Rockrose (Cistus): Types, How to Grow and Plant Care
If you’re after a robust shrub that will bring a lot of life and color into your garden, the rockrose or Cistus is a great choice. It will fill up…
Dracaena Plant: Best Types, How to Grow and Plant Care
Dracaena plants are very easy to care for, and combining that with their lovely, variegated and elongated foliage and thick, bamboo-like stems, they are grown indoors as houseplants all over…
Japanese Black Pine Bonsai Tree: A Beginner’s Guide
The Pinus thunbergii, or the Japanese Black Pine, is a beautiful tree often chosen for growing as a bonsai tree, as it grows dense needle-like foliage in pairs, contrasting well…
Bee Balm (Monarda): Different Types, Plant Varieties, and How To Grow
Filling your garden with an array of vivid flowers in a range of color not only helps to attract pollinators and improves the health of your garden’s ecosystem, but it…
Purple Coneflowers: Different Types, Plant Varieties and Facts
One of the best ways to flood your garden with color through your borders and containers is to grow purple coneflowers. These pigmented perennials are a part of the daisy…
Echeveria Succulent Plant: Different Types, How to Grow and Plant Care
A very popular succulent, Echeveria pulvinata or the Chenille plant, comes from the Crassula plant family, in the Echeveria genus, famous for succulent, evergreen rosettes. Echeveria pulvinata is a lovely…
Primrose Flowers: Types and How to Grow and Plant Care
Primroses are very popular perennial plants that are famed for their beautiful, vivid color, and their ability to adapt to different environments. There is a type of primrose for every…
Phlox Flower Meaning and Symbolism
Phlox flowers have fallen out of fashion in recent years, but they are enjoying a resurgence with the popularity and dual use of the traditional cottage garden plants. Their abundance…
Madagascar Palm Plant: How To Grow and Plant Care
Technically a succulent plant, the Madagascar palm is a lovely shrub which, while the foliage looks similar to a palm, it isn’t related to any palm plants. It also makes…
Crab Apple (Malus) Bonsai Tree: How To Grow and Plant Care
You’re probably very familiar with the crabapple tree, or at least one within the genus. They make for a lovely sight in the garden, adding structure, color, and fruit during…
