The sweet violet, or Viola odorata, as it is botanically named, lives up to its name. In early spring and late summer, the flowers give off an intense scent that is even used in perfume. In addition, Viola odorata is an undemanding plant that requires very little care in the right location and can become a permanent…
Like all date palm species, the Phoenix roebelenii – the dwarf date palm – is very popular as a robust houseplant. The name “dwarf date palm” is no coincidence, as the small plant reaches a trunk height of just 1 meter. The compact growth of the palm from Laos is compensated by its fine-feathered fronds, which can…
For many hobby gardeners, it is not just a job to be done, but much more a satisfaction to start the lawnmower and trim the lovingly tended lawn to a uniform length. It is all the more annoying when the lawnmower engine stutters instead of the usual sonorous hum of the single cylinder. However, with knowledge of…
They enrich every garden with their blossoms and colors, from summer to late autumn. They are the divas among garden beauties. If you give them enough attention in the form of regular care, they will reward you with an enchanting splendor of flowers. We are talking about dahlias, the popular bulbous plants that reach a height of up…
At Halloween they are back in the house entrances or on the terraces and sparkle creepily. The hollowed-out pumpkins in autumn, which are also becoming increasingly popular in this country. However, the vegetables do not keep for long if they are not properly prepared and can become moldy or dry up. To avoid this, there are a few…
The bougainvillea is rightly popular, it “can” bush and bonsai, standard tree and shrub, climbing plant and wall climber, and above all lots of flowers. They may not be real flowers (the article reveals what they are), but they are really extraordinary with their bright colors and triangular shape. So extraordinary that the triplet is also called…
It is not necessarily one of the common trees for bonsai culture. Nevertheless, it is perhaps precisely this circumstance that tempts the experienced hobby gardener to choose the Peruvian pepper tree, to shape it according to the old, Far Eastern garden art. In the wild, the evergreen tree reaches a height of more than 10 meters. In the…
In earlier times, the parsnip enjoyed the same popularity in our latitudes as the potato does today. The winter vegetable is easy to grow and very nutritious due to its high starch and sugar content. Over the centuries, however, parsnips have been supplanted by potatoes in home cooking and gardens and have largely been forgotten. With the increasing…
A butterfly bush, bot. Buddleja davidii, you can love for two things: for the colorful panicle flowers and for the magnificent butterflies that it attracts with its scent. A cut can provide more of both. It attracts many new shoots to the shrub, which are followed by flower buds in summer. The right time and mastering the types of…
No beautiful garden can do without shrubs. Each species offers us something precious: decorative foliage, beautiful flowers or delicious fruit. But time and again they get out of shape, or their “performance” decreases over time. That is why there is usually no way around the scissors. We tell you when you should cut which shrubs so that it thrives…