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Douglas fir is a rather dissonant name, sometimes they say “Pseudotsuga”. In 1791, it was discovered by Archibald Menzies, who served as a surgeon on Captain Vancouver’s ship, and was rediscovered by English botanist and traveler David Douglas in 1827. In the botanical literature, pseudotsuga was described in 1838 under […]
Lucky gardeners of those countries where winter is short. There is even a category of plants, which is called ” winter blooming.” We do not have such luxury-almost six months a year our gardens are covered with snow. And the more acute the desire to extend the beauty of the […]
When the device rocky garden or rockery must be very carefully thought out and choose a place for him on the site. This difficult choice depends on the size of the future flower garden, the existing (or expected) style of decoration of the cottage, available on the site of trees […]
What kind of animal is a microbiota? The translation from the Latin Microbiota decussata does not bring more clarity to ordinary citizens. “Something about microbes,” one of them decides. “A tiny biota,” others, more advanced in botany, will think, and will be closer to the truth. Biota, or the more […]
Rockery, rock garden – extremely stylish elements of landscape design. Rocky garden “Raisin” – spectacular ornamental grasses. But not all of them “will have to go to court”: choose sun-loving, drought-resistant and compact plants that will not cause problems to their neighbors in the flower garden. All cereals can be […]
When we talk about thuja, we usually mean Thu Western, while this genus has 5-6 species native to North America and East Asia. All of them are already on sale. Indeed, in gardening is most often used Thuja occidentalis, as well as its numerous (more than 120) forms. In Europe, […]
Recall, we continue the article called Pond in the Garden: Choose Materials and Equipment (Part 1). So, where were we? Pumps and hoses In order that the water device conceived by you with running water or the fountain reliably functioned for many years, it is necessary to use only specially […]
In past publications, we have analyzed the typical mistakes that make fans when creating a pond, and made their choice in favor of a pond, stream or waterfall. But before you get to work, you need to know what we may need for it. Every year on the market there […]
If we talk about the yellow monochrome gardens, I have not yet seen the garden under this motto, and if we talk about the rose gardens (which is closer to me), inhabited only by yellow roses, then this, in my opinion, is quite a bad idea. Under the rose garden, […]
In recent years, it has become fashionable to create monochrome compositions from flower beds, where plants are of the same color tone, but of different shades and lightness. Flower beds of the dominant color are often made when plants of the same color range occupy a large area of the […]