwestern-style houses and gardens come to mind. That is since the dawn of gardening, those climates have always needed water-efficient plants and trees. However, what if you possess a more traditional-style residence, like a colonial or Victorian? Those styles typically sport lawns with enormous …