Garden Shade Cloth Buying Guide and How to Use It A shade cloth can be a blessing in disguise for your garden in more ways that you would imagine. You need keep the garden free of weeds, dried leaves and protect your plants from damage due to excessive sunlight or other attacks. What is a…
Applying garden mulches is one of the practices you can do in the garden that is easy and beneficial. What does Mulch do? Organic Mulch Organic mulches decompose slowly with the additional benefit of improving the soil. Organic matter releases nutrients, helps keep soil loose, and encourages worms and organisms. It improves root system growth,…
Garden greenhouses will help to lengthen the growing season of the gardening year. It can turn the later part of winter into spring and extend the summer months in autumn. This really is the main reason for having greenhouses. Any gardener who is keen to grow food will see that buying a greenhouse is a…
A Must Have of Basic Garden Tools from the Garden Center Maintaining a good garden is not just about investing time and energy, but also knowing how to use the right tools for the best results. Always ensure that you have a decent collection of essential garden tools for best results. If you are new…
Avoid Full Sun Perennials Plants when you Design a Shade Garden The terms concerning the lighting conditions for plants are quite variable. There is no distinct definition of shade, as well as full sun. But usually full sun is defined as location where the plants will receive six to eight hours of sunshine a day….
Facts about Foxglove Plants and Flowers The Foxglove plant is one that I would recommend for any garden, and it favors areas in shade. The name ‘Foxglove’ is rather interesting – it is a distortion of the words ‘folks gloves’ as these plants were said to be the source of gloves for the ‘little folk’… the…
Forget Me Nots flowers are generally biennials, but there are some varieties that can be perennial. The varieties that are biennial will generally be easy to maintain over the years as they tend to self-sow, so propagation is not a problem once you establish them in your garden. These are highly recommended and extremely popular shade…
Foamflower (common name for Tiarella) can be a perfect plant for any garden and was originally a wild flower native to woodland natural settings. It is a hardy perennial plant, requires a rich moist soil and easily spreads to form a wonderful groundcover carpet. Foam Flower/ Tiarella usually reaches up to ten or even twelve…
Ferns are a group of plants from the dawn of time and are extremely successful in different climates and regions. Fern plants grow all over the world. No matter what your temperate zone or climate, you will be sure to find species that are adapted to, and will grow well, in your environment. They can…
The Prolific Copper Shield fern (Dryopteris erythrosora var. prolifica) is suitable for any aspect sheltered shaded gardens, in towns and cities, cottage and rock gardens, in beds and borders. Prolific Copper Shield fern – D. erythrosora var. prolifica This evergreen to semi-evergreen fern originated in Japan. In five to ten years it will achieve mature…