Archive Category: 'Garden & Plants'

• Growing Lavender: Tips: Lavender is a flowering herb that gives and gives and gives. You can use it in crafts, cooking and for medicinal purposes. If you have a garden, this is one plant I’d be making space for! Growing Lavender: Tips If given a choice, lavenders prefer ground planting rather than in a pot. However most types of lavender [...]
• Flower Preservative Recipes & Instructions: Interested in preserving flowers from your garden? Here are two different recipes & methods you can try. How To Preserve Flowers Materials Needed Fresh Flowers Floral Wire Airtight Container Plastic Bag Borax Soft Brush Flower suggestions: daisies, mums, pansies, roses, sweet peas Instructions: Remove the stems from the flowers with wire by running it through the throat of the flower and twisting it. Take the plastic bag [...]
• Propagation & Stem Cuttings: How To: While division is a simple way to create one, two, or three new plants, cuttings allow the propagator to make an infinite number. Gather together a sharp knife, moist paper towels, a cutting surface, a propagation sweatbox (either a miniature greenhouse or a homespun version — a small pot placed inside a plastic, zippered storage [...]
• Daylilies, Iris & Peonies: How To Divide & Transplant: Daylilies How Often Should Daylilies Be Divided? The old fashion orange flowering varieties are very vigorous and should be divided every couple of years to prevent over crowding. The newer varieties are not as vigorous and can be left for a longer period of time. Best Time To Divide Daylilies Division is best done in the spring and early [...]