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How to Vine Plants to Cover the Foundation
Vining plants like ivy, honeysuckle, golden pothos and trumpet vines are popular in both, indoor and outdoor plantings. Each plant follows its own growth habits -- so that some plants grow long, leggy vines -- while others stay bushier. Some vining plants do well as hanging plants, while others pref
How to Plant Spring Flower Seeds in the South
The southern United States is home to dozens of beautiful and colorful varieties of spring flowers. Pink, purple, yellow and red flowers such as vinca grow during spring, summer and fall throughout the Southern states. Other popular southern flowers include azaleas, daffodils and dogwoods. Planting
Herb & Flower Seeds
Growing your own herbs and flowers provides many healthy benefitsNeva Mo?nik/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesGrowing your own is a great way to have your favorite flowers and herbs available instantly while still keeping your budget in check. With the wide variety of seeds available, it is...
Native Juniper Shrubs
Junipers are a species of coniferous, or cone-bearing, evergreen shrubs and trees from the genus Juniperus. Belonging to the Cupressaceae plant family, junipers are indigenous plants to the Northern Hemisphere. Juniper shrubs come in a wide assortment of sizes and shapes. Landscapers in the United S
How to Build a Staghorn Fern Mount
Staghorn ferns grow on the bark of trees in their native habitats in Africa, Asia and South America. They are known as epiphytes--air plants--because they grow without soil. You can simulate this environment by growing your staghorn fern on a wooden board. Design the board so you can tie the fern to
Symptoms of Overwatering Flower Beds
Water is good for your plants, but too much will cause those plants to die. How do you know if you are giving them too much water? By looking at your plants and the soil they grow in, you'll be able to tell. Over-watering your flower beds is the biggest cause of plant death.
Planting Freesia Bulbs
Spring bulbs, such as freesia, are among the first bright colors of the season. They seem to fill our hearts with the expectation that all is well, as life begins anew once more. Freesias are easy to plant and grow. They're available in a large variety of colors, and the flower's scent is sweet, lov
How to Plant a Crape Myrtle Bush
Crape myrtle shrubs (Lagerstroemia indica) are popular landscaping borders due to their long flowering season, receptivity to pruning and variety of colorful blooms. Also known as southern lilacs, crape myrtle bushes are most suited to the climate of the southern United States from the Atlantic Coas
Diseases in Rose Plants
Gardeners who work with roses generally content with four common rose diseases. The three that are the most prevalent are powdery mildew, black spot and rust. All are fungus infections and are associated with humid conditions.
Problems With Barberry
Barberry (Berberis spp.) is a large group of evergreen, semievergreen or deciduous shrubs with spiny- edged foliage growing in leaflets. Barberry plants generally produce clusters of yellow flowers followed by red, blue, purple or blue-black berrylike fruit that attracts birds. The plants...
How to Grow Baobab Trees From the Seeds
Baobab is the common name of a group of trees within the genus Adansonia. They thrive in arid and semiarid savannah environments across parts of Africa, Australia and the Middle East thanks to several physical adaptations, including their water-rich, bottle-shaped trunks and fleshy leaves. Baobabs a
The Best All Summer Blooming Climbing Roses
Roses which climb fences, trellises, arbors and pergolas create a charming and often bloom-rich vertical landscape focus. Many varieties of climbing roses are summer-bloomers -- also called repeat bloomers, because they flower repeatedly and most frequently, from early summer to fall. They bloom in
How to Grow Avocados in Missouri
Also known as the alligator pear, the avocado is a Mexican native. Showy white flowers that bloom in January complement the glossy, dark green leaves of the avocado tree. Avocados prefer to grow in well-drained sunny soils with a pH between 6.2 and 6.5. Hardy in USDA planting zones 9 through 11, avo
Spraying Schedule for Fruit Trees
The majority of backyard fruit trees need to be sprayed to avoid diseases and parasites. Adopting a regular spraying schedule for any mini-orchard is easy, requires only a small investment of money and time, and will result in healthy, delicious, unblemished fruit. However, one spray "does not fit a
How to Build a Planter Box for Dahlias
Dahlias may present more effort than marigolds or daisies, but if you grow them successfully, they’re worth the work. Dahlias are finicky and require certain moisture levels and soil temperatures. The plants will die if the soil is soggy or the ground is too cold, which is why creating your ow
Information About Hickory Nuts
Hickory nuts are the fruit of hickory trees, hardwood trees that grow in forests in many parts of the United States. The wood of hickory trees produces sturdy tool handles and furniture and is used for smoking meat. The meaty nuts provide foods for squirrels and other wildlife, as well as humans. Yo
How to Trim Trees in the Winter
Trimming and pruning tree is important to stimulating the tree to grow new, young branches, protecting the tree against the spread of disease and infestation from infected branches, and to remove dead branches that could fall and hurt someone or damage property. Trees are dormant in the winter, maki
How to Diagnose a Leaning Tree
While trees are not necessarily destined to grow straight up and down, once in a while a tree leans in such a way that you might wonder what's going on with it. Some trees just naturally lean for no particular reason at all; however, most trees begin to lean due to some sort issue with the tree, whe
The Best Indoor Houseplants for Low Light
It is a mistake to position a plant purely for decorative effect. Plants should always be placed in an area where they will tolerate the conditions, even if they do not thrive. Beyond the windows, the level of light in most homes is not bright enough to support a broad range of plant life. Plants t
Ants & Oak Trees
The types of ants that live inside oak trees are called carpenter ants. Carpenter ant nests are very common inside oak trees, especially in older trees that are hollow or have a significant amount of dead limbs and branches.