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  • 10 Frequently Asked Questions On Planting Tulip Bulbs  By : Dave Pipitone
    Want to know the answers to the ten frequently asked questions on planting tulips. Review this article for growing a more productive tulip garden.
  • 10 Herbs You Can Grow in Containers  By : Lee Dobbins
    Get some tips on how to plant an herb garden inside.
  • 10 Tips For Environmentally Friendly Landscaping  By : Paula Brett
    Landscaping can be an enjoyable activity. Make sure you consider your landscaping choices, your house's orientation on the lot and the size of your space. You will need some creative ideas and some passion for what you are trying to accomplish.
  • 4 Exciting New Hostas Available in 2007  By : Jerry Van Der Kolk
    Every year around the New Year Hosta plant enthusiasts begin to get that familiar itch. After the busy Holidays wear off it is time to start thinking about Spring! If you have any sort of green thumb you know exactly what I am tallking about.
  • 4 Great Ways to Improve Your Lawn's Subsoil  By : Pat Jackson
    In order to have the perfect lawn, you need to do more than simply water and fertilize the grass. But the truth is, nearly all of the award winning "show lawns" have well prepared subsoil. Without a healthy subsoil, the grass will not stay healthy for as long as it could. And do you want to know a secret? It's pretty darn easy to do!
  • 4 Things Every Orchid Grower Should Know  By : Lee Dobbins
    Learn the 4 basic things you need to successfully grow orchids in your own home.
  • 5 Most Popular Flowers for Your Garden  By : John Pawlett
    When planting a garden there are many questions which you must ask yourself before you begin. Where are you going to plant it, do you have the garden equipment to do so and how big do you want your garden to be? When do flowers bloom and what are their heights? These are all very important questions, however they mean very little if you have not yet decided which types of flowers you want to plant.
  • 5 Steps To A Gardeners Green Thumb  By : Reed Langdon
    5 Crtical steps to a rewarding garden of any type following guidlines that will achieve green thumb results.
  • 7 Garden Resolutions For The New Year  By : R Birch
    Each fall I regret that there were projects I just didn't have time to get to and each spring I try to recall the successes and failures of the previous season. This year I've decided to change all that and resolve to prioritize certain projects and hopefully solve some of my garden issues.
  • A Brief History Of Gardens In Containers  By : Jimmy Cox
    Gardening in pots and other containers is apparently as old as civilization, for the practice can be traced to the very early use of medicinal and edible plants. In time, pot gardening developed to a high degree, and there are numerous records which reveal its importance in China, India, Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and Rome.
  • A Garden For All Seasons  By : R Birch
    All great gardens have one thing in common. That is, they offer something during each of the four seasons. Through spring and summer the colorful flowers of perennials, annuals and flowering trees and shrubs are the focal point in the garden. Once the summer flowers begin to fade...
  • A Gardener's Diary  By : Rachel Paxton
    How to create a garden journal to track and document your gardening projects.
  • A Gift Fit for a Gardener!  By : Stephanie Foster
    Choosing a gift that your favorite gardener might enjoy means taking a look at what they enjoy and would appreciate having.
  • A Guide To Planting Trees  By : R Birch
    Before planting new trees, determine both your needs and the existing conditions of your site. Like all plants, trees have specific light, soil and space requirements. Remember that many trees...
  • About Orchid Flower Supplies  By : Daniel Roshard
    Orchids are beautiful, ornamental flowers that are grown especially for their delightfully fragrant flowers.
  • About Rose Gardening  By : R Birch
    Roses are perhaps the most commonly grown and most beloved plants in the world. Though they have the reputation for being difficult to grow and maintain, the opposite is true. Roses are...
  • Add A Touch Of The Exotic  By : Stephen Dolan
    When your house needs a little 'pick me up' try some exotic flowers and plants. They are vibrant, colorful, and a great conversation piece. Find out how to utilize exotic flowers in your own home.
  • Add Interest To Your Garden With Pampas Grass  By : Lee Dobbins
    Gardens can be bland if they include only flowers - learn how Pompas grass can help add interest to your garden or landscape.
  • Admiring Wild Flowers  By : Jonathon Hardcastle
    Walking with my family close to nature during late Sunday times has been a practice that I definitely enjoyed while I was a kid.
  • Aerated Compost Tea, The New Organic Fertilizer  By : James Ellison
    Organic gardeners all know compost is fantastic stuff. But now, there's something even better and that's compost tea. If you start with a good compost you'll have a versatile elixir for all your garden needs.
  • African Violet An Indoor Plant  By : Victor Epand
    This article talks about the care of african violets, its rest period, and what colors they might bloom.
