Backyard gardens are becoming more and more popular in urban areas, as the price of fresh fruits and vegetables rise. Container gardening makes it possible for those who do not have the space to create a full garden to grow their own fresh vegetables. Cucumbers are a hardy plant that do well when grown ...
Fall garden mums, (Chrysanthemum morifolium), are one of the most popular flowers here in Missouri. Mums come in a variety of shapes and colors and are perfect fall flowers to compliment the colors of the changing trees. Mums are classified by flower shape. These include daisy, pompon, anemone, and button mums. Daisy mums have daisy-like ...
Spring is the time to enjoy all of those hardy bulbs that were planted in the fall. The crocus, hyacinths, daffodils and tulips put on their gorgeous show and then disappear until next spring. But spring is not the only time to enjoy bulbs, since they flower in almost every season. There are several hardy ...
If you want a beautiful green landscape, but hate lawn care and mowing, then a dichondra lawn might be just what you’ve been looking for. While dichondra (dichondra repens) isn’t a grass, it is an amazing ground cover that has been described as looking like little lily pads. It is an herbaceous plant, perennial with ...
California has a love affair with bamboo. From the south to the north of this long state, there are climate zones that are very amenable to this hardy plant. And the state’s population has the money and sophistication to make a market to support them. From running to clumping bamboo, the growers here have all ...
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