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We all want our garden to be perfect. But to achieve this ideal is always something hinders. This can be weather conditions, pests and diseases. And even if the hydrometeorological center promises the sun and only the rains necessary for watering, and all the creeping and flying “green bellies” bypass […]
If you arrange a beauty contest among coniferous perennials, the abii of the genus Pinaceae could easily take first place in it. Dressed in a fluffy fur coat, with vertically standing cones of candlesticks, abii ennoble any (even very modest) suburban area. Coniferous beauty is famous for its resinous-tart aroma, […]
If you like orange or yellow, if you like high, monumental flowers, we advise you to pay attention to Ligularia. This ornamental plant is appreciated by many gardeners for the external elegance of the Bush and beautiful flowering. Ligularia inflorescences are located at an altitude of 2 m, and each […]
I first saw this plant in my friend’s cottage. Tall (taller than me!) the lush flowering bush was impressive. After the first admiration, I began to ask the hostess what was what. It turned out that this beauty is called Loosestrife, or Lythrum. Undemanding perennial plant, blooming in our latitudes […]
Carl Linnaeus named the plant in honor of two brothers — Austrian scientists, who bore the name of Lavater. Earlier Lavater was quite widespread among gardeners, grew in front gardens, and then interest in it subsided. Now it can be seen more on the streets, in the city flower beds. […]
Cobaea is an amazingly beautiful magic vine, striking with openwork leaves, quickly creating an elegant green carpet, and numerous intricate flowers like bells. Cobaea is a perennial climbing flowering plant grown as an annual plant. It received its name in honor of Barnabas Kobo — the famous Spanish naturalist and […]
Daffodils are grateful and unpretentious plants. The main care for them falls in the spring and is reduced to fertilizing and watering as necessary. The most time-consuming in the care of these bulbs is considered to be transplanting: it is not as difficult as in the case of tulips, but […]
Tulip (Latin: Tulipa) is a genus of bulbous perennials of the Lily family, one of the most popular spring garden plants, grown both in private gardens and on an industrial scale. The birthplace of tulips is Central Asia, and the plant got its name from the Persian word “turban”, the […]
Mahonia aquifolium was introduced from North America to Europe sometime in the 19th century and immediately gained well-deserved popularity among those who like to improve their gardens. The mahonia is represented by shrubs and trees and belongs to the barberry family. Magonia in the wild can be found in the […]
Here we will tell you about how we decided to make a separate bed in our garden specifically for planting badan. Fortunately, it is unpretentious and suppresses all the weeds around. And after the winter, the overwintered leaves are collected, well washed, dried and placed in canvas bags. And my […]