  • Air Layering The Roots Of Your Plants  By : Allan Wilson
    In Air layering roots are forcibly grown on the stem of a plant, which already has a root system. Such plants have usually shed off the lower foliage.
  • All About Gardening Tools  By : Peter Finch
    The right choice and use of gardening tools is essential in getting your gardening job done. Learn more.
  • All About Homemade Hydroponics  By : Scott Fromherz
    If you intend to build or purchase one of the many types of homemade hydroponics, you should consider very carefully what you really intend to grow because not many homemade hydroponics can be used effectively for any crop.
  • All About Liquid Organic Fertilizers  By : Bill Weaver
    Using organic fertilizers is a widely accepted practice in the agricultural industry. Farmers use them to cultivate their field and row crops, winemakers utilize them for growing grapes, and horticulturists apply a liberal does of these during the landscaping of their orchards or turfs.
  • All Season Gardening - Winter Guide  By : Matthew Hick
    You may be surprised at how many plants flourish during the wintertime. You may find that winter gardening is the hobby for you.
  • An Indoor Garden System Produces Marvelous Plants  By : Christopher Jay
    There are interesting ways to bring life to your home besides the family and friends who gather there. An aquarium chock full of lively fish swimming about add motion yet tranquility to the atmosphere of a home. An indoor garden system is another way of adding life to the atmosphere of a home.
  • An Introduction to Different Herbs and Their Uses  By : kamikazeadmin
    Definition
  • An Introduction To Flower Gardens  By : R Birch
    Becoming familiar with the general planting and maintenance requirements perennials and annuals is essential to the long term success of your flower garden. Here are some guidelines which will...
  • An Introduction to Greenhouse Gardening  By : Paul P. Duxbury
    Greenhouses come in a wide variety of different styles and types. Each is suited to a special need or want and degree of seriousness for greenhouse gardening. For the beginning greenhouse gardener there are smaller versions available that come in the form of portable greenhouses, a hobby greenhouse, or mini greenhouses. There is also the option to build your greenhouse from scratch with a foundation.
  • An Introduction To Indoor Plant Grow Lights  By : Melih Oztalay
    There are basically two types of grow lights used in horticulture. These are High Intensity Discharge Lights(HID) and Metal Halide Grow Light (MH).
  • An Introduction to No-Dig Gardening  By : Guest
    The idea of no-dig gardening was developed by an Australi an named Esther Deans. It was originally both developed both as a labor saving idea, and a method to rejuvenate badly depleted soil in a vegetable garden.
  • Annuals Or Perennials - Spring Time  By : Jim Brown
    What are annuals and Perennials?
  • Aquatic Gardening  By : Linda Peppin
    How to build a pond or water feature and a guide to aquatic plants
  • Attract Bluebirds To Your Garden With The Proper Bluebird Houses  By : Lee Dobbins
    Tips on attracting these brilliant blue colored birds to your yard and gardens.
  • Attract Nesting Birds With The Right Type Of Birdhouse  By : Lee Dobbins
    Learn the ins and outs of choosing, hanging and maintaining a bird house.
  • Attracting Birds To Your Garden  By : R Birch
    Traditional gardens are sometimes completely shut off from the natural environment and are often inhospitable to birds and other wildlife. Gardens are part of the larger landscape...
  • Attractive, Adaptable Great Houseplants - We Call Them Palms  By : Keith Markensen
    Palm trees are not just for the tropics. There are varieties that can tolerate mild to cold climates quite well. They are easy to care for, attractive, and adaptable. They make great houseplants.
  • Avoid Gardening Injuries With The Correct Tools and Techniques  By : Brooke Hayles
    Gardening is a pleasant exercise. Avoid unnecessary injuries or disappointments by using the correct tools and techniques.
  • Bamboo Orchids Under The Spotlight - Five Growing Tips You Can Try!  By : Dean Caporella
    Bamboo orchids aren't difficult to grow if you know how. We give you five tips to ensure your bamboo orchid gets off to a great start!
  • Basic Orchid Growing Tips  By : Daniel Roshard
    Experts estimate that there are around 20 thousand different kinds of orchids, these orchids grow in many different climates and conditions and are found in many different places around the world.
  • Beginning a Vegetable Garden  By : Stephanie Foster
    Starting up a vegetable garden isn't too difficult, even if you're a beginner. However, you do want to learn a bit about what you are doing first.
  • Biodegradable Waste and Your Compost Pile  By : Zark Barker
    What makes waste biodegradable and how does that effect your compost pile?
