With elegance and beguiling fragrance, bergamot (Monarda didyma) and wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) transform your summer garden into a sea of flowers. These secret queens of herbs, spices, teas, and aromatic plants hold court in your perennial bed without requiring any horticultural feats. The bergamot is also known as beebalm, horsemint, and mountain mint, depending …
With delicate lightness, its delicate flowers dance above a bushy mop of leaves. The scabious enchants as an elf-like perennial in cottage gardens and summer borders. Learn how to elicit a never-ending bloom from this graceful flower beauty. Planting Scabious Properly May is planting time for home-grown or ready-bought scabious, also known as pincushion flower. …
The barren strawberry (Waldsteinia) is the ideal choice for low-light beds under woody plants. The plant even knows how to hold its own against powerful root competition. With its golden-yellow flower carpet, the evergreen barren strawberry is a splendid border for graves. The following answers to frequently asked questions reveal what other conditions are required …
With their breathtaking presence, hostas transform shady to semi-shady garden sites into green islands of opulence. These foliage-decorating perennials leave nothing to be desired when they add their fragrant blooms in summer. If you still have unanswered questions about the care and planting of hostas, also known as plantain lilies, you can find the answers …
When the shadows fall over the garden, the evening primrose plant unfurls its beguilingly fragrant yellow flowers. The biennial plant has made a name for itself as an ornamental, medicinal, and food plant for generations. Learn here how to spur the plant to peak performance. Planting Evening Primrose Properly Plant a young evening primrose into …
The large, heart-shaped leaves of the African linden (Sparrmannia africans) give it its name, which is similar to that of the deciduous Tilia tree. After a few years in obscurity, this woody plant is once again becoming a better-known houseplant. Origin The botanical name of the species, Sparrmannia africana, already gives it away: the plant …
Muehlenbeckia or maidenhair species are popular shrubs that are often planted outdoors. But not every representative of this genus is suitable for outdoor cultivation in mild regions. Each species has adapted to different climatic conditions with its growth habit. Origin Muehlenbeckia is a genus of plants that includes more than 20 different species. Their main …
With bizarre silhouettes and magnificent flowering, Aloe vera provides decorative diversity on the windowsill. At the same time, the exotic plant acts as a green pharmacy, thanks to its rich and healthy juice. Planting Aloe Vera Properly Since Aloe vera completely lacks winter hardiness, cultivation in the bed is only an option in regions where …
Whether the money tree actually brings luck and prosperity, as is believed especially in Feng Shui-influenced Southeast Asia, is up to each person and his conviction. The money tree (Pachira aquatic) is a beautiful foliage decoration plant in any case. Origin The money tree is sometimes also called Malabar chestnut, French peanut, Guiana chestnut, Provision …
Even gardening beginners will receive envious glances over the garden fence with the magnificent astilbe. In order for the astilbe to transform sunny, semi-shady to shady areas into a summery sea of flowers, the perennial has only a few care requirements. Care tips If the astilbe, also known as false goat’s beard or false spirea, …