The subshrub Helianthemum, better known as sun rose, is one of the species of plants that keep gardening enthusiasts enjoying their hobby. During their flowering period from May to September or October, they align their glowing calyxes with the sun as soon as the thermometer exceeds the 20 ° mark. In the dark, cold and wet, they…
The creative hobby gardener brings abundance to the design of his garden with ornamental grasses. In the form of hardy perennials, they enrich the appearance of the plant all year round. There is a wide range of ornamental grasses to choose from, from ground-covering plants to ornamental, tall cultivated forms. There are suitable ornamental grass varieties for almost…
Room linden trees are stately leafy plants that come from South Africa and which can reach a height of up to three meters in rooms and are very decorative. The room linden is particularly pretty between January and April when it blooms. Then numerous white flowers appear on long-stemmed umbels. The room linden (Sparmannia africana) impresses with its…
The Dipladenia – this also includes the Mandevilla or Sundaville – comes from South America and belongs to the dog poison family (Apocynaceae). It is cultivated as a terrace plant in our regions and impresses anyone who looks at it in the summer months. There are over 100 different types of it, but these include the original…
Beech hedges are one of the most popular types of hedges. These deciduous hedges, some of which retain their leaves in winter, are used as opaque privacy screens and at the same time as a decorative border to the neighboring property. Both hornbeam and red beech are suitable for a beech hedge. Both have no special requirements and…
Evergreen climbing plants are quite rare. Most of the climbing plants lose their foliage in autumn. With some plants, the leaf-free period is quite short, because the leaves stick for a long time, sometimes until the new shoots. However, the condition is usually a sufficiently moist soil. Hardy evergreen climbing plants Akebia, a very beautiful climbing plant, is…
Cat grass is a name for different grass-like plants. Owners of indoor cats know the pots of fresh green grass that four-legged friends love to nibble on. In the trade, these plants are specially declared as cat grass, but they are also available as a mixture for self-sowing. The cat grass usually only costs a few euros, but…
Hardy flowering shrubs play an important role in garden design. They are decorative, very easy to care for and can transform the garden into a true flower paradise. They come in different sizes and growth forms, deciduous and evergreen, with small and large, single and double as well as more or less fragrant flowers. But which flowering and…
If a cherry laurel is weakened, leaves are colored unusually, holes can be seen in them, leaves look sticky, or if it is simply not what it was before, then there is probably a problem with a disease or a parasite. Hobby gardeners should then quickly take measures and find out what the causes are so…
Anyone who puts a small coffee plant on the windowsill would like to accompany it for years as it grows, to care for it as well as possible away from the tropics. To top it all off, white flowers and red cherries should follow after a few years. If you get brown leaves instead, you will be…