You’ve probably spotted this plant sprawling over fences and running up the side of houses. Its striking flowers and elegant vining habit make it instantly recognizable. Growing clematis is as easy as ...
A Guide to Growing Peonies For a Beautiful Garden Display
Peonies are one of the most beautiful choices for adding some vibrant color to your garden. You'd think that for such an elegant, showy flower, growing peonies would be difficult. But they're actually ...
Leafrollers: How to Identify, Deal With, and Prevent This Garden Pest
Hands up if you have experienced the annoying garden pest known as leafroller. If you're new to gardening, it won't take long before you'll see them. If you are experienced, you're probably very ...
An Essential Guide to Growing Hollyhocks for Food and Beauty
Looking for some stately color in your garden? Consider growing hollyhocks for both impressive height and dazzling color. They're tall, gorgeous plants that thrive just about anywhere, and don't need ...
How to Identify and Deal With Rose Rosette Disease
For those of us with an emotional attachment to our roses, nothing is more devastating than Rose Rosette Disease (RRD). Rose Rosette Disease is awful because there is no cure – when this virus hits, ...
Growing Pineberries: How to Plant and Care for White Strawberries
When you first glance at pineberries you might think that they look like unripe strawberries, because they are often pale pink or white in color and resemble strawberries in shape and ease of growing. ...
Understanding Plant Fasciation and How to Deal With It
When you spend a lot of time in your garden you start noticing interesting things about nature. For instance, you learn how to identify useful weeds, or you might discover strange conditions such as ...
Which Vegetables are Worth the Effort of Growing?
A couple of friends of mine have asked this recently: considering how cheap certain vegetables are at the grocery store, are they really worth growing at home? Should you put more time and effort into ...
Growing Oca: How to Plant and Raise This Underappreciated Veggie
Have you heard of oca before? Chances are you might have never tried it unless you've traveled in the Andes mountains, or have a great South American grocery store near you. It's time to fix ...