Category: Outdoor Gardening

According to research from the University of Illinois, roses have been around for about 35 million years. And, for centuries roses have been one of the most popular flowers in the world. Cherished for their enticing fragrance, their beauty and their long blooming season, roses [...]

Learn How to Make Compost Compost not only recycles garbage to where it has benefits, it gives the soil the healthy bacteria and nutrients that it needs. Best of all, making compost isn’t difficult to do – it simply requires a little patience and diligence. [...]

Hawaiian Ti Plant Hawaiian Ti Plant also known as Cordyline spp. The Hawaiian Ti Plant has three commonly known names, Hawaiian Ti, Good Luck Tree and the Red Sister. Although this plant is recognized as being from Hawaii it really is a  Native plant to [...]

While generally grown as an annual, Dusty Miller is actually a perennial plant. Typically, they have lacy fern like leaves, but they can have sometimes have ruffled edges. The leaves look as if they’ve been dusted with a white or silvery gray powder and have [...]

The amount of water a plant receives is often hard to control in a regular garden. Some plants require lots of water to grow healthy and strong, while others require very little water. Many plants are susceptible to root rot if they’re left standing in [...]