There are more one thousand different types of roses that you can use to compliment your garden. Taking care of this plant will go a long way in making our flower bed look good. Some types will require more care than others. With dedication, a few tips and hard work taking care of your plants […]

If garden accents such as garden Buddhas, garden sundials or even clocks and thermometers interest you, then you can choose from a wide range of garden products online that are designed not just to be functional, but also decorative. It doesn\’t matter what kind of backyard or garden you have, you are sure to find […]

For your Trivial Pursuits an evergreen plant has its leaves through all seasons. The opposite is a deciduous plant that loses all of its foliage during winter or dry season. There are numerous variations of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs. Evergreens are most species of conifers (e.g. hemlock, blue spruce, red cedar and white/scots/jack […]

Water (aquatic) plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments. They are also referred to as aquatic macrophytes. A macrophyte is an aquatic plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating. In lakes macrophytes provide cover for fish and substrate for aquatic invertebrates, produce oxygen, and […]

It takes much more than careful planning and a prolific design to ensure that a landscape is turned into a functional and attractive outdoor living space that its inhabitants can live in and enjoy as part of their immediate environment. Using the correct landscape equipment will ensure that this task is one which does not […]

Vinca minor, Lesser periwinkle and Dwarf periwinkle, is a native plant to central and southern Europe, from Portugal and France north to the Netherlands and the Baltic States, and east to the Caucasus, and also in southwestern Asia in Turkey. It is a trailing, tiny sub-shrub, spreading along the ground and rooting along the stems […]

Asarum canadense, commonly known as Canadian wild ginger or Canadian snake-root , is a herbaceous (meaning a plant the simply loses its leaves and stem to soil level at the end of the season) plant native to deciduous forest in eastern North America, from the Great Plains east to the Atlantic Coast, and from southeastern […]

The Stella de Oro Daylily is a most beloved flower plant. When it is in full bloom, even the street-dwellers slow down to have a look at its golden yellow splendor. This species is a member of the Hemerocallis

The Common Ivy, English Ivy is native species of most of Europe and western Asia. In numerous parts of the United States it has been designated as an invasive species and Oregon has banned its sale or import within the state. For those of you who shop online, this may create a problem within your […]

Blanket Weed is a form of algae and is very prolific. It is very difficult to get rid of once it is in your pond, but there are products you can try to get rid of blanket weed. There are probably a number of approaches you can try in order to remove the Blanket Weed, […]