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In ideal conditions, they are typically easy to care for and will return year after year to provide color in the bleak winter landscape. Contracting a disease called “black death” is almost certainly bad news. Fortunately, in this article we will not be discussing the bubonic plague, but instead a relatively new and lethal viral disease that affects hellebore flowers. Hellebores are herbaceous perennials, loved for their winter blooms that pop up in January or February and last until early spring....

In this article, I’ll cover all you need to know to cultivate hellebores in your garden. Helleborus orientalis If you’re tired of looking out the window at a dormant winter landscape, have I got a plant for you! It’s Helleborus orientalis, aka Lenten rose, or simply, hellebore. Helleborus is a genus in the Ranunculaceae, or buttercup family that includes anemones and delphiniums. While the rest of the garden sleeps and chill winds blow, this pugnacious evergreen perennial raises stalwart stems into the frosty air, often blooming as early as January, and continuing well into spring....

Fortunately, it’s an easy plant to propagate by seeds or cuttings. Let’s learn more! True to its name, American beautyberry is certainly a beauty, and a plant – once you’ve had a sampling – you might want more of. Gardeners love beautyberry’s large leaves, which are light green and slightly fuzzy. Its gracefully arching branches are also appealing. But, really, it’s the plant’s late-summer or early-fall clusters of small, bright purple fruit that draws the eye and has gardeners wanting more....

To get started, you can propagate angelica from fresh or dried seed, by planting transplants, or by dividing existing plants. Stem cuttings do not root successfully. Angelica archangelica is a striking biennial herb that I absolutely love. Tall, upright stems with bright green foliage, and fragrant flower heads that bloom in midsummer, add texture and interest to the garden. This biennial plant completes its life cycle in two years. Once established, it will readily self-seed – without becoming invasive – and new plants will pop up come springtime....

With its beauty-ruining dark spots and ability to turn a robust bush into a sad, stunted one, this disease isn’t one you can just ignore. Roses are some of the most popular ornamentals for a good reason: They’re stunning. When they’re healthy, that is. But if you grow roses long enough, you’ll inevitably run into diseases, and downy mildew is becoming a more and more common one. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

Their order, Division 1 versus Division 3, for example, might be an unbalanced mashup in the world of college rugby, but this isn’t an indicator of quality or worth when we’re talking about tulips. Tulips, members of the Tulipa genus, come in many different varieties. Not sure how to tell which is which, or where to start? If you’re a tulip-lover who’s ready to expand your knowledge about the specifics of the many different species and cultivars out there, or you’re simply looking for a few new types to add to your springtime flower beds this fall, this is the guide for you!...

In this guide, we focus on harvesting. You will learn when nuts ripen, what they look like, and how to gather your crop. Here’s what’s to come: We’ve already discussed how to grow and care for the two types of edible macadamia, the smooth-shelled Queensland variety, M. integrifolia, and the rough-shelled M. tetraphylla. Native to Australia, they grow well in home gardens in USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 11. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

Elevate your tablescape with a set of decorative floral dishes that make every meal feel festive. The service for four includes a dinner plate, salad plate, bowl, and mug. What’s a Prime Day Sale without a great deal on an Instant Pot? Instant’s most premium model impressed us for a number of reasons in our review, including its individual pressure cooker and air fryer lids, easy design, and excellent cooking performance....

Promoting a healthy lifestyle, we bring you the best Essential Ingredients You Can Grow in Your Balcony for Powerful Tea that will help you in your day to day life. Read about the best tea herbs and make a herbal tea garden here Essential Ingredients You Can Grow in Your Balcony for Powerful Tea 1. Mint Botanical Name: Mentha The digestive and calming effects of mint are popular among herbal tea lovers....

