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April 25, 2025

Choosing the Right Fern for Your Garden

Ferns add lush greenery and texture to any space. Learn the key differences between Sun Queen, MUCHO, and Boston Ferns, plus how to choose and care for each.

Gardening Tips

March 24, 2025

Companion Planting 101: The Best Plants & Foliage to Pair with Dipladenia

Elevate your garden with stunning companion planting ideas! Add color, texture, and depth to your space with these easy, eye-catching combinations.

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Gardening Tips

March 24, 2024

Plant Disease

Good gardening practices Good gardening practices will prevent many plant diseases and deficiencies before they begin. Ensure your soil is healthy by enriching it with homemade compost and other appropriate nutrients. This builds strong plants which are more resistant to many plant diseases. Avoid planting the same crops in the same location year after year. This is especially […]

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Gardening Tips

March 24, 2024

Plant Pests

Good gardening practices Good gardening practices will deter pest problems before they begin. Insects are a natural visitor to any garden. But not all insects are bad for your plants and flower gardens. In fact, many bugs are beneficial to your garden because they eat other insects that can be a problem. However, some bugs […]

Fabulous Ferns

Gardening Tips

March 24, 2024

Sun or Shade Garden?

Select your plants and flowers accordingly Before planting in your garden, find out what areas are full sun, partial sun, shade and partial shade. You can do this by watching throughout the day and taking note of which areas of the garden are sunny or shady and for how long. When purchasing new plants, consult […]

Garden color themes

Gardening Tips

March 24, 2024

Gardening with Color

Selecting color combinations Color is probably the single most powerful garden design factor. Experimenting with annuals Annual flowering plants are the fastest least expensive, most satisfying way to achieve quantities of garden color. Almost every color, shade, and tint is available in annuals. A color wheel is a diagrammatic way of showing relationships between colors. […]

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