Blue Mauritius Plant, Convolvulus sabatius – care and wintering

A member of the morning glory plant family, Blue Mauritius is a perennial, herbaceous summer flower with bright blue flowers. It is often cultivated in rock gardens, in tubs or as a hanging traffic light plant. The creeping plant, referred to by botanists as Convolvulus sabatius, reaches heights of between 10 cm and 50 cm, making it…

Hanging plants and traffic light plants for rooms and balconies

Hanging plants in the room allow for plant decorations in any place where it is desired. The hanging and hanging plants definitely have their advantages. Below you will find some suggestions as to the criteria you use to select and use the plants so that they optimally fulfill their tasks at their respective location. What to consider…

Plants for the north balcony: over 35 balcony flowers, herbs and vegetables

If you only have a north-facing balcony, you don’t have to do without flowers, green plants, vegetables and herbs. Because not every plant needs sun to thrive. There are also various shade plants for all varieties, which can be cultivated well on the shady and often dark north balcony. So it can also bloom and flourish on the…

Vanilla flower, heliotropium – care, propagation and wintering

The vanilla flower is for what it can do – namely to equip balconies, terraces or summery beds with a flowery and wonderfully fragrant decoration – certainly still far too little widespread here. The following article tells you everything you need to know about handling the beautiful flowering plant, in terms of care, propagation and wintering….

Flower types from A to Z – overview of popular flower types

If you are looking for flowers for the garden, you should make sure that they don’t all bloom at the same time and that all plants match in terms of color, size and design. Of course, the location is also decisive. You simply cannot plant sun worshipers on the north side of a house, they cannot develop…

Spider Flower, Cleome – Care & Propagation

When a spider flower enters the summer stage of the ornamental garden, it gladly takes on the leading role as a solitaire in colorful flower borders and imaginative cottage gardens. She also knows how to take a step back in order to fill the gap in herbaceous beds in prominent positions from July to October….

Elven spur, diascia-care and overwintering

The original home of the elven spur is South Africa, which is why it is used to a mild and temperate climate. Due to its origin, the elven spur is therefore only partially or not at all hardy and usually dies in cold temperatures. As the elven spur becomes more popular, several new hybrids and strains have…

Edellieschen, Impatiens New Guinea – care and wintering

Edellieschen are the elegant version of the hardworking Lieschen and certainly live up to this claim. Unfortunately, they do not tolerate frost at all, so that in the local regions they are mostly cultivated as annual plants. On the other hand, their light requirement is comparatively low, which makes them ideal for sprucing up even slightly shady…

Snowflake flower, sutera – care and wintering

The flowering time of the snowflake extends from May to October. I find it particularly nice that the shoots become quite long and then hang over the edge of the planter, sometimes up to 60 cm. The plant itself is only 10 to 15 cm high. Sutera cordata is native to South Africa. This flower has not been found…