Category: Plant for Specific Situations

When do you remove overwintering pansies to plant summer annuals?  That depends on when your last expected frost for the spring is.   The best time to pull your winter pansies is 1...

It is widespread knowledge that plants help filter the air from toxins, but do they help control other airborne pollutants like particulate matter, aka, dust? Do Houseplants remove dust from the...

There is so much more to terrariums today.  You can make a desert landscape with cacti and succulents.  You can showcase a single specimen. You can have a traditional tropical terrarium,...

Now, annuals stay for months and months, continuing to make new flower buds all growing season. For annuals, yes, you need to give them the proper amount of sun to grow and thrive to enjoy. ...

Have you had trouble with boxwoods thriving through the winter?  Not all boxwoods are the same, they may look very similar, but different varieties can shake off a cold winter better than...

If it was a perfect garden for boxwoods, it would be… Well-drained Fertile pH between 6.8-7.5 Rich in organic matter Shaded in the afternoon, even in the winter Hardiness zone (US) between 5 and...