The indoor fir is actually not a houseplant at all. In their homeland, the Norfolk Islands, where it is frost-free all year round and moderate temperatures occur in summer, it is a garden or park plant. The fir tree owes its name to the Norfolk fir tree from its homeland. We in Europe know this tree as a…
If a cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) is to change its location, it is relatively easy to do it yourself. A little effort is required, but can be carried out by anyone with the appropriate step-by-step instructions. Some professional expert advice will help to make the work as easy as possible, but still create an optimal base for…
Hobby gardeners have taken juniper to their hearts because it is an excellent design element for a creative garden. As an evergreen conifer, in the form of a hedge, it serves as a privacy screen and wind protection and brings variety to the appearance as a natural screen. Freezing frost impresses the juniper just as little as…
The fir tree, which comes from the mountain forests of Korea, has long since started its triumphal march in domestic gardens with its conical, spreading growth and decorative cones. The tree is considered extremely hardy. The different cultivated forms of the Korean fir not only influence the color and winding of the needles and shoots, but also…
Romantic lilac flowers, around which many colorful butterflies cavort in midsummer – anyone who owns such an ornamental shrub would certainly not want to do without their floral flowers. All the more worry is when suddenly the leaves of the buddleia curl up. The task now is to clarify the cause before taking any treatment measures. Fortunately, the…
Blue splashes of color within a lush green flower bed – with the grape hyacinth you can easily set decorative and stylish accents in the home garden. Numerous species of the plant, which belongs to the genus Muscari and the hyacinth family, originally come from the Mediterranean and Western Asia. The bright blue flowers with a white…
First of all, if you have children, a strawberry tree is actually a must. No child of herbalist parents should be denied the chance to report to school that they have a tree at home with strawberries growing on them. If not, the purchase is not a mistake. It is not for nothing that experts consider the strawberry…
The rambler roses are still a very young breed, at the beginning of the 19th century, breeders succeeded for the first time in crossing the varieties Rosa multiflora and Rosa wichuraiana into the domestic rose varieties. The Rosa multiflora was imported from China at that time, it is as many-flowered as its name suggests, the Rosa…
The rose is often referred to as the queen of the flowering family. If this queen is also supposed to climb, it grows especially with the newcomers to plant care that this queen will not be so easy to satisfy. That’s a little bit true. Especially with climbing roses, a lot of care is required when planting and…
The attributes of a lance rosette make the hobby gardener sit up and take notice. In the natural habitat in the rainforests of Brazil, it functions as an epiphyte, i.e. it sits high up in the trees. In its center there is a water cistern, often populated by small creatures and thus converted into a mini biotope. From…