How do you achieve a fabulous display of wisteria on the front of a house or cascading down a pergola in late spring? The ...
Feeding fruit and nut trees is a priority this month. Spread three mugsful of 20.10.10 fertiliser around the root area of the ...
If you don’t think you have a green thumb, you probably just haven’t met a pothos yet. This vining beauty is one of the easiest houseplants to care for. And with its trailing tendrils and endless ...
• Before the heat and dry air of spring and summer, update your irrigation system to in-line drip, flexible tubing with ...
Conjuring images of the desert, these yuccas — sometimes called Adam’s needle — aren’t damaged by cold, poking through with ...
Plant cells exhibit totipotency, or the ability to regrow a whole new plant from a single cell. While our cells differentiate ...
A vining plant with waxy, heart-shaped leaves that can grow up to 8 feet long. Hang a pot from a hook or place it on an ...
I wrote in this space about a flowering shrub called pineapple guava, a plant that produces fruit that resemble neither ...
LEGO’s botanical collection has grown massively popular as home decor — LEGO fans get to display art that they’ve built ...
Uncover the ancient mystery of the squirting cucumber's explosive seed dispersal. Discover the plant's sophisticated fluid ...
Winter sowing gives seeds the chilling period (stratification) they need to break dormancy and germinate. Seeds sown into ...
A potato grower asked me an interesting question. He wanted to know how flowering affects tuber yield and whether it even ...