If you have a beautiful geranium in the spring, there’s no reason why you can’t store them for the winter and keep them going without having to start over the following season. Overwintering your geraniums doesn’t take a lot of space nor does it require you to invest a lot of time or money. It is important to have realistic expectations going in though. The longer you keep your geranium alive, the woody or bare…

If you have geraniums either in your garden or in your home, two of the most important actions you can take to improve the gross and floriferous qualities include pruning and deadheading, the two of which are very different things. Deadheading simply is a process to remove flowers that have finished to help promote continuous flowering. Pruning can be used to cut back the actual plant including the foliage stems to help encourage the plant…

If you have beautiful geraniums in your garden or inside the home in pots, one of the few things you have to do to maintain its floriferous quality and promote continuous flowering is to deadhead them. To deadhead pelargonium geraniums, hold the flower stalk that has finished flowering near the base and pull downwards. In most cases, the old bloom should snap out cleanly. Although this is the process most people use it is probably…

If you want to fill any empty areas in your garden with delightful shrubs that bring with them aromatic flowers, leaves, and in some cases fruit, you, of course, have to be considerate of the space you have available. Some people designed their gardens specifically to contain various levels for geometrically aesthetic purposes. Others have landscape designs that require everything to remain at a certain height. To that end, if you need something low-growing, consider…

There are many a plant that thrives in sunlight, and even those plants that require only partial sun exposure but still need an average of 6 hours of sunlight. This makes it a bit difficult to fill the darker corners of your garden effectively. You might have heavily shaded regions, an area of the garden that stands in shadow most of the day because of a structure nearby or tree. Conversely, you might have an…

If you have a home near the coast it can be challenging to find the best coastal plants because many plants do not like the salt from the sea. Coastlines are subject to sun, regular winds, and salt-filled air. Some gardens even have to contend with heavily sandy or clay soils that not every plant will thrive in. That being said, there are an array of plants for seaside gardens that will thrive in the…

Rosemary makes for a savoury addition to many dishes. It offers a pungent flavour in each of its needle-like leaves and truly is such an effectively grown herb that you can grow rosemary in containers and regularly clip away short pieces of the stem, and as long as you don’t get down to the old wood the Rosemary will continue to grow effectively. With just a little bit of effort, you can have fresh Rosemary…

Rosemary is a perennial shrub but has needle-like leaves growing off each stem and is oven mistaken for Lavender. If allowed (to flower) it will produce blue flowers at the top of each stem which only adds to the beauty and colour provided. A very aromatic herb, it brings with it a delightful flavour and scent perfect for many a cuisine and is commonly used in cooking recipes. Having fresh herbs on hand can make…

If you have an existing Lavender plant you know how truly enchanting they can be, with the sweet fragrances against a backdrop of purple flowers. The only thing better than one Lavender plant is several Lavender plants. With just one successful plant you can take cuttings and propagate additional plants and it’s much easier than you may think. Propagating You are able to effectively propagate Lavender from softwood or hardwood cuttings. The softwood cuttings are…