Starting Difficult Seeds
Expert gardeners often seem like magicians, and today I’ll teach you their tricks so you can look like an expert, too!
Category: Landscape Plant Material
Roses: Pruning & Care
If you’re intimidated by roses, avoiding growing them in your home garden, this article is made for you.
Houston Rose Society Fertilizer Recipe
Gaye Hammond Secret Rose FertilizerRecipe per 1 standard rose (use half for miniature roses) 1 cup alfalfa meal (or alfalfa pellets)1 cup cottonseed meal1 cup fish meal1/2 cup bone meal1/2 cup blood meal1/4 cup Epsom Salt (technical grade is cheaper than USP/food grade)
Propagating Herb Cuttings in Water
Ever wondered how you can get one plant to turn into multiple? It’s not magic. It’s propagation! Find out the easiest way to multiply your herb plants.
Propagation Methods
You don’t need a huge text book or expert level education in order to propagate plants. It’s actually quite simple!
Tour with The Ground Up
Tour with a Houston, Texas Green Waste Recycling Facility, The Ground Up
Composting Methods, Cost Comparisons, and Earthworms. Oh My!
Have you Tried Composting with the Hügelkultur or Lasagna Gardening Metho
Easy and Affordable Composting
Simple introduction to composting. Great guide for new gardeners. You’ll get my “no-no” and “yes” list for composting materials and an easy way to start today.
Lemon Balm Eucalyptus
A review of Lemon Balm Eucalyptus in the HDG Test Garden, a 2 acre site devoted to testing plants in Houston, Texas.
Lantana
Today let’s talk about a flowering plant that is native to the tropical Americas. The Purple Training Lantana and New Gold Lantana, or Lantana montevidensis and Lantana x ‘New Gold’ respectively, are outstanding examples of the Lantana family. The Purple Training flourishes in USDA Zones 8-10, while the New Gold…