Depending on the size of your garden and lawn, there are various tools and equipment available to you to properly trim the lawn edges. You can avoid or at least delay the pruning of lawn edges with clever planning when laying the lawn. Lawn edges and stones made of plastic, metal, rubber and also reading stones reduce…
For many gardeners, a well-tended lawn is the icing on the cake for their property. The foundation stone for a splendidly growing green area is laid at the time of sowing. Whether new planting or reseeding: Autumn with its mild temperatures is the ideal season for the lawn. With the right planning and preparation, you will soon be…
A hedge around your own garden or property often serves as a privacy screen. But even if the hedge is to be relatively high, it must be cut regularly every year. In such a case, the question quickly arises whether the hobby gardener has the right equipment and the time to carry out such a cut himself,…
Poinsettias are winter plants and only show their graceful red leaves with small flowers in the cold season. Then they are usually disposed of, but this does not have to be, because the poinsettia is a perennial plant if it is properly “summered”. Care requires a little patience and skill, but with a lot of tact the…
Most cultivars of the Hibiscus syriacus are not only characterized by their special, external shape, but also by a particularly lush and long bloom. The mallow family fascinates with its exotic, unusual flower shape in many colors. Despite all the exoticism, you can also plant a hibiscus tree in our field, there are some quite hardy varieties….
Fast-growing shrubs bring floral dynamism to creative garden design. Within a short time they stage themselves as solitary room creators, form an opaque hedge or set decorative accents in the tub on the balcony. A whole group of magnificent trees is characterized by a rapid growth rate, paired with beautiful flowers, bright fruit decorations or colorful autumn…
The Bornholm marguerite is also known as the cape marguerite. These brightly colored composites are popular summer planting for window boxes and pots. But they also cut a fine figure outdoors, in front of green hedges or in the front part of the storage bed. She needs a little care for a long and abundant flowering period. If you…
When growing tomatoes outdoors, we have to bend to the laws of nature, because their sensitivity to cold only allows annual cultivation. In their sun-drenched, warm habitats, however, tomato plants thrive as perennials, as there are no limits to their growth due to frost and lack of light. The desire for several years of cultivation is within…
The tree hazel from Asia Minor and Southeastern Europe is a robust tree that has been used in central Europe in extensive parks and to fortify slopes since the 16th century. The fruits, which are not unlike the local hazelnut, stand out particularly striking. As a pioneer plant, Corylus colurna requires little maintenance. If you want to cultivate…
If daffodils have faded, the biological process inside your bulbs continues to run at full speed. So please do not ignore your lavish signs of spring at the end of the flowering period. Since the preparations for next year’s blooms are already being made, the care program will continue for some time, although the flowers have all…