Creating a Natural Ecosystem: Beneficial Plants for Koi Ponds

There are many benefits to adding plants to your living room – not only do they brighten the room with greenery but some also help to purify the air. Whether you add one or more plants, there’s a variety to choose from for every type of living room, from architecturally impressive palms to tiny succulents.

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Read on to learn about the unique Types of Yucca Plant Varieties that can add a unique appeal to your yard and home.

There’s nothing like a beautifully planted pot to bring life to the garden in late winter. Planted in early February and positioned near the back door, colourful containers give us something to focus on and appreciate, whatever the weather.

If you don’t have a sprawling garden, then don’t let that kill your dreams of growing your own food for the family. Here are some delicious Edible Plants for Hanging Baskets that can also double up as stunning colorful additions!

39 of the Best Companion Plants for Camellias

Making new plants from cuttings gathered in your own garden is thrilling.

Not everyone has the knack to maintain a lush indoor garden, and that’s okay. If you struggle to keep your plants alive, you’re not alone. The good news is that there are a variety of hardy Indoor Plants for Black Thumbs that are virtually “unkillable.” These can take neglect like champs, and will still thrive!

Why do plants get sick? The simple answer is for lots of reasons, many of them similar to the reasons why we humans do. Take, for example, poor diet. Just as it’s one of the root causes of disease, poor growth and reduced life expectancy in humans, so it is with plants.

Isn’t every plant great in a group? Well, the answer is no. Some plants are too vigorous in their growth habits to share the stage, while others are better if put on a pedestal all their own (i.e. the focal point plants of the landscape). Today’s episode we talk about plants that are great in masses—that is to say—in groups of three or more. We have options for shade, choices for sun, and selections for those in-between exposures situations. We’ll also feature some great plants that we’ve seen grouped to perfection in gardens featured in Fine Gardening. And you don’t have to be a millionaire to group plants. Many of our suggestions are easily divided after just a year or two, providing you with multiple plants for the price of just one.

The Rocky Mountain Region is stretched over 10,000 feet in elevation change and nearly over the full longitude of the Continental United States. Within this massive spread fit more than six biomes, ranging from the grasslands and prairie edges of northern New Mexico to the alpine of Montana. Despite the impressive diversity in soil and climate, many people in the area garden on our region’s namesake: rocks.

Softening tall or craggy surfaces are situations that seldom come up in my design practice, as I work in environments that are typically rather flat. There are times, however, when level changes happen to occur on the land or are created during a construction process. I get excited when there is the opportunity to use plants that naturally cascade. This is an entirely different aesthetic from plants that climb and is more interesting than plugging in some ivy. The next time you find yourself needing a plant to spill over a wall, rock, or some other elevation change, consider one of these great cascading plants.