Articles for tag: Hardiness Zone

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5 Simple Steps to Start a Flower Garden

Starting a flower garden can be fun and easy. My gardening experience started as a project for my 4-year old daughter and I to spend some quality time together. It turned out better than I could ever imagine. Now we look forward to planning the garden every year. There are so many different things to ...

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Ornamental Grass Plants for USDA Hardiness Zone Seven

Ornamental grasses offer texture and height for garden landscapes in USDA Hardiness Zone 7. Grass plants are available in clumping and non-clumping varieties, with a variety of mature heights available for gardens. Clumping grass varieties grow from one main root crown. This variety works well in flower gardens that need some texture without invasive spreading ...

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How to Grow a Container Fig Tree

Figs are the undisputed oldest mentioned fruits in the world. Mentioned in The Holy Bible in Genesis, Adam and Eve covered themselves with fig leaves when they sinned and found out they were naked. Historical texts, thousands of years old mention figs as a major food source. That hasn’t changed in many parts of the ...

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Dwarf Shrubs and Plants

Dwarf Shrubs and Plants – Dwarf shrubs and plants make for fun indoor plants. It is possible to keep these plants indoors year round, transition them outdoors for the season and several species are hardy enough to stay outside year round adding to the beautification of homes both inside and out. Some dwarf species of ...

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When and How to Plant Potatoes by Your Hardiness Zone

  After a long winter I am ready to get back in the garden. Potatoes are a super easy choice for the home garden. They are the first thing I plant in my zone 5 garden. Grandpa always said Good Friday is when to plant potatoes in the Midwest. Knowing when to plant potatoes in ...