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White With Yellow Center Perennial Flowers
Nothing adds color to the garden quite like perennials. This diverse group of plants that grow for several seasons, come in color from pure white to deep blue, a variety of heights from a few inches to several feet tall, and can grow in a range of soil, moisture and sun conditions. One of the most c
Growing Blackberries in East Texas
Blackberries (Rubus spp) grow on bushes, called brambles. The three types of blackberry brambles are erect, semi-erect and trailing. All three types include varieties with thorns and without. Blackberry plants bloom and fruit on second-year wood. Native to Asia, Europe and North and South America,
How to Choose an Elderberry
Elderberries can grow in many climate conditions and are often found in areas where the soil contains a lot of moisture, such as along bodies of water. Once an elderberry bush is planted in the ground, it can grow very quickly, and as soon as berries are present, many small animals, like birds, will
Climbing Beans and Sunflowers
If you plant a summer vegetable and flower garden, you can give your garden plants an advantage through companion planting. While not all plants benefit one another, some plants do provide benefits to other nearby plants. Climbing bean plants and sunflowers, for instance, are beneficial companions i
Brown Leaves on Boxwoods
Boxwood shrubs are ideal landscaping shrubs because of their relatively small size and rounded shape, which is perfect for trimming and cutting into square or round hedges. The appearance of brown leaves on a boxwood bush, however, makes the shrub unattractive and damages the appearance of the lands
Directions for Sevin Concentrate Bug Killer
Garden pests, such as weevils, aphids and wireworms can make gardening an exercise in frustration. Garden Tech has produced Sevin Dust, a gentle pesticide, for more than 50 years. In addition to the garden-variety Sevin Dust, Garden Tech developed Sevin Concentrate Bug Killer, a liquid pesticide bet
Growing Saffron Flowers in South Carolina USA
Saffron, also known as Crocus sativus, growns from a bulb and produces large, colorful, trumpet-shaped flowers in the fall months, generally later in the year than most flowering plants. Saffron stamens are harvested and used as a spice in many food dishes. The two main components to successfully gr
How to Start Potato Plants
The potato plant (Solanum tuberosum) produces starchy tubers known as potatoes. They're one of the most important commercial food crops in the world and are also popular with home gardeners. They're generally hardy plants and are able to produce a crop in soil that's less than ideal. Potatoes planti
Citrus Trees for North Florida
Citrus fruit is not only nutritious, it's delicious.citrus fruits image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.comCitrus trees are subtropical trees grown in mild climates around the world and do not tolerate frost. Much of the nation's citrus is grown in Florida. One of the benefits of being...
How to Pre-cook & Store Oriental Lily Bulbs
The bulbs of many lily varieties are edible and possess pleasing flavors when incorporated into different recipes. Knowing how to precook and store lily bulbs makes them conveniently available for future uses in soups, salads and other dishes. A task that can easily be done in your kitchen, cooking
How to Care for a Fukien Tea Bonsai
The Fukien tea is a popular bonsai tree that is a member of the Borage family. With dark shiny leaves and white delicate flowers this versatile bonsai blends well in most settings whether they are placed indoors or outside in warm weather. The tree is named after the Fukien province in China where i
How to Plant Butternut Squash in BC
Butternut squash is a warm-season vegetable that grows throughout the country, both indoors and outdoors. Because butternut squash provides a harvest of mature yellow squash rather than young green squash, this plant requires a full summer growing season. In areas like British Columbia, Canada, wher
How to Root Salvia
Salvias are tender perennials often treated as annuals in areas where winters are too cold for their survival. Each of the nearly 1,000 different species available boasts distinctive flower spikes in a variety of colors, including purple, scarlet and white. The plants can be propagated by rooting a
Banana Propagated by Division
Most bananas contain small sterile seeds, making propagation by alternate methods necessary. The most common method of propagation is by root division, or removing a sucker for replanting. Bananas can also be propagated by tissue culture, producing thousands or millions of plants at a time.
Facts About Flower Seeds
Seeds come from flowers, and flowers come from seeds. Seeds are the result of plant reproduction and contain all the necessary ingredients for plant growth. Bees and birds carry pollen to fertilize female flower eggs resulting in seed development.
Easy Gardening Tools
Gardening requires work, patience, care and desire. It also requires the proper tools. Find used tools at discount outlets, garage sales and from friends. Used tools are cheaper than new tools and generally as reliable. New tools are available at home improvement stores, large retailers and local nu
How to Water Trees With Buckets
Trees, especially newly planted ones, need proper watering to ensure survival and vigor. Young trees are very susceptible to damage from lack of water due to their lack of an extensive root system. Trees that receive too little water will become stunted and eventually die. Trees obtain their water t
North Carolina Solar House Features
Solar energy harnesses the power of the sun.solardach image by Holger B. from Fotolia.comThe North Carolina State University in Raleigh created the North Carolina Solar Center in 1981 to research the power of solar energy. It built the Solar House to demonstrate how a house, typical for...
How to Store Elephant Ears
Elephant Ears, with their brightly hued foliage, add year-round color to your garden. They grow well in either full or partial sunlight, but are not hardy enough to survive the colder winter months. Removing your Elephant Ear bulbs from the garden and storing them safely for the winter will help ens
How to Make the Structure of the Tree Trunk in a Rose Plant
Roses are large, thriving and colorful bushes in the home garden, but qualify as high-maintenance plants with steep requirements for light, water, nutrition and pruning. These bushes can become large and heavy, even with pruning, so many gardeners choose to cut their roses all the way back every win