Radishes are often the first vegetable harvested from a spring garden. They are a cool-season crop and do not do well in the hot summer months. Radishes are grown for the root, which usually is eaten raw, alone, or in salads. The leaves can also be eaten, especially when .....
These are gorgeous tropical vines. The exotically fragrant blooms of the Rangoon creeper change color as they mature from almost white to pink and then scarlet. Free-branching perennial climber. Erect and shrub-like in youth,
Texas Red Oak is a medium to small tree, rarely growing over 75 feet, but usually 30 to 50 feet, with spreading branches. It is found on alkaline limestone and......
Root flare is the base of trunk that swells out to become buttress roots entering the soil; root collar. How do you uncover your own root flares? The simple answer is that it needs to be done very carefully. Trees too deep in the ground, ....
A good propagation medium is made up of components that provide optimum aeration, drainage and moisture holding characteristics. These are usually made up from combinations of peat moss, perlite, vermiculite, sand or similar materials. The primary role of ........
The history of the rose in America actually began, as far as we know, 40 million years ago. It was then that a rose left its imprint on a slate deposit at Florissant, Colorado. Fossilized remains from 35 million years ago have also been found in .....
The Rose Crown(AKA- Obedient Plant) has erect square stems with pairs of lanceolate, serrated leaves bear spikes six to eight inches long of pink, tubular flowers....
There has been lots of hype generated lately about the Royal Empress tree. It's one of those almost too good to be true plants, a fast growing, easy to care for, shade producing hardwood, that has cascades of beautiful flowers. It does have .....
Ryegrass is a genus of nine species of tufted grasses .Ryegrasses are used for temporary grass cover during the fall and winter months. Their quick establishment from seed makes them ideal for protection against erosion on newly prepared sites in the fall. They are also..
