Seeing sick birds at your feeder can be a concern. Learn about the most common wild bird diseases and a new mystery bird disease, and how you can help. MORE SOURCE: … [Read more...]
How to Harvest and Store Garlic
Thanks to its delicious taste and reputation as a healthy food, garlic (Allium sativum) is popular with gardeners. But growing this relative of the onion takes a fair amount of space and patience. It is an unusual plant in the vegetable … [Read more...]
COLEUS
Coleus plants (Coleus scutellarioides) are prized for their colorful foliage, which may combine shades of green, yellow, pink, red, rust, and maroon. New introductions of this popular summer annual plant have been selected for increased sun and heat … [Read more...]
BUILDING BIODIVERSITY
Nature loves a layer. She cements courses of sediment into solid stone. She laminates an annual succession of circles into living trees. She layers an onion in pungent iterations of itself, one inside the other. And, sandwiched between the strata of … [Read more...]
The Eastern Carpenter Bee: Beneficial Pollinator or Unwelcome Houseguest?
The eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica, is a native pollinator found throughout eastern North America, as far south as Florida and Texas and north into Maine and southern Canada. MORE SOURCE: … [Read more...]
Landscape Plants Rated by Deer Resistance
The following is a list of landscape plants rated according to their resistance to deer damage. The list was compiled with input from nursery and landscape professionals, Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative … [Read more...]
FEED THE BIRDS WITH NATIVE PLANTS
Whether you enjoy bird watching or you like to feed the birds, native plants are a great way to attract them to your yard! MORE SOURCE: https://www.lewisginter.org/feed-the-birds/ … [Read more...]
Praying Mantis Egg Sac Info: Learn About Praying Mantis In The Garden
Praying mantis are highly prized in the garden due to their predaceous nature against the insects that plague our plants. They are also lovely to look at and fascinating to watch in action. Read more SOURCE: … [Read more...]
2021 PERENNIAL OF THE YEAR: ‘CAT’S PAJAMAS’ NEPETA
If you’ve ever grown catmint and were disappointed in how it split open and oozed over onto its neighbors, we have good news! ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ will be the most well-behaved catmint you’ve ever seen. Its shape is like a blue bowling ball in the … [Read more...]
Thriller, spiller, filler – the gardening experts’ secret for creating show-stopping containers
Using 'thriller, spiller, filler', you can create successful container displays. Use our expert advice to find out how – it's as easy as 1, 2, 3. CONTINUE SOURCE: https://www.homesandgardens.com/amp/news/thriller-spiller-filler-container-plants … [Read more...]