The fir tree, which comes from the mountain forests of Korea, has long since started its triumphal march in domestic gardens with its conical, spreading growth and decorative cones. The tree is considered extremely hardy. The different cultivated forms of the Korean fir not only influence the color and winding of the needles and shoots, but also…
Gray-white spots, brown discoloration or fungus-like deposits – the facets of powdery mildew and downy mildew are diverse. Every hobby gardener who discovers this disease in his plants knows that the plant needs immediate treatment. In order to get the symptoms under control, in addition to conventional fungicides, naturopathic approaches and home remedies are available that can…
Experience has shown that when the first rays of sunshine lure the hobby gardener outside again, vast amounts of garden waste accumulate. Expelling hedges and trees now want to be cut back and removed from the old leaves. So what could be more obvious than lighting your own Easter fire in the garden, in keeping with the…
Romantic lilac flowers, around which many colorful butterflies cavort in midsummer – anyone who owns such an ornamental shrub would certainly not want to do without their floral flowers. All the more worry is when suddenly the leaves of the buddleia curl up. The task now is to clarify the cause before taking any treatment measures. Fortunately, the…
Blue splashes of color within a lush green flower bed – with the grape hyacinth you can easily set decorative and stylish accents in the home garden. Numerous species of the plant, which belongs to the genus Muscari and the hyacinth family, originally come from the Mediterranean and Western Asia. The bright blue flowers with a white…
First of all, if you have children, a strawberry tree is actually a must. No child of herbalist parents should be denied the chance to report to school that they have a tree at home with strawberries growing on them. If not, the purchase is not a mistake. It is not for nothing that experts consider the strawberry…
The rambler roses are still a very young breed, at the beginning of the 19th century, breeders succeeded for the first time in crossing the varieties Rosa multiflora and Rosa wichuraiana into the domestic rose varieties. The Rosa multiflora was imported from China at that time, it is as many-flowered as its name suggests, the Rosa…
The rose is often referred to as the queen of the flowering family. If this queen is also supposed to climb, it grows especially with the newcomers to plant care that this queen will not be so easy to satisfy. That’s a little bit true. Especially with climbing roses, a lot of care is required when planting and…
Fruit trees are shallow roots and this is where the challenge lies in finding suitable planting. Because of their superficial roots, they compete directly with many plants. Deep roots in particular hardly stand a chance around the tree grate of an apple tree or a cherry. The tree slice does not have to remain bare, because there are…
They are often mistakenly mistaken for their own genus of ants, although ants with wings are nothing more than sexually mature males and females on their wedding flight. In the local regions it usually starts from mid-May that the flying ants swarm out. Up until this point in time, they were looked after by the workers in…