The midday gold opens its colorful flowers only on sunny days between late morning and early afternoon. This behavior gave the Gazanie, which originally came from South Africa, its German name. On cloudy days and when it rains, the flowers of the sun-hungry flower remain closed. The color variations range from creamy white, pink and pink to shades…
It is the plants that give the garden its abundance and vitality. The most enchanting include all those who spread rich impressions with their flowers, colors and scents. The perennials that return year after year are exceptionally valuable. They give the garden its face. Garden design has been experimenting for a number of years: a new color scheme has…
Chives, Allium tuberosum, is also known as Chinese chives, Knolau or garlic-chives and belongs to the genus leek. Its external appearance is reminiscent of chives, with its approximately 30 cm long leaves with 1.5 to 8 mm being significantly wider than those of the chives. In terms of taste and aroma, it is similar to conventional garlic,…
If you like the juicy, sweet mulberries and are looking for an imposing tree for the garden at the same time, you will find it with a mulberry tree. This grows as a deciduous shrub or tree to lofty heights of 6 to 15 meters. The hardy mulberry tree can get very old in the right location…
They can be found on almost every bank and offer numerous other plant and animal species a protected habitat, we are talking about cattails (Typha). There is hardly a lake in the park or a bank on a water course on which the characteristic cylindrical inflorescences from the cattail family cannot be recognized from a distance. The…
A natural stone wall is exactly the right thing for any property on which you want to create a durable, natural-looking and visually extremely attractive wall. Here you can find out what costs you will have to pay, what preparation is recommended and you will receive instructions on how to build your own natural stone wall….
Koi carp are considered lucky charms, and they are trusting, friendly fish that should really develop a kind of relationship with “your people”. For some years now, the beautiful fish have been gaining more and more fans here in Germany, which is why there are pond building instructions on how you can build your own koi…
If you can never get enough of the pink dream red currant meringue cake or love (real, homemade) red fruit jelly, want to make your own cassis or have harvest-hungry children, you need currants in your garden. No problem, the currant bushes are among our most unproblematic fruit trees, and here you can find out everything…
The flowers of the Pasque Flower, also called Pasque Flower, are delicate and bell-shaped and show an exciting color contrast between the outer, purple to violet shining petals and the inner, rich, yolk-yellow stamens. In the lower area and on the outside of the petals, the pasque flower has acquired “a fur” to allow water to…
In the kitchen garden, the imposing habit of the horseradish immediately catches the eye. In the typical cottage garden, it is part of the indispensable standard range. However, it is not their up to 60 cm large, lush green leaves or their wonderfully fragrant, snow-white flowers from May to July that make horseradish so popular, but rather…