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DIY Tomato Stakes
Many people who grow tomatoes use stakes to support the plants. These stakes keep the tomatoes from spreading across the ground and rotting. Worms, for example, can enter the tomatoes easily if they sit on the dirt. Gardeners should stake the plants before the tomatoes start to grow. The exact mater
Wedding Flower Ideas for a Brown & Light Blue Wedding
Consider yellow daffodils for a brown and light blue wedding.daffodil image by Christopher Hall from Fotolia.comFlowers play an important role in most weddings. With their varied hues, styles and scents, flowers are naturally expressive and can increase the emotion of any wedding day, as...
How to Use Rock as a Ground Cover to Control Your Weeds
Spreading rocks in your garden helps to discourage weeds and enhance your landscape. Rock works as a ground cover or mulch to reduce water loss, keep soil and roots insulated and control weeds by blocking sunlight and organic nutrients such as decaying leaves and debris. Artfully spread rock ground
How to Use Clay Soil
If your garden is packed with clay soil, some digging and soil amendments will greatly improve growing conditions. To determine if your soil is clay, look for puddles that are not absorbed quickly after rain and dirt that is rock hard during dry spells. When dug up, clay clumps into heavy and sticky
How to Cut Equisetum to Kill It
Equisetum, also known as horsetail, is a perennial weed with an extensive root system. The horsetail plants commonly grow in moist soil and are difficult to control with just herbicide applications. Light tillage of horsetail stands will just spread the rhizomes throughout your soil, causing rapid p
Japanese Flowering Plum Trees
Japanese plums can be large or small.Nancy Nehring/Photodisc/Getty ImagesJapanese flowering plum trees come in several different cultivars. Most are vulnerable to late frosts and should be planted where cold air can drain down and away. Plant several different cultivars of Japanese plum...
How to Germinate Chinese Pagoda Seeds
Chinese pagoda plants, also known as Chinese houses, have gorgeous purple flowers which they produce in abundance from spring to early summer. Chinese pagodas grow easily from seed and make great bed and cut flowers. They prefer shady spots or areas that receive very little sun. The plants are abund
How to Identify Diseases in My Tree
Quick identification of a tree disease can mean saving the tree with an appropriate treatment and keeping the disease from spreading to nearby trees. Identifying your tree type and then the disease type as parasitic (caused by a living organism) or nonparasitic (caused by age or environmental facto
The Best Ground Cover Plants for Shady Areas
Ground covers are low-growing, spreading plants that excel at forming shrubby blankets over the ground. These types of plants are commonly used as an unorthodox alternative to lawn grass. While many popular ground covers -- such as creeping thyme, jasmine, creeping juniper and phlox -- prefer full s
What Kind of Light Does a Hydrangea Need?
Hydrangeas grow in sunny and shady areas and survive in filtered light. If there is not enough light for grass to grow, hydrangeas will not grow there, either.
How to Make Dandelion Root Extract
Dandelion, the plant commonly labeled a weed and often ruthlessly expunged from yards, actually offers remarkable healing properties. The herbal healing tradition holds that dandelion powerfully cleanses the liver and blood, helps dissolve stones in the liver and gallbladder and aids in lowering ch
Sycamore Tree With Anthracnose Disease
The sycamore tree (Platanus occidenatlis) is extremely vulnerable to a disease known as anthracnose. Caused by a fungus with the scientific name of Apiognomonia veneta, anthracnose affects the health and the appearance of a sycamore. Anthracnose requires very specific conditions under which to sprea
How to Stop Bugs From Eating Pepper Plants
The dreaded aphid is only one of several leaf-eating insects that can take over your pepper plants and destroy your vision of an abundant pepper harvest. Dealing with chewing insects is one of the most difficult aspects of raising pepper plants, however there are a number of safe methods for getting
The Leaves Are Turning Yellow on My Boxwood
Boxwoods are common garden plants found in gardens across the U.S. The dense shrubs are used as edging, screening, hedges, specimen plants and accents. While deep green leaves signify a healthy plant, yellowing spots, marks or splotches on foliage indicate a problem. Identify the cause and rectify i
How to Make Fruit & Flower Arrangements
Fruit and flower bouquets have gained popularity in recent years because they're great gifts and are also nutritious. Read on for tips on how to make fruit and flower arrangements.
How to Use Mini String Lights for Cozy Indoor Accent Lighting
Twinkle lights, commonly used only at Christmas time, can be useful when decorating your home any month of the year. The small, clear lights can provide mood lighting in your home and create a cozy lighting effect in any room of your house. The lights are inexpensive and can be used in a variety of
How to Plant Succulents in Clay Soil
Succulents, plants that have fleshy tissues that store water, bring an air of the desert's architectural interest to the garden. They are popular for parts of the garden that are sunny and hot, often lacking irrigation, growing best in well-draining soils. Growing in clay soil requires site preparat
How to Care for a Mahogany Tree
Commonly called mahoganies, trees of the species Swietenia mahogani occur throughout the tropical region of the Americas. As cultivated trees, mahoganies will only grow in areas with a climate corresponding to the U.S. Department of Agriculture zones 10 and 11, including southern Florida, parts of C
Azaleas With Brown Leaves
Azaleas are woody shrubs available in several thousand varieties. Because of the range in azaleas, from evergreen to deciduous, brown leaves could mean several things.
About Hawaii Flowers & Trees
The islands of Hawaii have a climate ideal for a variety of beautiful tropical plants. The soil is heavy with volcanic ash, creating the perfect environment for many flowers and trees. The tropical flora of the Hawaiian islands has drawn many repeat visitors. These plants are significant to the cult