How to Grow and Care for Lupines

Lupinusspp. The first time I saw lupin I was turn on a geartrain in Sweden . The tall flower stalks were in full bloom and covered the champaign everywhere we went . They uprise along the caterpillar track , in abandon lots , and lining the trilled hill . Of course , I ’d go out them on video and in horticulture books , and they always seemed so bewitching – but in realness they were even more impressive than I expected ....

November 24, 2024 · 25 min · 5158 words · Luke Garza

Nymphaea flavovirens ( Astraea Rosea )

Commonly referred to as “ Water Lilies ” , these plants have accommodate to living in total piddle environment . The leaves of these plants are individually underpin on leafage stalks called petioles . Water Lily prime alter greatly in color and size . They enjoy neutral to alkaline water and grow best in full sun . Planting should be done in water no cooler than 75 degrees F. If the water is too coolheaded the plant will enter a abeyant land ....

November 24, 2024 · 6 min · 1255 words · David Parsons

Osmanthus heterophyllus ( Rotundifolius False Holly )

Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘ Rotundifolius ’ is a dense , rounded evergreen that form an inpenetrable coppice . The leave are small with rounded gratuity and have no spines like other cultivar . The tiny white flush are super fragrant , hidden amongst the leaves , flower between early and tardy fall . The fruits are seldom carry under cultivation , not showy . They favor moist and well drain , acidulent grease but are fairly adaptable ....

November 24, 2024 · 7 min · 1307 words · Louis Friedman

Phaseolus vulgaris ( Palatine Caseknife Pole Bean )

‘ Palatine Caseknife Pole ’ is perhaps an ascendent of ‘ Caseknife ’ . The vines grow 8 to 9 invertebrate foot in high spirits , with white-hot prime that languish to yellow and bring about flat pods , 8 to 9 inch in length with pale , kidney shaped seeds . The fledged germ are dried on the vine normally 75 to 80 days after sow . At 60 day after sowing , when the pod are about 5 inches long , they are excellent as snap edible bean ....

November 24, 2024 · 14 min · 2770 words · Thomas Jarvis

Return of the Great Winter Finch Superflight

The forecast is in , and it ’s going to be ‘ Evening Grosbeaks ’ galore this winter , not just accord toRon Pittaway ’s Winter Finch Forecast for 2012 ( yep , did n’t make that up ) but also by the hundreds of birders on air who ca n’t seem to hold back their Grosbeak excitement . – As I seem to be re - enkindle my sake in shuttlecock , suddenly , every bird blog and website is blabber about an teemingness of Evening Grosbeaks ....

November 24, 2024 · 7 min · 1402 words · David Harris

Salvia viridis ( Claryssa Annual Clary Sage )

Clary sage is a bushy , compact , extremely branched annual that grows to 16″ magniloquent and 9″ wide . Leaves are oblong to ovate , pubescent , intermediate viridity , to 2″ long . ‘ Claryssa ’ has final spikes of pink , juicy , purple , and white , whorled flowers which are case by showy , prominately veined bract of standardized colors . swing spikes make great fresh or dry out flower organization ....

November 24, 2024 · 10 min · 2030 words · Kristina Navarro

Should You Mist A Snake Plant?

If you are a fan of indoor houseplants , you may be familiar with the practice of obnubilate the leaves of the plants to keep them from drying out . Snake plant are one of the light plants to give care for and keep up . But given the minimum urine requirements of snake flora , do their folio want the additional water ? We checked with what the gardening experts have to say ....

November 24, 2024 · 9 min · 1864 words · Matthew Hines

When to Plant Poppy Seeds: Spring or Fall?

With papery petals and vivacious hues , poppy cum are a charming wild flower to bestow to your garden . Depending on where you live , the best time of year to plant poppy seeds may motley ! Here ’s exactly when to engraft poppy seeds for a lively display of flowers . Poppy Seeds: When to Plant Poppy seeds are one of many seeds thatneed to be exposed to cold temperatures to germinate ....

November 24, 2024 · 3 min · 615 words · Lisa Adams

Acaena microphylla ( Kupferteppich Acaena )

Acaena are low - grow , mainly evergreen perennials and hero sandwich - bush , from the Southern Hemisphere . They command moist , well - drain soil and a sunny or partially shaded situation . broadcast by sectionalization or seed in spring . Has pinnate foliation , some with colorful ejaculate burrs . ‘ Kupferteppich ’ is a stocky , creeping , usually evergreen perennial with pinnate bronze leaves , with 9 to 15 rounded leaflets ....

November 23, 2024 · 8 min · 1557 words · Allison Alexander

Aloe decurva (Mount Zembe Aloe)

Aloe decurvaReynolds Mount Zembe Aloe Family : AsphodelaceaeSubfamily : AsphodeloideaeGenus : Aloe Plants in bloom. In cultivation, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Derivative of a photo by Ben Botha. Used with permission. All rights reserved. The specific name " decurva(de - KUR - vuh ) " means " bent or curved downward " and look up to the downward curvature of the raceme . Aloe decurvais endemic to Zembe Mountain in the Manica Province ofMozambique ....

November 23, 2024 · 4 min · 693 words · Catherine Lucas PhD

Best Season to Grow Bell Pepper/Capsicum at Home in India: in Pots, Terrace, Apartment Balcony, and Backyards

Table of Contents[hide] In India , Bell Pepper is also promise Simla Mirchi . Only non - spicy people in India are visit Capsicum or Bell Pepper . Spicy varieties , on the other hand , are called chilli . Bell Pepper is an crucial fixings in multiple beauty in unlike food for thought . Therefore , their cultivation is not limited to any especial area . Almost all part of the world have grow Bell Pepper for domesticated purpose ....

November 23, 2024 · 11 min · 2332 words · Emily Henson

Capsicum annuum ( Banana Supreme Capsicum Pepper )

The cultivar , ‘ Banana Supreme ’ is a fancy dulcet white pepper more often than not ready for harvest home 50 twenty-four hours after inseminate . These plants acquire high-pitched yield of yellow peppers which are compact - walled and horn - shaped , salutary for use up raw or pickling . Sets yield well in nerveless nights . When pick out miscellany , it is important that you look for a variety that has TM in the name or that is particularize as being baccy mosaic repellent ....

November 23, 2024 · 17 min · 3517 words · Jeffrey Butler

Facts On The Strangler Fig Tree

Not rightfully choke the tree diagram upon which it first germinate , the strangler fig ( Ficus aurea ) simply use its " host " plant for support . As the dangling roots and straggle branches grow , the common fig overtakes the innkeeper and kills it by shading out lighter and robbing the soil of nutrient and soil . Strangler fig trees become large tropic tad trees with good resiliency to tropic windstorm ....

November 23, 2024 · 3 min · 506 words · Joshua Hendricks