If you're going to plant a guava tree on on your property, it is important to know that they require much more nutrients than the average plant. Guava trees are considered heavy feeders, and they need fertilizer scattered from 30 cm away, up to the very top of their trunk base. Try to refrain from … [Read more...]

A beautiful, tall, Colorado spruce tree is something to see in its natural habitat, on high mountainous terrain. Your yard may not be optimal for a large and normally mountain-bred tree, of that type. But, don't despair. The Montgomery Spruce is a dwarf variant, reaching the size of no more than the … [Read more...]

Taunton Yew Shrubs are ideal for people who want a plant that can grow in the shade and is easy to care for. Its green needles can sustain severe hot and cold temperatures. They grow up to 4 feet tall and six feet wide. They're adaptable to varying degrees of sun exposure, thriving in the sun and … [Read more...]

If you are interested in propagating a quince tree, specifically a fruit-bearing one, as there is a flower producing one that is unrelated, there are some things to know. You can use the seed culled from ripened quince fruit. Wash them and put them in sand to plant in late winter, or early in … [Read more...]

Whether you call them Mountain Lemon Marigolds, or Copper Canyon Daisies, the citrusy-smelling shrub the terms refer to yield yellow blooms that are both fragrant and pretty, besides being also easy to grow, especially when gardeners undertake to produce them in areas where they already bloom. … [Read more...]

Mangos are a delicious but vulnerable crop often menaced by fugal diseases like anthracnose and powdery mildew. Anthracnose causes black patches of fungus to appear on many different tissues of the plant, including flowers, leaves, and fruit, and is a voracious pathogen. Powdery mildew is a white, … [Read more...]

The clove tree is a native tree to Indonesia, and it can live to be up to 15-20 years old while still thriving! It is recommended to harvest the buds that you have grown after about a six year time span. You want to make sure that you harvest the buds when they are less than 2 cm in size. Once you … [Read more...]

Oriental poppies are tall plants that feature enormously decorative blooms, of which gardeners deserve to be justifiably proud. Often, they are a brilliant scarlet and a focal,point for the entire garden. So, if they fail to bloom, their lack of an appearance makes for a sad garden indeed. But … [Read more...]

Staghorn Ferns need to be given lots of light, but what we do not want is to have these ferns in direct sunlight. The natural growth environments for the fern is in dappled sunlight. This is achieved by them growing along tree trunks in the tropical forests. To achieve this you want to have the fern … [Read more...]

Main Crop tomatoes, also known as mid-season tomatoes, are tomatoes that are ready in the mid-summer. They need to be planted in slightly warm weather (over 60 Fahrenheit soil temp) and are ready for harvest 70-80 days later. These plants also keep on giving. Tomato suckers, off shoots of the … [Read more...]