The large family of spurge plants inspires hobby gardeners all over the world with convincing attributes such as frugality, location flexibility and undemanding care. The Euphorbia obesa is no exception. The little green ball looks so amazingly like a cue ball that it’s often referred to as baseball spurge. Of course, this does not detract from their cult…
Are you looking for new trees for your garden, maybe even a house tree, and would you like to plant deciduous trees that are something special? The service tree is a good candidate in this case. In the following article you will learn a lot about planting and caring for the almost forgotten “Sorbus torminalis”. plant…
Elf flowers are the true beauties of the shade perennials. Between copses and under trees, they cover the space with a dense carpet of leaves. The graceful flowers float like little elves on the delicate heart-shaped canopy. Depending on the species, the leaf ornamental shrub can reach a height of 15 to 30 centimeters. True jewels in the…
If you’re a pond owner or enjoy being in nature, you’ve probably stumbled upon frog spawn at some point. The egg accumulations of amphibians can be recognized immediately by the enclosing egg jelly, which, depending on the species, holds between 50 and 10,000 eggs, from which numerous tadpoles can develop. Here you can learn how development, rearing…
Mirabelles belong to the plum species. The trees usually grow sprawling and shrubby. So that Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca offers long-lasting good yields, the tree needs the right care as well as the right pruning. If pruning errors are caused or the annual pruning is omitted entirely, then this is at the expense of the development of flowers, and…
Large umbels of flowers in numerous colors make the hydrangea an extremely popular plant for the garden and balcony. In order for the decorative hydrangea, as the hydrangea is also called, to survive even harsh winters, it needs a little extra care. And the right winter quarters. If the flowering plant is offered these amenities, it will reward…
It is one of the most popular bedding and balcony plants. Outdoors, it blooms tirelessly from May until the first frost. The ice begonia with the botanical name Begonia semperflorens from the Schiefblatt family is a real carefree flower, because as a houseplant it even delights gardeners all year round with its countless flowers. The only thing the…
The successful cultivation of a Columnea is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of the ambitious hobby gardener. The demands of a column go well beyond the normal level and require daily attention and sensitivity in maintenance. But isn’t it just such challenges that make hobby gardening so appealing? The following instructions on planting, care and propagation would like…
The wood anemone ‘Anemone nemorosa’, which is also known colloquially as witch flower or forest anemone, belongs to the anemone genus and the buttercup family. It grows as a herbaceous, ground-covering, perennial and spring-green perennial that reaches a height of between 10 and 20 cm. This plant forms an underground, creeping, 30 cm long rhizome, from the…
Green caterpillars are masters of camouflage. Skillfully they live in secret to devote themselves to the intake of food. At first glance, the viewer rarely sees which butterfly is hiding behind this inconspicuous appearance. This guide provides active help to reliably identify green caterpillars with a picture. Welcome to a tour of 10 domestic caterpillars from A, like evening…