The nightshade family represents a large plant family, well staffed with multi-faceted characters. Some representatives are literally on everyone’s lips every day, such as potatoes and tomatoes. Other members of the family go unrecognized because they are rarely identified as Solanaceae, like petunias. With a few exceptions, the nightshade family has one attribute in common: under certain circumstances,…
A plum tree can live for several decades. However, its fruit shoots age quickly. After just a few years, they are so exhausted that the yield decreases noticeably. If you don’t want to do without the delicious fruit, you have to stimulate the plum tree to form new fruit wood in good time. This is done by appropriate cutting…
Like so many plants, the Montbretia also have numerous other names, which often cause confusion among hobby gardeners. About 100 years ago, the delicate beauties were traded under the name Montbretia Aura. It was later renamed to the Latin name Crocosmia, which is common today. The old garden plants, which were already very popular in grandmother’s time, belong…
The corydalis (Corydalis) are herbaceous plants that include both annual and perennial species. Their outlasting or storage organs are fibrous tubers or bulbous, fleshy rhizomes, from which the stems then grow. These can grow erect or creeping, as well as simple or branched. These plants reach heights of growth of up to 30 cm and widths of up…
Anyone who describes the liver balm from the daisy family as a filler is doing this versatile and persistently flowering plant an injustice, because it is a true all-rounder. Depending on the variety, it grows between 10 cm and 70 cm in height, so that it looks just as good in the perennial border as it…
A wide variety of dishes can be refined with kitchen herbs. That is why they should not be missing in any garden or on any windowsill. They can be used both fresh and dried. All herbs mentioned can be cultivated both indoors in pots and outdoors. They can be sown and partially propagated by cuttings or root suckers. In most…
Putting crab claws in the garden pond is a pretty good idea, even if the name doesn’t sound like it at first. Water aloe in the garden pond sounds much better. In fact, the Stratiotes aloides affects the health of the ecosystem in the garden pond in much the same way that the real aloe affects the…
The annual, herbaceous cornflower with its bright blue flower head is one of the typical symbols of summer. It adorns the garden from May until late autumn. Before the farmers drove them out of the grain fields, they swayed in the gentle summer wind together with poppies and chamomile. Their coloring is no longer limited to the bright…
A magnificent specimen is the amaryllis with its flowers at Christmas time. With the high-stemmed plant, however, there is a risk that the leaves will buckle. Care errors on bent leaves are mainly responsible. The plant expert gives ideas on what to do in this case and how to prevent twisting in the future. need for action If…
One of the most important factors for a successful harvest from the vegetable garden when planting is the division into pre-, main and post-culture, which is summarized under the name “crop rotation”. For this purpose, a planting plan must be drawn up, which is based on the needs of the individual plants so that they do…