Category: Floral Gardening

Learn How to Choose The Right Flowers and Design Your Perfect Garden.

Amaryllis Bulbs -The Secret to Getting Them to Re-bloom

No other interior flower can add such a volume of delightful color in a home during the long winters than the amaryllis. With so many colors to choose from – white, with streaks of red, various shades of red, orange,and yellow you will certainly want to take care of your plant to insure that it re-blooms year after year. It’s not hard to do once you know the secrets.

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Exploring The History of Sunflowers

In this article, we’ll provide a brief overview of sunflowers in an historical context. We’ll explain their origin and describe how they’ve been used for generations. You’ll also learn how the sunflower was discovered by those who traveled from other countries.

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Growing Roses with Liquid Worm Castings (Worm Tea)

One of my favorite topics is the many uses for liquid worm castings, ‘worm tea’, in the garden. This unique organic fertilizer is especially effective when used to grow roses, perhaps the most favored flowers on earth and certainly the most discussed.

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Hollyhock – Alcea rosea

Hollyhocks, they are useful in the treatment of chest complaints, and a decoction is used to improve blood circulation, for the treatment of constipation, dysmenorrhoea, haemorrhage etc

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