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How to Use Cement Flower Pot Molds
Concrete flower pots can remain outside throughout the year in any climate. You can make your own concrete flower pots using molds available at most craft and hobby stores as well as from online retailers. Most commercially available cement flower pot molds are made from aluminum, latex and plastic.
Fertilizers for Azaleas
Established azaleas rarely need fertilizing. However, azaleas planted in soils lacking nutrients can use fertilizing twice a year. It is also important to mulch your azalea plant with organic material that contributes acidic properties to the soil. If azaleas are not grown in acidic soil, they canno
Flowering Shrubs for Shady Areas
When choosing plants for shady spots, determine exactly how much light the site receives each day. Full shade spots, often found beneath evergreen canopies or in northern exposures, don't get direct sunlight. Partial or moderately shady sites receive mostly reflected light. Light shade sites receive
What Supplies Would I Need to Start a Planter Box Garden?
You can grow trailing plants or herbs in a planter box.window boxes on city wall image by Samuel Birkan from Fotolia.comA planter box is a container used to grow plants in a window. These containers are often used to grow trailing plants such as petunias or ferns. However, a planter box...
How to Build Topiary Frames
Topiary are plants that gardeners shape into designs that do not appear in nature to decorate their yard or home. These designs may consist of geometric shapes such as squares, circles and cones, or they may resemble fanciful designs such as woodland animals. A topiary may be a large shrub such as a
The Best Flowering Shade Plants
Many gardeners find themselves frustrated trying to grow flowering plants in the shady areas of their landscapes. While many plants prefer fully sunny locations, various perennials, bulbs and shrubs thrive in low-light conditions. The best shade plants are easy to grow and hardy with few insect or h
How to Plant Acorn Squash Seeds Indoors
Weighing 1 to 3 lbs. each, acorn squash is a relatively small squash with a firm, dark green or golden yellow outer covering. The inner flesh of the squash is golden yellow and has a slightly sweet flavor. Although acorn squash is often planted directly in the soil, planting the seeds indoors gets t
How to Get Rid of Honey Bees in the Roof
Honeybees are amazing little creatures, providing sweet honey and playing their part in pollinating nearly one-third of the world's food sources. When honeybees start entering our home, however, they become a threat to our family's safety. Among the different types of honeybees, the African honeybee
What Type of Plants Do Grasshoppers Eat?
Grasshoppers are known in some parts of the world as locusts. There are many species, some that over-winter in their home area, and others that take a migratory flight to warmer climes during the winter months, returning with the warm weather. There are very large grasshoppers and very small ones. T
How to Obtain a Pokeball in Ice Path
The "Ice Path" is a cave area in the 2010 Nintendo DS role playing games "Pokemon: HeartGold" and "Pokemon: SoulSilver." You have to make your way through this area in order to reach Blackthorn City. Inside this cave is a man that dropped his Pokeball containing the "Waterfall" move. Before he allow
How to Cut Back Your Clematis
Clematis number among the most spectacular flowering vines, producing more than 100 large, brightly colored blossoms each season, displayed on a bed of green foliage. Clematis vines grow between 2 and 30 feet long, depending on the cultivar. Horticulturalists recognize three types of clematis based
Phytophthora Root Rot & Landscape Plants
Phytophthora is a water mold that results from too much irrigation, or from having plants in soil that does not drain well. Phytophthora root rot occurs in locations where the soil becomes compacted, according to Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories. This compacted soil doesn't allow for good drainag
What Looks Good With Pansies?
Pansies are easy to grow as either a bedding plant or in containers.yellow pansy flowers image by alri from Fotolia.comSpring BloomsPansies are light-frost-tolerant, making them the first annual you can plant outdoors.Tulips and Pansies image by JKL from Fotolia.comPansies are...
The Side Effects of Finale Weed Killer
There are several side effects that go along with using Finale Weed Killer.Pestizide ~ Traktor image by sun_orbiter from Fotolia.comWhile herbicides like Roundup and Finale have provided the human race with more food than ever before in its history, there are side effects to almost every...
Types of Ash Trees
There are about 70 species of ash trees. Their scientific name is Genus Fraxinus. Most of them produce a small clustered flower with a green hue and little winged fruits or samaras that are produced in early spring.
Deformed Leaves on a Dwarf Eureka Lemon Tree
Deformed leaves on a dwarf eureka lemon tree often indicates a fungus or pest. The disease may or may not harm the tree's fruit, but farmers often want to treat it even if only for aesthetic reasons. Many types of fungi go away with horticultural oils or other treatments, and natural predators and h
What Can I Do for Geraniums That Appear to Have Mold on Their Stems?
Geraniums are found in many yards and gardens. This flower is often placed in window boxes, flower beds or used as border plants. Geraniums thrive in areas of full sun and typically reach 12 to 20 inches in height. Geraniums are susceptible to a disease known as powdery mildew, which causes white fu
Common Shade Trees
A shade tree is generally large with dense foliage that keeps most sunlight from shining through. This tree type can make a home and yard more desirable, for it can make a property more beautiful and can be a built-in outdoor retreat from the sun. There are many tree species that are...
Ways to Stop Floodwaters
There are many different weather conditions that cause flooding and they include prolonged rainfall, intense rain storms that produce an excessive amount of water and melting snow that typically occurs early in the spring season. Other weather phenomena such as cyclones and severe thunderstorms can
How to Prevent Crabgrass Seed Germination
Crabgrass is a common North American lawn weed. Digging and post-emergent herbicide will get rid of the crabgrass plants currently in your lawn. And if you can kill the plant before it flowers and sets seed in midsummer, you can cut down on next year's population. But crabgrass' primary method of re