  • Bonsai Gardening - Introduction to a Living Art  By : Randy Zakowski
    Learn a basic understanding of what Bonsai Gardening is all about.
  • Bonsai Gardening Secrets To Success  By : Chris Fox
    Bonsai gardening tips that will help you to create your first bonsai tree
  • Bonsai Trees  By : Melvin Ng
    The term bonsai brings up a mental picture of miniature Japanese trees that are cut and pruned to certain specifications. However, the term bonsai literally translated, means plant in a tray. These trees are much smaller than what one might normally expect they do not really have to be just a few inches tall. They can be grown in pots in the garden.
  • Building Greenhouses - Asking The Basic Questions  By : Scott Fromherz
    Greenhouses are structures which provide the ideal growing environment for flowering plants as well as vegetables. There are many styles and basics you need to know before you begin building greenhouses.
  • Can Gardeners Be Called Professionals?  By : Peter Finch
    With concrete jungles making their presence felt, people are now looking out for homes that have a small garden attached to it just so they have that little bit of greenery to soothe tired eyes.
  • Can My Houseplants Or Landscaping Poison My Puppy Or Kitten?  By : Mitch Endick
    The answer to this question is an emphatic yes, many plants can sicken or even kill your pets. I sincerely feel that stores and nurseries that sell plants should abide by some kind of national label system to identify potentially poisonous plants.
  • Chives Are A Wonderful Addition To Your Herb Garden Or Container Garden  By : Mary Hanna
    How to grow chives in your herb garden or in a container garden with a bonus chive recipe that is not only elegant, but delicious too. The Chive is great addition to any herb garden.
  • Choosing Easy-Care Shrubs  By : Ted Roberson
    Shrubs tend to be the centerpiece of most peoples front yard gardening. I think that is because shrubs are easy, but they are also...
  • Choosing the Right Roses  By : Steve Welker
    Information on choosing the best roses for your garden.
  • Colorful Summer Gardens  By : R Birch
    In mid-summer the perennial border is at its peak with a wide variety of sun-loving flowers in bloom. There are even some long lasting, early blooming flowers still...
  • Coming Up with a Home Garden Design  By : Scott Fromherz
    Gardening can be a great hobby, enjoyed informally by tending to a few plants in your yard on the weekends. Some people, however, want to create something bigger, a true garden where they try to demonstrate the green thumb that they possess.
  • Composting  By : Guest
    What is composting? Composting is a natural process which can mean different things to different people. The term ‘composting’ is used to describe a wide range of activities, from a heap of manure at the bottom of a garden to sophisticated treatment processes for commercial wastes and is designed to reduce the quantity of organic waste sent to landfills.
  • Composting: Make Your Own Fertilizer And Reduce Trash  By : Guest
    Composting for your home garden is a win-win situation. You get fertilizer for your garden without buying and hauling costly bags of fertilizer from the store. Your local landfill gets less trash. A good deal all the way around. Let’s say you’d like to get started composting but have questions like how long it will be before your compost is usable for fertilizer, and will it make your yard smelly to have a compost container there? What can I put in compost? Here are a few basics to get you started.
  • Container Flower Gardening  By : Garnett Johnston
    Discover the benefits of growing flowers in containers for easy care and maintenance or for those with limited time.
  • Container Gardening Indoors and Outdoors  By : Mary Hanna
    Informative article for ways to use container gardening in your yard or in your house
  • Container Gardening Should Include The Herbal Plant Scented Geraniums  By : Mary Hanna
    The herbal plant, scented geranium, has been around since the 1600's. Originally thought to be a species of the geranium, it is not. To plant this herbal garden use your container garden for maximum and lasting pleasure.
  • Create A Low Maintenance Garden Using Gravel  By : Andrew Lawrence
    Using gravel in your garden can create an excellent, in-expensive but practical garden surface. It's attractive, maintenance-free, simple to lay and fits in well with plants.
  • Create a Low Maintenance Japanese Garden  By : Andrew Lawrence
    Most Japanese gardens require little maintenance because the components that are used are things like gravel, pebbles, stones, wood, water and occasional, carefully-chosen and well-positioned shrubs or small trees
  • Creating A Container Garden  By : R Birch
    Container gardens are the perfect way to add texture, color and fragrance to a terrace, balcony or deck. They often provide the only way for people who live in apartments or urbanized areas to garden. Most plants, including...
  • Creating A Low Maintenance Garden  By : Andrew Lawrence
    If you thought that filling your garden with plants and flowers would create lots of extra work and attention think again. You can create a stunning low maintenance garden simply by following a few simple rules.
