By Matt Gibson and Erin Marissa Russell Persian shield is one of the most beautiful foliar plants that you will ever see in a garden. From a distance, its leaves are a brilliant deep purple hue, but upon closer inspection, The deep purple leaves are outlined with blue green … [Read more...]
How to Grow Purple Waffle Plant (Hemigraphis alternata)
By Matt Gibson and Erin Marissa Russell Purple waffle plant is a slow-growing groundcover that is cultivated primarily for its showy, heavily-textured foliage, which is grey-green on the topside, and either dark red, maroon, or purple on the underside, depending on the … [Read more...]
How to Grow Toothache Plant
By Jennifer Poindexter With a name like “toothache plant,” I bet you can guess what this plant is good for? This herb is used as a traditional home remedy and thought to act as a pain reliever for minor aches and pains such as a toothache. The power is found in the … [Read more...]
How to Grow Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana alata)
By Matt Gibson Flowering tobacco is a lovely ornamental flowering plant that brings color and fragrance to the home garden. Its fuzzy, sticky leaves and stems are capped with clusters of potent, sweet-smelling blossoms. Flowers appear from summer to fall. Depending on the … [Read more...]
The Plant Hardiness Zone Myth
By Robert Pavlis Most common garden plants have been assigned a hardiness zone range that indicates if a particular plant will grow in your climate. It is a range of numbers with both a high and a low limit because most plants have trouble growing in very cold or very hot … [Read more...]
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