Who wouldn’t like to have flowerbeds full of beautiful flowers blooming? Unfortunately, if your prone to having a black thumb, or have had a bad experience in the past, then your flowerbeds are probably bare. Mine sure was until I did some research, and of course trial and error. No need to worry, this summer ...
If you’re blessed with a green thumb, you likely look forward to beautiful flowers and greenery during the spring and summer. If you’re like me, you have a black thumb and could probably kill a cactus. You may gaze longingly at your neighbor’s flower garden, knowing that your lawn could never look so nice. Now, ...
Saxifraga, commonly known as Strawberry Begonia or Mother of thousands, is a great plant for indoor our outdoor gardens. Saxifraga is an excellent plant for those just getting started in gardening or those who have a ‘black thumb’. There are a few things you should know about Saxifraga which, I will tell you here, including ...
If you are anything like me, gardening was always that mirage you just couldn’t reach. Herb gardens died inexplicably. Seeds never sprouted. House plants died. I came to an uneasy arrangement with my household plants: I avoided them, and they lived. My horticultural grandmothers were likely embarrassed that their granddaughter could not even keep a ...
With the economy so questionable and frugality slowly becoming a national pastime, it makes perfect sense that people are going to get into gardening. So with droves of green thumbs, brown thumbs, and the occasional black thumb armed with fresh packages of seeds, the thought of how to lay out a garden should be the ...
I owned a horticulture company for 26 years, so I know the importance of pruning (sometimes called “pinching” for indoor plants). One of the easiest plants to keep beautiful is the Pothos, also called Devil’s Ivy. It is primarily available as three different cultivars: yellow variegated, white variegated, and plain green. The botanical name for ...
