The two-toothed is a very willing to bloom yellow daisy family, which is particularly popular in balcony boxes and planters. The easy-care perennial bloomer shines with flowers from early summer until well into autumn. The golden-yellow filigree flower heads are strongly reminiscent of those of daisies or cosmeuse. They grow to be one to three centimeters. There are also…
If you can look forward to regular visits from squirrels in your own garden, you may be lucky enough to have the animals start growing new walnut trees for you. It’s not uncommon for the little runabouts to bury local walnuts in the ground, which then germinate. This shows that it is ultimately not that difficult to…
The distinctive flowers stand out as a splash of red color on fields and meadows as well as on the edge of a field path or a road. – The poppy, which belongs to the poppy family, is also becoming increasingly popular in domestic gardens. The eye-catching plant reaches a size of up to 80cm and has…
With their bright green leaves and bright yellow flowers, loosestrife varieties (genus: Lysimachia) are real eye-catchers in any green space. Pennywort (Lysimachia nummularia) is particularly decorative, with its leaves being round and coin-like in shape. The herb reaches a height of 5cm and offers runners up to 50cm long, so that the plant can be used…
Whether as a pictorially formable solitary plant or an opaque hedge, the thuja is one of the most widespread ornamental trees in private front gardens and gardens. Despite intensive growth and comparatively simple care, plants keep turning from the usual rich green to brown. We explain the causes and measures to get a fresh, healthy green out…
Grasses in the tub form a green bulwark and ward off prying eyes. So that you no longer sit on the platter on the balcony and terrace, it depends on the right type and variety. Important properties are to be considered when making the selection, such as growth height and location requirements. Let yourself be inspired by 20…
If you are looking for an easy-care, robust and decorative ornamental grass for the heath or natural garden, the moor grass with a growth height of up to 200 cm is one of the favorites for every garden lover. As part of the sweet grass family, the Molinia caerulea not only enchants the wild garden or…
The blue fan flower originally comes from Australia and Tasmania, where it grows in open and dry sandy and clay soils. There it is evergreen and perennial. In Europe it hasn’t been known or available for that long. It was probably not introduced until 1989. Unfortunately it is not hardy at all. The blue fan flower is very dominant. It won’t…
The cherry laurel or, as it is botanically correctly called, the laurel cherry (bot. Prunus laurocerasus) is a popular hedge and solitary plant that has found its way into many gardens. The main reason for this is their strong growth, which leads to high and dense privacy hedges in just a few years. By cutting off the…
Clear and pure, water is the elixir of life for all plants in ornamental and kitchen gardens. Chlorinated pool water also has the status of harmless purity. This cleanliness is of course thanks to chemical disinfection. When changing the water in the swimming pool or backwashing the filter, the question arises in the home garden as to whether…