  • Creating Japanese Gardens  By : R Birch
    Japanese gardens create landscapes which resembles nature through the careful placement of trees, shrubs, rocks, sand, artificial hills, ponds, and water. Zen and Shinto traditions have greatly...
  • Daisy Colorful Flowers  By : Victor Epand
    This article talks about daisies and what they are like in different types of temperatures.
  • Dandelions Are An Herbal Plant And A Medicinal Plant Not Just A Weed  By : Mary Hanna
    The lowly dandelion has more uses as an herbal pant and a medicinal plant then it has been given credit for. The entire dandelion plant, dandelion roots, stem, leaves and flowers are used in culinary and medicinal preparations.
  • Dangerous House Plants  By : jesse
    Although we think of cats as carnivores, in fact many are fond of vegetables and other plant material. Although food preferences vary with individual cats, many will sample a plot of grass outdoors, the leaves of a potted houseplant indoors, or other common items like shoelaces.
  • Design A Zen Garden: The Perfect Spot For Relaxation And Reflection  By : Scott Fromherz
    A Zen Garden is an ancient Japanese garden that monks use to use to meditate and contemplate and they date all the way back to the thirteenth century. The Zen garden is designed as a three dimensional entity with a background and a foreground to create depth.
  • Different Types of Roses  By : Victor Epand
    This article talks about choosing between different types of roses.
  • Do It Yourself: An Attractive Rock Garden Anyone Would Be Proud Of  By : Guest
    One of the most economical ways to enhance the landscape surrounding your home is to build a rock garden. Rock gardens are most often associated with the British Isles, where the climate is rarely accommodating to delicate plants. Rock gardens bring with them the assumption of having very few plants, and those of a very hardy variety, or no plants at all. The arrangement of the rocks in your garden, when properly complemented by attractive plants with coordinating colors, can add to the beauty of the home and provide a low-maintenance landscape feature that should not interfere with your lawn-mowing practices; rather, it will reduce the amount of space that requires mowing.
  • Do Your Plants Need Hydroponics?  By : Melih Oztalay
    All plants need the correct conditions in order to grow to their full potential. Plants grown using hydroponics systems are no exception to this basic rule.
  • Does Your Garden Have Style?  By : Jude Wright
    Does Your Home Garden Have a Style? You may be asking me "Style? For a garden? I just plant flowers." But, if you think about it, you can see that there really can be different styles for gardens.
  • Dream Home Gardening  By : Anna Woodward
    Home gardening is tricky business. Do you ever wonder how you can get your garden to look like those in popular home-and-garden magazines?
  • Dwarfed Trees Raised From Seedlings and Cuttings  By : Jimmy Cox
    One of the most fascinating hobbies is the raising of trees from seeds sown directly in a shallow container. If the seedlings are allowed to grow for a few years, they appear like a miniature forest; the same may be done with cuttings.
  • Easy Care Shrubs  By : R Birch
    Shrubs are essential to a successful garden. They provide fragrant flowers in the spring, lush green foliage during the summer and colorful foliage throughout the fall. Evergreens add...
  • Easy to Grow Houseplants Clean the Air  By : Lesley Dietschy
    A houseplant, usually native to tropical climates, is grown indoors for decorative purposes. Houseplants also provide a natural and cost effective way to clean indoor air. According to Dr. Wolverton’s NASA study, it is suggested that at least one potted plant per 100 square feet of home or office space is needed to be effective air cleaners.
  • Eight Steps to a Bountiful Vegetable Garden  By : Jude Wright
    You've decided that you want a vegetable garden to lower your grocery bills. But, where do you start?
  • Encourage Predators in Your Garden  By : Guest
    In nature, pests are usually controlled by the presence of
    insect predators and parasites which keep the populations
    of the harmful insects in control.
  • Enhance Your Garden With Flowering Trees  By : Lee Dobbins
    Learn about 5 favorite types of flowering trees for your landscape.
  • Entice Butterflies into Your Garden  By : ian Williamson
    You rarely see butterflies in suburbia. Why is that? Are we just too busy to see them, or do the butterflies just not like living near people?
  • Environmentally Safe Methods of Pest Control  By : Gail Metcalf
    Nobody wants pests in their gardens and flowerbeds. They can eat on vegetables or strip flowers off the stems.
  • Evergreen Landscaping Trees Improve The Beauty And Longevity Of Your Garden!  By : Neelima Reddy
    Evergreen landscaping trees improve the beauty, hardiness, and longevity of your garden. Learn the steps for planting and caring evergreen landscaping trees and shrubs, which require considerable investment of time and money.