Canna lilies are happiest growing in moist, fertile, slightly acidic soil. But what should you do in terms of providing fertilizer to help ensure that they produce beautiful blooms? These plants are native to tropical and subtropical regions from southern North America down through Latin America. Understanding their native environment will help us decipher their nutritional needs, setting them up to thrive within your garden. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

When you grow them organically, they also have edible blooms, so you can scatter the cheery color on a salad or rice and get a mood boost, even when the weather’s chilly. Need a pick-me-up homegrown flower? Sunflowers, daisies, or dahlias might immediately come to mind. But I prefer pansies! I think of this day-brightener first, because it blooms in many different jewel-tones and sunny colors, and has those cute little flower faces....

We started out with a basic suburban lot adorned with rectangles of homeowners-association-mandated sod, a small garden bed, and a few trees (we got extra trees because we’re on a corner lot – woohoo!). Gardeners have many reasons for building paths in their landscapes. Some are looking to provide more convenient passageway from Point A to Point B. Others may want easier access to plantings. Some gardeners may be looking for interesting and attractive ways to delineate different parts of their gardens....

That’s the gardener’s privilege, right there. Prunus avium, Prunus cerasus I have about zero control when it comes to eating fresh fruit. In the past I’ve cleaned entire raspberry bushes of edible fruit, snagged a few days’ worth of apples and pears, and passed out with a belly full of strawberries. That last one caused a stir back in the day! This dedication to sun-warmed produce by the bucketful places cherries high on my list of favorite fresh fruit....

Ocotillo may appear to be a cactus because of its spiny branches, but this is a flowering desert shrub. Fouquieria splendens These peculiar desert plants bring a sense of wonder to the arid landscapes they thrive in with their distinctive and stunning appearance. They are popular in xeriscape gardens and can be found in many commercial landscaping designs in regions with warm, dry climates. Plants are sometimes grown in medicinal gardens for their healing properties....

The lightly fragrant flowers have an attractive bright yellow center that resembles a pincushion. They attract bees and butterflies, and the seeds make a tasty snack for birds in the winter. Melampodium leucanthum Native to Mexico and parts of the United States, including the southwest and the Central Plains, blackfoot daisy is a cheerful, drought-tolerant plant that can take the heat and still shine brightly. This evergreen perennial member of the Asteraceae family has a low, round, bushy form and produces an abundance of one-inch, white, daisy-like flowers from early spring through late fall....

The solution is at once complex and simple, but don’t worry. Keep on reading, and by the end you’ll be well-prepared to choose and plant that apple tree, and then harvest its fruit. If you’ve planted an apple tree and wondered why it never produced more than a few beautiful blossoms, you’re in good company. Many of us will head out to the garden centers in springtime, purchase our favorite type of apple tree, and rush home to plant it....

Ready to get started? Here’s what we’ll cover: Growing your own edible crops is rewarding, tasty, and perhaps most importantly, nutritious! Vitamins and minerals are found in all of them. But which ones are the best sources of vitamin E? This essential nutrient serves many functions in our bodies. Luckily, you can easily boost your daily dose by growing plant-based sources in your own backyard, and enjoying the harvest. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

While a couple holes in a head are not a big deal, these caterpillars can eventually defoliate plants if they are present in large numbers, leaving only their stems and large veins in place. Pieris rapae While butterfly collectors may rejoice that the cabbage butterfly now lives in all 50 states and southern Canada, people who grow cole crops and crucifers do not share their joy. Also known in their adult form as small white, cabbage white, white, or even small cabbage white butterflies, these pretty pests are also often referred to erroneously as cabbage moths in the United States....

Other strains of this species of bacteria can also cause leaf scorch in elm, maple, oak and sycamore trees, or citrus variegated chlorosis in citrus trees. Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex What could be wrong with an attractive, compact, bushy peach tree? Plenty! Your tree could have the incurable bacterial phony peach disease (PPD). This disease came seemingly out of nowhere and first struck peach trees in Georgia in 1900. And it had spread all the way to Texas by 1933....

Native to southern regions of Africa, they thrive outdoors in USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 11 and make excellent houseplants in all locations. Haworthia spp. Haworthias (Haworthia spp.) are fleshy-leaved succulents that require little water or maintenance to thrive. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Our guide to growing succulents in the garden has all you need to know to establish and care for a variety of succulents outdoors....