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It may not generate good fortune, but also a lucky bamboo plant (Dracaena sanderiana) will brighten your home. Hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 and 11, the plant — that is not bamboo in any way, but a part of the Dracaena family — favors consistently warm temperatures, that explains why…
Designing using evergreens means enjoying a house garden filled with year round color. Evergreen plants are available with many leaf colors, not just green. Variegated plants bring light to gardens, and other plant colors, such as gold, purple and blue, contrast with one another to create beautiful effects. Choosing perennials and shrubs well-suited to growing…
Clematis flowers are famous for their beauty and decorative value. Clematis plants (Clematis spp.) Are fast, woody vines that grow as herbaceous perennials in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 or 4 through 8 or 9, depending on the particular variety. Over 200 wild clematis species and 400 named cultivars exist. Their heights…
Pecan trees thrive in United States Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 through 9, where they grow as tall as 100 feet with up to a 55-foot spread. Young pecan trees require frequent pruning to set up a central leader with four to six lateral scaffold branches. Once trees reach nut-bearing maturity, pruning requirements…
Unlike many hollies, winterberry (Ilex verticillata) is a deciduous shrub that produces plenty of red berries through winter, although its foliage is gone. Grown in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness 3 through 9, winterberry reacts well to a good trimming annually in late winter or early spring. At pruning time, you should remove approximately…
Because the bare bones of your raspberry canes clack together sadly in the winter graveyard of your orchard, turn your thoughts to a blueberry patch. Blueberry shrubs take a few years to set up, but once in position, yield generous quantities of the ideal fruit — tasty, bite size and also filled with vitamins —…
Even though you might choose to discourage various kinds of bugs from taking up residence in your yard, one that needs to be removed from all of lawns is that the tick. These little creatures can carry serious diseases. Discourage ticks from entering your yard and get rid of those that are already there with…
Cucumber plants produce long, green slim fruits, and need warm soil to sprout and flower pollination to produce fruit. There are lots of varieties of cucumbers, for example types that work well for cutting and pickling. The total quantity of fruit each plant creates depends upon the kind of plant, the growing conditions and care…
If you want a plant to delineate a formal bed, then contour into a topiary or form a dense privacy screen, Japanese box (Buxus microphylla japonica), or boxwood, is the own plant. Depending on how you prune this broadleaf evergreen, it can be casual or formal, permitted to rebound to 20 feet or remain a…
Add year-round color to your outdoor space or instantly change the appearance of an present layout by planting dwarf evergreen shrubs in containers. Container gardens offer flexibility and a chance to add drama to any outdoor space, even just a small one. Evergreen shrubs grow in several types, such as round, mounding, pyramidal or erect.…