  • Everybody Can Garden With Containers  By : Guest
    Container gardening is fantastic. On its own, a terracotta pot is just a container and summer bedding is just some plants. However, selectively plant the summer bedding in the container, add a few sprinkles of green-fingered expertise and you have created a miniature garden-scape. You are effectively planting a garden in miniature. This is known to some people as container design planting. The constructive planting of containers allows people who may just have a balcony to enjoy a taste of horticulture; containerised planting also brings the garden within the reach of a disabled persons fork and trowel.
  • Feeding Your Bonsai Tree  By : Lee Dobbins
    Getting the proper nutrients to your bonsai is important for good growth. Here's some methods you can use to make sure your tree is fed properly.
  • Find Peace And Happiness Through Gardening  By : Susan Jan
    Gardening is a wonderful and relaxing hobby enjoyed by many all over the world. People who enjoy gardening often feel a deep-rooted sense of calm and tranquility, and they also forge a stronger connection with nature.
  • Five Most Common Medicinal Plants and Herbs  By : Guest
    Plants have always played an essential role in our lives. They cleanse and give us air to breathe, beautify our surroundings, supply us with food and shelter and provide cures for our many ailments. It is best to know the value of each plant and acknowledges that most plants and herbs transcend their use in our kitchen counters and some can now be found inside medicine cabinets. Usual forms of medicinal remedies come in infusions, decoctions, tinctures, syrups, infused oils, essential oils, ointment and creams.
  • Flower Gardening 101 - The Basics  By : Matthew Hick
    There are a few important things that you should know about planting flowers before you get started. We have complied some of these great tips below.
  • Flower Gardening Basics For Those Whose Thumbs Are Turning Green  By :
    When you think of any kind of gardening, the first thing that pops in your mind is flower gardening. Flowers and gardens are almost synonymous. And being the dedicated gardener that you are, you�ll probably be doing your own gardening this year.
  • Flower Gardening Tips  By : R Birch
    Flower gardens are simple to install and easy to care for. They do, however, require a basic understanding of the natural conditions of your garden as well as the specific needs of the individual flowers. Different flowers have different requirements. Annuals, for example...
  • Flower Preservation  By : Bobbie McKee
    Admit it or not but, receiving a well-arranged bouquet or even those that have been freshly- picked from the garden by your special someone, will always be significant. It will unmistakably brighten up your facade as you gaze at one of Mother Nature's beautiful offspring. You cannot put into words that you feel like you are the loveliest person in the whole world. It may sound as an exaggeration but undeniably true. Recall the moment when you were given one, did you immediately place it in the trash bin or did you do some flower preservation?
  • Garden Etiquette  By : jesse
    Have you ever gone to one of those garden shows and been so completely intimidated that you were afraid to move? You know, where every hosta leaf looks like it has been polished, and every flower is perfect, and the ground has been raked like a Japanese sand garden.
  • Gardenias And Their Care  By : Victor Epand
    This article talks about what temperatures are good for growing gardenias and how to take care of them.
  • Gardening Natural Science Not Rocket Science  By : John Pawlett
    Don't force yourself out of the most profitable hobby in the universe because you think it's too hard to learn ...It isn't!
    Gardening is fast becoming the world's number one hobby, and with all the latest 'alternative' information we have to hand, gardening as a natural science is fun to learn about and rewarding in the extreme...
  • Gardening - An Innate Part Of Our Nature  By : Brooke Hayles
    The reason why gardening is so appealing to every one of us is possibly due to our primitive affinity to nature. Despite our desire to industrialize and progress, we love gardening and thus take out the time from our busy schedule to pursue this wonderful hobby.
  • Gardening 101  By : R Birch
    Successful garden designs create landscapes which are practical, beautiful and compatible with a site's natural conditions. Gardens should be designed to...
  • Gardening Catalogs: A Great Way to Shop for Plants  By : Jerry Cahill
    Do you find yourself always looking for more plants for your garden? Have you tried Gardening catalogs?
  • Gardening For Beginners  By : Saleem Rana
    It's easy to learn how to create a lush and vibrant garden with the following tips.
  • Gardening Gifts Will Bring Joy To The Gardener In Your Life  By : Anna Woodward
    Are you looking for a great gardening gift? Start your search right now. There are plenty of great ideas that you can use to bring a smile to the face of any gardener.
  • Gardening Grows On You  By : Chris Campbell
    Gardening is good for you, good for your neighbors, good for your kids and good for your dog.
  • Gardening Hobbies Herb Planting & Development  By : neil parnham
    Gardening by itself has become quite a popular thing to do, it is both fulfilling and relaxing at the same time, why not get something back out of your garden by planting herbs.

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