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Dodecatheon-this unpretentious perennial plant, which I met quite by accident. And for the fifth year in a row Dodecatheon-a favorite plant in my flower bed. With its exotic appearance Dodecatheon surprises my guests, striking with the beauty of unusual flowers. Today we know about thirty different species of Dodecatheon, but, […]
The amazing world of Polygonum from the Polygonaceae family of the same name is rich and interesting. A peculiar intrigue begins with the variety of their names: Persicaria, Fallopia, Polygonum convolvulus, Reynoutria, Bistorta – all of them from the same family! The encyclopedia of garden plants will help us solve […]
A trip to the ancient Russian city has long been included in the plan of our summer family trips. Our long journey took place along the old and godforsaken villages. Trying to shorten the way and save time, we “jumped” off-road, overtaking occasionally encountered horse-drawn carts-funny rural exotics for the […]
All flowers wither sooner or later. The flower bed becomes unsightly, untidy – this alone encourages us to do pruning. But when the flower beds are large, the task becomes difficult and very time — consuming; and I want to simplify it, and better-to find a way at all to […]
I obviously belong to such collectors-gardeners who love everything. Back in the recent past, when I was asked: “What plants do you still not like?”, I answered without hesitation: “Echinacea, zinnia, gladiolus. For some reason, I’m not attracted to them.” Features of cultivation Echinacea, an unpretentious plant that is grown […]
In the 80s of the last century, when Echinacea, an alien from North America. I planted seeds in my garden. They germinate in the second year the plants flowered, I looked at pink, some kind of inanimate chamomile and… gave it to a neighbor. The next year I was surprised […]
Many myths and superstitions are associated with phlox. For example, it is customary to accuse phlox that they always have “bare feet”, that they often suffer from powdery mildew, and therefore they can allegedly be used only against the background of flower beds. I strongly disagree with these accusations and […]
Options for arrangement of garden flower beds are very diverse,and they should probably talk more. Now we will discuss how to seem for curbs, ridges, mixborders, rock gardens and front gardens. The border The border is called narrow (from 30 to 50 cm wide), a long strip of plants, bordering […]
His presence, this simple flower can decorate any flower garden. It is extremely bright and attracts attention. After getting acquainted with Rudbeckia, you will like It even more due to undemanding to your person. This unusual name was given to the flower by one of the students of Olaus Rudbeck […]
Who doesn’t know these flowers?! Begonias are almost in every house,in every apartment where plants are grown. Moreover, seeing a completely different flowers, an ignorant person will not even guess that these are all plants with the same name. They can be small, compact bushes with a variety of very […]