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Three Main Parts of a Seed
A seed is a baby plant waiting dormant for the right mixture of nutrients to sprout and grow into a new plant. The construction of a seed might seem very simple from the outside, but a number of complex processes and components lie within. There are three main parts of a seed.
Trees to Use for Privacy
Create a natural privacy fence for year-round camouflage with tall evergreen trees that have foliage from the ground up. Select evergreen trees with wide spreads to get the most for your money; wide spreads require fewer trees to create a solid privacy screen. Determine the sun, soil and water requi
Can I Grow a Blue Spruce Tree in Florida?
Florida enjoys a subtropical climate with mild winters and long, hot and sultry summers. This climate, along with soil conditions, makes growing plants native to cooler temperate climates difficult at best. The blue spruce (Picea pungens) must endure a prolonged winter dormancy with temperatures bel
Camellia Names
A cluster of pink camellia flowers.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty ImagesThe Camellia genus (Camellia spp.) is a genus of evergreen shrubs and small trees that hail from eastern and southern Asia. The plants are primarily cultivated for their large, showy flowers and glossy evergreen...
Common Problems With Bald Cypress Trees
Bald cypress is also known by the scientific name of Taxodium distichum and is the Louisiana state tree. Typically found in Southern swamplands, bald cypress thrives in moist soils where water is abundant. Bald cypress is susceptible to wood rot disease and insect infestations that can affect its he
CO2 Hydroponic Systems
Gardening with a hydroponic system allows you to control every aspect of the plants' environment, from the temperature to the nutrients. This makes it easy to add more carbon dioxide as the plants grow to maximize your garden's yield.
How to Dye Bamboo
Bamboo is a very versatile plant that can be turned into everything from napkin holders to hammocks. Using bamboo has become quite popular over time, and now you can even change the color of it. Follow some simple directions, and you're on your way to beautiful and colorful bamboo pieces.
Plants That Live in Flooded Grasslands & Savannas
Bald cypress is a common tree in flooded grasslands.cypress-pine image by Stacey Lynn Payne from Fotolia.comFlooded grasslands and savannas are seasonally or continually flooded areas situated at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Flooded grasslands and savannas are characterized by warm...
When Does Wysteria Bloom?
Wisteria has a dirty little secret that new growers generally don’t know: Sometimes it stubbornly refuses to bloom. While it grows rampantly throughout the season, often taking over the garden, you may wait for a scent that never arrives. The deciduous vine is grown mainly for its scented flow
How to Water Polyacrylamide Crystals
Polyacrylamide crystals are being lauded by environmentalists as an ecofriendly way to reduce the amount of watering that gardens need, especially in hot, dry weather. Also called water polymer crystals, polyacrylamide crystals are white and quite hard when dry. When exposed to water, they form a ge
Plants for Bumble Bees
Bumble bees visit plants to obtain nectar and find good nesting sites. A wonderful fringe benefit of a bumble bee's visit is its ability to carry pollen from plant to plant and thereby aid in the propogation of your garden's fruit trees, plants and vegetables. Planting nectar and pollen-rich plants
How to Kill Weeds With No Insecticides or Poisons
Adopt natural methods of killing unwanted weeds from your garden or yard instead of chemicals. Not only do you save on excess costs in the long run, natural methods are environmentally safer and do not disrupt the microbial activity in the soil. Most of the substances employed to kill noxious weeds
DIY Terra Cotta Birdhouses
Birdhouses are often constructed out of pieces of wood, which are hammered into familiar house shapes. Although this is the most common form of birdhouse construction, wood does not hold up as well as other materials when exposed to outdoor conditions on a regular basis. One solution is to make a bi
Types of Satsuma Trees
Satsuma trees are tropical to sub-tropical citrus fruits of the mandarin orange variety that originated in Japan. There are several cultivars of satsuma oranges (Citrus unshiu), all of which are valued for their cold tolerance relative to other orange varieties, as well as their thin, easily-peeled
How to Graft Concord Grape Vines
Two common methods of propagating grape vines are by cuttings and by grafting. Cuttings root and grow as a single variety, perpetuating any weaknesses of the parent vine in the cuttings. Grafting has advantages because you can use a root stock grape variety that has desired hardiness or disease-resi
Hybrid Shrubs
A hybrid results when a plant with certain traits is intentionally bred with another plant with similar traits. Hybrid shrubs combine desired characteristics from one or more species, resulting in a specialized plant. This practice goes back to prehistoric times. Hybrid shrubs allow gardeners to cho
How to Stabilize a Plant Stand That Falls Over and Is Not Stable
Plant stands come in a variety of sizes and styles, ranging from simple two-shelf units to plant stands containing eight or more shelves for storing a large quantity of plants in a small space. Sometimes plant stands can become unstable, falling over and causing safety hazards. Usually, this instabi
How to Germinate Sugar Snap Peas
Sugar snap peas have edible pods which have a slightly sweet taste. The cool season vegetables are harvested before they mature so that the pods remain green and crisp. The peas inside the pods are small and tender. Since the seeds are planted outdoors in the early spring, they are sown directly int