For flowers that make everyone smile and attract bees, birds and butterflies, sunflowers are remarkably easy to grow. You can start your sunflowers from seed in pots indoors or directly in the garden. Transplanting them to sun-filled locations and watering them adequately is all you need do to have these cheerful yellow, orange, dark red, purple or brown blooms emerge tall in your garden. How do I grow sunflowers from seed? Where do I get…
It’s going to take some detective work on your part to figure out why the leaves on your sunflowers are turning yellow – the plant’s way of signalling that it’s in distress or even dying. The problem could be over-watering, an imbalance of nutrients, not enough space and yet other reasons. We cover the key problems that cause this unwanted development and discuss ways in which to put things right for the continued good health…
Doing the investigative work to find out why the leaves on your sunflower are curling won’t take too long. There are only a few reasons and the clues are easy to spot. Even better, most of the issues you may find – watering and so on – can be put right. Read on to restore help to your sunflower and its curling leaves. Is the sunflower getting the right amount of moisture? You could be…
Alcea, more commonly known as Hollyhocks, are stunning plants with the most amazing, often tall flower spikes. In fact, my hollyhocks grew to over 2 meters tall! Let’s put it another way, nearly as tall as my giant sunflowers and if you have the single varieties of hollyhocks (as I do) you will know that the bees absolutely love them. I like that they are easy to grow, whether you grow them from seed or…
Each Hydrangea plant grown from a seed is unique, it’s not a copy of the parent plant as they don’t grow true to seed. If you want to grow the same variety of Hydrangea then you would need to take cuttings instead. However, only Hydrangeas that produce fertile seeds can be grown from seed; you need to grow those that produce sterile seeds also from cuttings. Be aware that, while an exciting exercise, growing Hydrangeas…
