Gerbera daisy (Gerbera Jamesonii) also known as African daisy, Barberton Daisy, and Transvaal Daisy originates from South Africa, M...

How to make winter spruce top planters

When frost turns the contents of your outdoors planters into a blackened mushy mess; rather than dragging the...

I had saved my  hardy chrysanthemums in their original plastic pots and put the potted plants into the ground to ...

History Derived from the Greek word pepon meaning large melon, the word pumpkin went thru several changes. The French nasalized pepon into pompon, the...

Jasmine polyanthum also referred to as winter jasmine, pink jasmine or Chinese evergreen jasmine is a native of China and a member of the Olive family...

 

Whether you grow your own or purchase them,  lilies make great cut flowers to use in a vase or floral arrangements.

When cutting fresh ...

Zinnia a native of Mexico is grown as an tender annual.  It tolerates the summer heat and produces one of the best colorful display of flowers durin...

Root from stem cuttings

Christmas cactus can be easily rooted from stem cuttings. Here’s how:    

Take a stem cutting of two to three joine...

Jade plant (Crassula argenta) also referred to Jade tree is grown an indoor houseplant that is easy to care for and can last for many years. It can al...

The florist variety of cyclamen (C. persicum) was ‘the plant’ during the Christmas holiday in the Victorian era; today it is making a ...