Archive for May, 2008
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Lawn and garden water sprinkler system makes the life of a gardener easier. A sprinkler system automates this entire process while eliminating the concern of whether or not your yard is getting the proper amount of water it needs. Installing a sprinkler or irrigation system for your lawn &/or garden is perhaps one of the few home improvement projects that actually makes your life much easier.
Installing sprinklers is not a difficult task if you plan, organize and prepare. You must choose the proper type of sprinkler system, design the layout, install the plumbing and connect it all together. Because most homes do not have enough water pressure to force the water through the entire sprinkler system, the system will have to be divided into “circuits.”
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
DELPHINIUM
The Clear Springs Series is derived from the popular Delphinium Pacific Giant Series but, at a height of 30-44 inches, it is considerably shorter. This is why they are sometimes referred to as Delphinium Dwarf Pacific varieties. These perennial delphiniums are cultivated as annual flowers for cutting. Seeds are planted - in greenhouses - between March and June. The seedlings are subsequently kept in the greenhouse or planted outdoors. The first flowers may be expected by mid-May. You could try it out for yourself. Sow the seeds near the surface and stand the propagator in a dark place during germination. Shelter the plants from the wind if you put them out-of-doors. Delphinium ‘Clear Springs Lavender’ bears lavender-blue flowers. The double, bright-white flowers of Delphinium ‘Clear Springs White’ are closely packed along the stems, which are often flattened at their tips. Because the stems remain shorter than those of larkspurs and are also very sturdy, the delphiniums in the ‘Clear Springs Series’ do not need supports in places sheltered from the wind.
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Flowers of the palest imaginable apricot-orange are enticingly attractive, but beware -the flowers, stems, and rough leaves have very fine hairs which prick one viciously. Those on the flower heads are worst and irritate the skin. That, in fact, is precisely the intention of this Argentinian plant, which uses them to discourage grazing animals. Caiophora is a botanical rarity that is marketed with increasing frequency by specialist seedsmen. The plant is a climber. Its hairy stems cling to any kind of support and may reach a height of 5 ft in a single growing season. Sow the warmth-loving plant indoors early in the year and do not put it outdoors in a sheltered, sunny position until the end of May. From July onwards, it will produce flowers over 1′A in wide in shades of apricot to brick-red, and sometimes whitish in color. Bees love them.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Garderners always wanted to have power garden tools because it could make their jobs easier. Power garden tools can make your long hours of jobs in the garden into minutes. That is why power garden tools have a very strong lure for many gardeners. But because most of the gardeners cannot spare extra money to buy power garden tools, so they still stick to their old tools in the garden. So giving power garden tool to a gardener is a very perfect gift. Here are some of the power garden tools that you can give as a gift to a gardener like leaf blowers, hedge trimmers, chain saws, tiller, leaf vacuums, chipper-shredders, string trimmers and many more.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
The respectable botanist Linnaeus thought the flower of this plant from south-east Asia resembled a clitoris and named the genus Clitoria. The photograph was taken on the island of Ternate in the Moluccas. It was there that botanists discovered the climber and named it after the island (and not after the tripartite leaves). In cooler climates, the plant is best known as a perennial climber for heated winter gardens. It cannot tolerate temperatures below 50 °F. More and more frequently, however, it is also treated as an annual and sown indoors early in the year. From June onwards, the plants may be put out-of-doors in a container or planted directly in the garden against a trellis. In autumn, they die off or are taken indoors. The species and cultivars are rarely on sale and the seed is expensive. Clitoria ternatea ‘Blue Sails’ has double, purple flowers; those of Clitoria ternatea ‘Ultra Marine’ are blue.
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
GARDEN ANEMONE
Although anemones form small tubers, they are grown nowadays as annuals for providing cut flowers. The species originated in Turkey. For a long time, small bouquets mostly came from southern Europe, where they were cultivated out-of- doors. Among the single-flowered types, Anemone coronaria De Caen Series was particularly well known and, among the double-flowered varieties, Anemone coronaria St Brigid Series was equally famous. Nowadays, species such as Anemone coronaria ‘Mona Lisa Deep Red’ are grown from seed in glass houses and you will find them at florists between September and May.
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
As we all know that most flowering perennials are very dependable and easy care performers. That is why maintenance is a requirement for all perennial gardens. So the question is, how can I maintain my perennial flower garden? What are the important things to do so that my perennial garden is healthy? Well of course there are tips and tricks on how to maintain your perennial garden. So here are the 8 important things to do in order your perennial garden is healthy and floriferous.
Fertilizing
Most perennial flower plants are really heavy feeders and they will be happy with one spring application of a low-nitrogen, high-phosphorus fertilizer (5-10-5). For established perennial garden, just apply a handful of fertilizer around each plant.
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
BABY’S BREATH
You do not need not look far to find something beautiful. This gypsophila, which obviously grows on walls, is a wild annual from central and eastern Europe, among other places. It is therefore fully hardy. Its gossamer-thin stems are reasonably tensile, but are bent down by the weight of the tiny flowers which, however, are borne in such quantities that the plant is covered with them. Strangely enough, it is almost impossible to buy seeds of this rewarding little plant. It forms a neat, loose tuft of delicate greenery and looks just right for hanging baskets. Plants are available from firms specializing in plants for patios and balconies, but why are there not more of them? It can’t be the growers’ fault. They market several cultivars, including Gypsophila muralis ‘Gypsy.’ Some flowers are double. Gypsophila muralis ‘Garden Bride’ is an old favorite with single flowers. Gypsophila muralis ‘Tweeny’ closely resembles the above cultivar, but is even more compact.
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Fuchsias are well known as container plants, and the small woody shrubs are overwintered indoors. Enthusiasts, as well as commercial growers, strike cuttings in early spring. They take root easily and come into flower soon afterwards. The mass-produced plants find their way to the containers and hanging baskets of consumers who normally allow the plants to freeze to death in autumn.
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
In making a home garden landscaping is like a painter that is painting his masterpiece. The painter puts all his attention, time and effort to his work with all his heart so that he can produce a beautiful painting. This is also like gardening, you will put all your attention, your time and your effort to make a beautiful and attractive home garden landscaping.
Making a home garden landscaping is difficult but if you put your heart on it, you can do it. In a gardeners point of view, a landscaped garden has a life on its own. But the design and the outcome of the home garden is up to the owner. Growing a beautiful garden is more than planting trees all over and then calling it a garden. But there are some factors that directly affects the design of your home garden landscaping. Here are some of the factors that affects your home garden landscaping design.
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
COMMON MALLOW
The common mallow is a native perennial in The Netherlands, but its widest distribution is in countries farther south. Here, it is marginally hardy and the vulnerable cultivars are therefore grown mainly as annuals. Because it takes about four months for the seedlings to come into flower, commercial growers sow very early in the year and can therefore supply flowering plants by the end of May. The flowers are about 1V2 in wide. If you sow the seeds yourself, the plants usually come into flower in late summer, but they will go on flowering for much longer. The plant continues to grow while it is in flower, and, depending on its position, ultimately reaches a height of 3-5 ft. It does best in loose, warm, and nutritive soil.
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