For those with bee allergies or flying insect phobias, this is a guide to plants that don’t attract bees. Your garden should feel like a place of peace, and filling it with the wrong plants can turn it into a waking nightmare. While bees provide the incredibly important service of pollinating our plants and flowers, …
These must-have flowering plants that attract butterflies are sure to attract a variety of beauty to your yard, in addition to other native pollinators such as hummingbirds and bees. Some are better at drawing in a specific species, such as monarch butterflies, while many others attract a wide range of insects. Most of these plants …
Growing roses inside your home is completely doable with the right type of care and attention. Indoor Rose Care Miniature roses are the most common type of roses grown indoors. Plant your miniature roses in soil that contains loam or fertilizers. Place your potted roses near a southern or western facing window and make sure …
This raised bed update is sponsored by Miracle-Gro. Three years ago, I decided to build three really cool looking raised beds for my garden. These would be unlike anything I have ever done before. I went for not only function, but style. You can check out my original post and DIY guide here for my Metal …
Cycads are easy to take care of, fun to look at, and will surely add interest to your backyard landscape. Over two hundred million years ago, cycads could be found in every continent and made up about 20% of the world’s plants. Because they are so ancient, they are known as “living fossils.” These mighty …
The Liquidambar styraciflua, or Sweetgum tree, is a beautiful tree that comes with a few notable downsides. You can recognize this tree by its five-pointed, star-shaped leaves and green or brown fruit balls. The sweetgum tree produces a full canopy in the summer which provides plenty of shade, and deep orange, red, and yellow leaves …
Learn how to care for olive trees and turn them into a lovely, unique feature in your garden landscape that’s sure to catch the eye and spark conversation. Olive trees are not only beautiful, but they’re also perfect for adding a touch of charm and Mediterranean flair to your Californian garden. Olive trees are versatile, …
Two camphor trees grow on my block, and I love them from a safe distance. They are massive, fragrant, green year-round, and absolutely stunning shade trees. They are also vigorous growers, prolific seeders, and capable of cracking a sidewalk in half. If you live in California, especially the Sacramento Valley, you have probably seen these …
These are the best trees to plant for small yards. Having a small backyard doesn’t have to mean giving up on your dreams of a lush, colorful backyard sanctuary. It just requires a little more forethought in your choice of foliage. The solution to your small-yard is as simple as remembering that small yards require …
In order to stay healthy and grow, all plants need to absorb certain chemical elements from the soil. Some of these elements can become permanently removed from soil over time by plants, while some are removed each season. Those elements removed each season tend to be returned to the soil in the form of dropped …