When poinsettias are finished with their dormant period, if planted outdoors, these tropical natives can thrive as ornamentals and will grow 10-15 feet tall – provided you live in USDA Hardiness Zones 9-11. Are you wondering if you can keep your holiday poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) as houseplants rather than throwing them out when Christmas is over and the new year has begun? Contrary to what you might think, these plants don’t naturally die after the holidays, but they do go through a cycle that we tend to misunderstand at first glance....

Read on to learn how to collect and save the seeds you need to grow new ones! There is something truly intoxicating about a bountiful rose garden. While it might seem like a costly endeavor to fill your yard with roses, there is actually an easy, and practically free, way to take one bush and turn it into many. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

Along with being quick and easy to pick, this leafy green is packed with antioxidants and vitamins A, C, and K. After plants mature, it takes just a few minutes to gather enough greens for a tasty and nutritious meal. One of my favorite things about kale is its easy and prolonged harvest. It’s the ultimate cut-and-come-again option for your veggie garden. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

But there is a solution to your cornflower woes. In this guide, we’ll show you what to do about your bachelor’s button problems. A field of bachelor’s buttons is a dazzling delight, especially when those vibrant heads are nodding lazily in the breeze. But sometimes that nodding can go a little bit too far, and you might find those fabulous flower heads falling right over. Bachelor’s button flowers (which are technically what is known as an inflorescence), are frilly and vibrant....

Celosia offers a great display of vibrant flowers that can instantly enhance the mood and appeal of any place. However, you need to make sure that you are giving the plant the right care and importance for it to bloom consistently. Here are some of the best Celosia Flower Care tips to help you out! Here’s everything you need to know about growing Celosia Celosia Flower Care 1. Fertilizate Right When the plant starts to bloom, it needs fertilizer more frequently (every 2-4 weeks)....

They may be small, but they have a big impact as day-brightening accent plants, whether you grow them with taller succulents in a dish garden or to create a thick succulent mat along a walkway or at the edge of a garden. Anacampseros spp. In a world full of cell phone-camera-alarm clocks, slow cooker-air fryer-Instant Pots, and convertible cargo shorts-pants, I appreciate the anacampseros succulent. This compact plant does one job for us gardeners, and it does it so well....

We’ll discuss how to propagate, nurture, and maintain winter jasmine in this article. Jasminum nudiflorum Are you looking for a plant that comes to life when others are withered and dormant, one that offers seasonal color like a camellia, but with less upkeep? Jasminum nudiflorum may be the one for you! Plants that brighten the sometimes dismal winter months are always popular. Perhaps that’s why winter jasmine has been cultivated for centuries....

Want to Create a Pasta Garden on Your Small Balcony? Here’s everything you need to know and more for a fresh supply all-year-round! Check out our article on growing an indoor pizza garden here Creating a Pasta Garden in Your Small Balcony The taste of pasta sauce, soup, or salad made up of fresh veggies from your own garden is just incomparable! You can create your own little garden easily on a sunny patio or a small balcony in large containers or hanging baskets filled with rich, well-draining potting mix....

You can also choose to harvest the fruits of this plant when they are more mature, and use them just like you would use any other ornamental gourd. Lagenaria siceraria Is it a gourd? Is it a vegetable? The Italian cucuzza squash is all of that – and then some. This variety has the white flowers you might be used to seeing on gourd vines, yet it produces long fruits that can be eaten just like you would eat any other kind of summer squash, such as zucchini....

The Neom Black Friday sale is the perfect time to treat both yourself, and your loved ones, to some soothing new goodies that can help you relax, as well as make your home smell utterly fabulous. A huge saving on this extensive set from Neom. The ‘Great Days & Good Nights’ Box contains some of the Neom favorites, and has been designed to give you a wellbeing boost from morning to night....

In this guide, we’ll answer all of these questions. If you’ve ever smelled something oniony in your yard and seen hollow-stemmed, grasslike herbs growing there, you might be dealing with wild chives (Allium schoenoprasum). But what are wild chives, exactly? Will they spread everywhere? Can you eat them? What do you do with them? We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

If you want to add plants that have unusual foliage, then you must try growing these Unique Indoor Plants that Look Like Hair Strands! Have a look at some stunning rainbow foliage houseplants here Unique Indoor Plants that Look Like Hair Strands 1. Ponytail Palm Botanical Name: Beaucarnea recurvata This gorgeous palm features strap-shaped, curved, leathery leaves on the swollen trunk that look like an elephant’s foot. Its foliage looks like thick hair strands....

Naturally these plans always stir up a desire for action, making it the ideal time to review and implement your spring garden checklist. Gardeners are a fortunate lot. For many folks, the winter season can drag on and become a bit gloomy. The weather’s gray and dull, there’s not enough daylight hours, and our favorite outdoor activities can grind to a halt. But gardeners have a wonderful antidote for the short-day blues....

Others misidentify the wood-burrowing types with ground-tunneling ones, but these pose no threat to hearth and home either. Hymenoptera Are you confused about the many types of bees that visit your lawn and garden, or maybe even concerned that some might be nesting in your home? Sure, they all buzz around and collect pollen. But many species look alike and are easy to get mixed up. Some, like the carpenters, can become pests, drilling holes in wooden building materials to make nests....

Scientists aren’t exactly sure how many species exist, because new ones are still being discovered in unexplored tropical areas. Polypodiopsida “Jurassic Park” comes to mind for many of us when we think of ferns – abundant, spiky greenery thrashing about as huge dinosaurs crash through the forest in pursuit of human intruders. At 300,000 million years old, they were, indeed, among the dominant plant species when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. And as many as 15,000 species now call our planet home....

Agapanthus plants are generally resistant to most pests and diseases. As a child growing up in Delaware, I was always fascinated by agapanthus, a plant I was only familiar with from ogling books filled with pretty pictures of different flowers. I still vividly remember my excitement on my first trip to California when I saw them growing outside, with their rounded flower heads and long, strap-like leaves. And now, I am fortunate to live in Zone 9b, where I can grow them in my own garden!...

But you don’t have to toss these perfectly good plants! If you make the effort to keep them alive throughout the winter, you’ll be rewarded with even larger, more robust plants the following summer. In the spring, many of us buy those tried-and-true annuals that provide floral interest all summer long. Think geraniums, violets, marigolds, and of course, petunias. It’s hard to imagine a trip to the nursery in the spring without picking up a hanging basket (or three) filled with vibrant bloomers....

Continue on to learn how to trim morning glories. Morning glories are vigorous vines that can grow ten feet tall or larger, producing attractive funnel-shaped blooms through the summer. In order to maximize the quantity of blooms and keep these aggressive climbers in check, it is useful to do some occasional pruning and deadheading of spent flowers. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

Read on to learn how to make your own Holiday Sparkle Centerpiece! A festive centerpiece is the crowning glory of the holiday table, and the best kind is the one you make yourself. And do you know what I love most about this one? The container is an upcycled everyday item, and the gilded accents are materials gathered from your off-season garden. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

In our guide to growing air plants, we discuss all you need to know to cultivate these funky, unusual plants. Tillandsia are members of the Bromeliad family. They are epiphytes that use their roots to cling harmlessly to surfaces such as trees and rocks for support, instead of using them to absorb nutrients. Commonly known as air plants, there are two types: mesic and xeric. The first come from tropical rainforest regions where moisture is abundant, and the second, from dry desert climes....