Columnar yews are ideal both as hedge plants and as solitaires in the garden. Although the trees grow slowly, you have little work with them and lifelong joy. Yews also sprout again from the old wood, which makes them ideal topiary trees. They do not bare from the inside, as is the case with many other conifers. Yew trees…
It’s not the flowers, but the gorgeous leaves that explain the popularity of hostas. The decorative foliage plants from Asia are also known as sweetheart lilies. They belong to the hosta plant genus. A variety of crossings and variations are commercially available. Hardly any hobby gardener can resist these impressive foliage colors. When is the best time to plant hostas…
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…
Hostas are pretty, easy to care for and a great design element for any garden. To be more precise: for almost every garden! Because there may be one or the other who cannot offer this perennial a suitable location. However, this is a decisive factor for their development. It is about the life-giving sun. The hosta would like to hide…
With bright yellow flowers from May to October and a very intense, pleasant smell, the spice bark is becoming more and more enchanting in local gardens. However, since it is not hardy, the bush or standard stem originally from South America is ideally cultivated in a bucket. So it can be brought to a sheltered, frost-free location…
Callisia repens is a herbaceous perennial plant bearing a multitude of small, fleshy leaves. The Creeping Upholstery is not very demanding when it comes to caring for it, so it is also suitable for beginners who do not have a green thumb. The plant doesn’t like something, it can be recognized immediately because it changes the color…
Fascinating contrasts meet on a Senecio barbertonicus ‘Himalaya’. Long, round, pointed, evergreen leaves thrive on succulent, thick-fleshed shoots. This massive appearance is cushioned by a delicate stature with a height of 20 cm. After the yellow cup flower has withered, filigree, white crowns of hair are enthroned on the fruiting plant, which gave the groundsel its name. This exotic…