Weigela fell out of favor for a few years, but it has made a comeback thanks to colorful new cultivars. Combine this with the fact weigela is one of the best plants to attract hummingbirds and ...
Nanking Bush Cherries: How to Grow and Care For This Beautiful Fruit Plant
We are all familiar with cherry trees, especially if you live for the limited sweet cherry season in spring and summer. There is nothing like a fresh cherry at its peak of freshness. If your mouth ...
9 Broccoli Pests and Diseases and How to Handle Them
Broccoli is one of the most popular cruciferous vegetables in the country. When I was a child, we loved it because each piece of broccoli looked like a tiny tree. We could eat our broccoli pretending ...
21 Raspberry Pests and Diseases and How to Treat Them
If you grow any type of food, then you know how frustrating it can be to lose your plants to pests, predation, and pathogens. Raspberries aren't immune to any of these issues, and if they aren't ...
Growing Euphorbia: How to Plant and Care for Spurge
For maintenance-free, adaptable color in the garden, there's no better choice than euphorbia, also known as spurge. Euphorbia is a huge genus with thousands of species. This diversity of this genus ...
The Complete Guide to Growing Citrus Trees Indoors Successfully
Citrus trees can be absolute treasures to grow at home. In addition to their delicious fruits, their blossoms and leaves are sublimely fragrant, and many citrus parts have medicinal and cleansing ...
Growing Satsumas: The Ultimate Care Guide for This Citrus Delight
Satsuma is one of the sweetest citruses out there. Plus, it's easy to peel and easy to grow. It's a perfect fruit to add to your orchard or citrus grove. If you've grown small, sour, seed-filled ...
Micro-Gardening: How to Start Growing Plants in Tiny Spaces
Don't have much space? That's no reason not to grow at least some of your own food. Don't let a lack of room stop you. You can grow your favorite vegetables or fruit, even in the tightest ...
Bush Carrots: How to Grow These Australian Delights
Which plant is part of the pea family, looks like a carrot, tastes like a potato, can be eaten raw, and has edible beans on the vines? Bush carrots! Native to the desert and dry shrubland of ...