Everyone loves the great scent of lavender. This beautiful flower is one of the perennials that many gardeners cannot do without. English lavender, (Lavandula officinalis), is grown in many different variations. Although it originally comes from Mediterranean regions, it got…
Do you know who L.A.C. de Bougainville was? We do. A well-known French sea navigator living in the 18th century. Today, he would be completely forgotten if it weren’t for a beautiful flower he discovered in South America and brought…
Say you have received a bouquet of roses, as a gift for example, and you really liked it. Wouldn’t it be nice if you can propagate them and grow the very same roses you liked so much? Well, you can…
Horse chestnut, also known as the buckeye (Aesculus hippocastanum), is used to treat a wide range of ailments and if you wish to make your own tincture, well, now is time of the year to collect the most effective component…
There are many tips how you can prepare your own homemade fertilizer. Some are complex, some are simple, some work and some do not. Everybody uses fertilizers for flowers of course, but do homemade fertilizers work? Those of you who…
The smaller periwinkle is an undemanding evergreen plant that is easy to grow and it is also commonly known as vinca. It comes from West Asia and Europe. Do you want to learn how is it grown, propagated…
Mysterious tilandsia loves the sun and fog. These are rather unusual flowers and are not seen very often. However, we would like to point out their beauty and charm that almost no other flowers have. They are sometimes…