By Everyone loves the sight of cheerful birds fluttering between the plants in your garden. For maximum bird appeal, try adding some of the plants we’ve listed here, choosing ones that offer something to birds at different seasons so your garden will be a year-round bird … [Read more...]
How to Grow Lamb’s Ears (Stachys byzantina)
By Matt Gibson and Erin Marissa Russell Lamb’s ear is an easy-to-grow herbaceous perennial plant that is known for its soft, hairy, velvet-like evergreen leaves that are silvery-green or grayish-green in color. The leaves are shaped just like a lamb’s ear, which is where the … [Read more...]
These 6 Stinky Plants Really Smell!
By Erin Marissa Russell There are lots of plants that gardeners grow because they smell so nice, but this article is about just the opposite: plants that gardeners love despite their nasty odor. If you’re a gardener who has fallen in love with the stinky plants of the flower … [Read more...]
Are Elephant Ear Plants Poisonous?
Here’s a puzzle for you: what plant is toxic, yet serves as a major food source for many countries in Asia? The answer: Colocasia, also known as elephant ear or taro, with its arrow-shaped leaves. In many parts of the world, taro is a major food crop for both people and farm … [Read more...]
Try Growing These Shade Tolerant Perennial Flowers
by Jennifer Poindexter Do you have a location in your yard that fails to receive sunlight? Does it seem impossible to make anything grow there? Would it seem like a pipe dream to plant something once and have it grow in this desolate place year after year? … [Read more...]
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