Whether they are feral cats, neighborhood cats, or your outdoor cats, the last thing you want is them digging up your precious garden. If you
Fruit Trees in a Container
Fruits are an essential part of every diet, but buying produce at the grocery store or local market can get expensive. Of course, not all
Easy Flowers to Grow
There are a lot of easy flowers to grow that even the most inexperienced beginners can plant. It doesn’t matter what your level of gardening
Thorny Bushes
In the age of high-tech security systems, it’s hard to recognize any other way to protect your home. As soon as the intruder crosses the
Full Sun Plants
Growing a garden in your front or backyard can bring a lot of benefits to your life. Flowers attract birds and butterflies, bring a lovely
Invasive Plants
We all want to keep our gardens as beautiful as possible. Every year, we spend lots of hours on our knees, digging in the dirt,
Indoor Flowering Plants
Having lots of indoor flowering plants and shrubs is a great way to spruce up our homes. Flowering plants add bursts of color and fragrance
Office Plants
If you work inside an office, it’s likely that it’s more like home to you than your actual home might be. With how much time
Indoor Fruit Trees
When I was young, I dreamed of having a large yard so I could plant all kinds of fruit trees. Now that dwarf trees are
Desert Trees
Living in the desert is lovely in many ways. We get to experience a comfortable, dry climate, and we get more than our share of
Hedge Plants
Your home is your castle and is the one place where your time and privacy belongs only to you and your family. However, this enjoyment
Small Trees
We all do what we can to make our yards and gardens look their best. Our landscapes are the first things that visitors encounter, and
Fragrant Plants
When imagining the quintessential garden, we often think of color schemes, layouts, and aesthetics first. We envision rows of purple and pink flowers swathed in
Shade Loving Plants
Not everyone’s landscaping is blessed with constant direct sunlight. Sometimes, you have corners, or even entire sections, in light, dappled, or deep shade. Luckily, there
Dwarf Shrubs
Not all gardens are enormous – and even if the soil is fertile for planting shrubs and flowering plants, there remains a long list of
Deer Resistant Perennials
If you have had enough of deer or other wildlife making a meal out of your perfectly landscaped yard, it is time to invest in
Drought Resistant Plants
When you start thinking about planting drought resistant plants, the first ones that come to mind are often desert plants, including cacti, aloe, and other
Rose Bushes
Throughout history, roses and rose bushes have often been considered to be the most beautiful flowers. Poets have compared the beauty of an individual to
Perennial Herbs
There’s nothing better than having a well-designed herb garden. We all love the notion of stepping outside to gather herbs for our meal and walking
Shade Perennials
Few things can spruce up your property as nicely as some well-placed plants. However, gardening is hard work, and you might not want to have
Small Evergreen Shrubs
When you make the effort to design and plant a garden, you want to make it look as good as possible. Small evergreen shrubs are
Hard to Kill Plants
Not everyone has a green thumb or a natural talent for growing plants. If you think you were not born with this ability but want
Growing Vegetables Indoors
As winter starts to take hold, many gardeners dream of getting back outside into the sun. Winter leaves many gardeners wishing for fresh produce of
Dwarf Citrus Trees
Citrus trees are the best. They adorn the landscape with spots of brilliant greens, yellows, and oranges, they perfume the air with fruit scents, and
Small Flowering Shrubs
Keeping your home looking beautiful can sometimes be a chore. Not only do you have to contend with making your house shine both inside and
Perennial Plants that Repel Mosquitoes
As humans, we like to multitask whenever we can. If we can combine two activities and save time and effort, we consider that to be
Shade Plants for Pots
We all want a beautiful home with lots of sunny yard space for planting. A well-tended yard with lots of healthy, happy plants makes your
Low Maintenance Shrubs
We all want our homes looking as beautiful and well tended as we can, but we don’t always have time to spend in our yards
Perennial Vegetables
An edible landscape is a beautiful thing. For those of us who love fresh vegetables from our garden but don’t want to spend year after
Indoor Trees
One of the best things about indoor trees is they add color to your house while cleaning the air you breathe. While there are several
Best Low Light Indoor Plants
Are you living in a house with low-lighting that needs a tropical feel and a refreshing look? Do you want to add life indoors by
Evergreen Bushes
One of the quickest and easiest ways to add some interest to your landscape is with evergreen bushes. With shrubs, there are several varieties to
Evergreen Trees
Nothing can take your yard from dull to dazzling faster than beautiful evergreen trees. Trees and shrubs not only add aesthetic value, but can also
Perennial Flowers
Are you looking to add color to your garden all summer long? Want flowers that bloom from spring until fall? Every well-designed garden takes the
Indoor Palm Trees
Who doesn’t like palm trees? Although you can find them on sparkling beaches and other sunny destinations worldwide, it is possible to have indoor palm
Dwarf Fruit Trees
For centuries, homeowners have included fruit-bearing trees in their yards. Why? One reason is practicality because fruits have become increasingly expensive to buy. Does that
Privacy Hedges
Every homeowner wants to have some privacy at home, both inside and out. The landscape can offer another form of privacy. Building a fence of
Very Low Light Houseplants
If you have the same luck I do, then you’ve been cursed with too few south-facing windows, thus making it difficult for your houseplants to
Flowering Shrubs
Everybody loves seeing the bright colors of local wildflowers or driving past that one neighbor’s yard that is always picture perfect. You may find yourself
Fast Growing Evergreen Trees
Evergreen is a type of tree that grows year-round. The most common fast growing evergreen trees are the pine and Christmas trees. These trees tend
Privacy Plants
Do you have nosy neighbors who are getting a little too intrusive, peeking over your fence? Are you seeking a solution to stay away from
Fast Growing Trees
It is springtime once again, and in the blink of an eye the weather will be warm, and the skies will be sunny. In no
Mosquito Repellent Plants
If you grew up in a warm climate or anywhere near standing water, then you know all about the constant pain that is the mosquito.
Drought Tolerant Perennials
If you plant drought-tolerant perennials in your garden, you’ll save money and effort. You won’t have to replace them for each growing season, and you
Container Vegetable Gardening
With the approach of spring, you may be dusting off your gardening equipment and gearing up for a season of gardening. If you’ve always wanted
Grow Fruit Trees in Container
It may be below freezing in Antarctica, but you can still grow fresh fruit there. Just visit the McMurdo greenhouse to see the lemon tree
Bathroom Plants
How would it feel to take a shower in a rainforest? Or enjoy a bath in a tropical jungle? A bit of greenery can spruce
Combative Plants
Have you noticed that azaleas struggle to grow under a black walnut tree? Or that beans planted near sunflowers never flourish? Those are two examples
Ground Cover Flowers
Gardening doesn’t have to be hard. If you want to add color to your yard with minimal effort, plant ground cover flowers. They will hide
Bedroom Plants
Have you ever awakened feeling worse than when you went to bed? Are you bothered by allergy-like symptoms such as headaches, a scratchy throat, or