Ferns offer unsurpassed variety in the home and garden. They can be grown in pots, hanging baskets, beds, and rock gardens, as specimen plants, or massed as ground covers. Fern Growth Habit Before planting, consider the look you want to achieve. While some ferns form...
Are you planning a garden to feed your family? To beautify your landscape? Before you start, take an inventory of your situation. Are you prepared to make the investment? What investment, you may wonder? Time to care for the family garden The cost of building a family...
Containers let you control a plant’s environment, that is, the “soil” (potting mix), moisture, location (relative to sunlight and wind), temperature, and weed prevention. That’s the advantage over conventional gardening, which leaves you at the...
Heat Tolerant Tomato Varieties My best heat-tolerant tomato varieties began to bear ripe fruit in mid-August. Some fruit have weighed up to eight ounces. I set the plants in the garden during June, which was late for the spring crop and early for the fall crop. Many...
Also called variegated laurel, crotons come from the South Pacific Islands. Their growth habit varies — dwarf crotons are bushy and compact, while tree-like varieties are tall and have a good spread. The plants are usually maintained at two to three feet, but given...
