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Garden: Perlite is critical when growing plants in containers
Have you ever wondered what those white pellets were in your potting soil? Well, it's more important than you may know.
Gardening jobs in July: what to plant and tidy in your garden this month
The garden is looking full and lush now, with leaves as deep green as they will ever be and many of the more luxuriant ...
What you need to know about planting corn in your garden
Plus, the Pacific gum plant is a coastal, ground-hugging perennial that displays a blanket of daisies this time of year.
Time in a Garden: Think habitat
Author of the 2006 regional best-selling novel "Time in a Garden," Mary Agria is an 8-time first prize winner of the Michigan ...
Plant Doctor: Rain lilies provide color in the garden throughout the year
MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about rain lilies, podocarpus hedge, agapanthus, coonties, ligustrum, aphids and ...
Gardeners urged to use this one kitchen ingredient to save dying plants in a heatwave — and you’ll be surprised
Another top tip to protect heat-stressed plants is to add a thick layer of organic mulch to your landscaped plants in the yard. You can easily make mulch, and this provides a layer on top of your soil ...
How to Keep Grass From Growing in the Garden—So Your Plants Can Truly Thrive
Another way to keep tough grasses out of the garden is to use metal edging around the outside of the garden bed, notes ...
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5 plants to prune in July before its too late
According to Pollyanna Wilkinson, July is the perfect time to prune the all-rounder (for scent, pollinators, colour and more) of our summer gardens: lavender.
‘Huge’ watering ‘mistake’ to avoid in a heatwave or risk ‘killing’ your garden plants
As the UK battles warm weather, an expert has shared a "huge mistake" gardeners are "unknowingly" making, which is "killing" ...