Common broom suits most gardens. The plants with bright yellow flowers are particularly eye-catching, but there are also other very beautiful flowering varieties. Plant care is easy. They hardly need water and no fertilizer. You can cut, but you don’t have to. You have to be careful that the plant does not multiply too much, firstly through self-sowing and also…
When the lilac is sick, the lilac friend is sick too, emergency pruning is painful. Not for the lilac, plants don’t feel pain (evolutionally pointless, plants can’t flee from predators). With normal lilacs, however, radical pruning remains the exception; otherwise healthy plants can usually be kept below the damage threshold with little effort. It is only with the lilac…
Lilacs were somewhat forgotten, considered boring and unsuitable for modern gardens. A lot has been bred and experimented with in recent decades, and numerous new varieties have come onto the market. These not only impress with their great scent, but also with new flower colors, double flowers, two-tone flowers and a long flowering period. These varieties will definitely…
multiply lilacs? Possible and maybe not a problem: the original (wild) form of the lilac can do it all by itself and even more with the help of the gardener. It can be different with the noble lilac – sometimes it is grown ungrafted, but changed during breeding in such a way that it can no longer…
As a bright yellow herald of spring, forsythia has won a permanent place in the hearts of hobby gardeners. As is well known, their lavish bloom signals the end of the cold, dark season. So that the great appearance of this magnificent ornamental shrub is not impaired, knowledgeable hobby gardeners cut back the forsythia every 2 to…
Powder puff bushes not only have beautiful flowers to offer, their leaves are also worth seeing. They open and close in the day and night rhythm. The plants like it warm and bright, but not so much in the midday sun. It is important that the potting soil never dries out, this does not harm the roots. However, too…
In autumn, the summer spar first turns its foliage a deep reddish brown before it sheds its leaves. But even in winter, the shrub contributes to the beautification of the garden due to its dense growth. The filigree red-brown twigs are particularly attractive when fine ice crystals form on them or a thin layer of snow remains…
The summer tamarisk is a southern-looking shrub that delights with its pink-red flowers and abundance of flowers. The plants are easy to care for and very drought resistant. They can grow 2 to 5 m high and about 3 m wide. Depending on the location and care, the plants grow up to 50 cm per year. They look best…
A magical aura surrounds the deadly nightshade, probably the most famous poisonous plant in the world. In fact, its jet black berries are extremely toxic, followed by all other components of the mysterious ornamental shrub of the nightshade family. It would be easy to forego the cultivation of an Atropa belladonna if it weren’t for the beautiful…
To say it straight away: feather poppy is not suitable for all gardens, because this perennial needs space. Not only enough space to show off well, but also to be able to spread out. If she is not granted this space, she can quickly overgrow all her neighbors. Unfortunately, it has somewhat discredited its ability to spread quickly. That…