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…
Category: Tubers – and bulbous plants – flower bulbs
After the long, gray, cold and rather dreary winter, the spring flowers are the first splash of color in the garden. They delight eyes and hearts with bright colors. Whether in the bed, on the lawn, in pots or boxes, the first…
The amaryllis is to be found in many households around the holiday season. Its large flowers, whose color spectrum mainly includes various shades of red, are particularly impressive. As soon as flowering is over, preparation for the next season must be started,…
The garden gloxinia belongs to the trumpet tree family and you can see that. The flowers are reminiscent of this instrument. They are available in white, or pink, and allegedly also in purple, but I haven’t found any of them. The throat of…
Begonia, also called schiefblatt, delight the enthusiastic hobby gardener as a colorful houseplant, lush balcony plant and magnificent bedding plant. Usually begonias are cultivated as perennial plants and rarely only for one season. The tuberous begonias are particularly popular, closely followed by…
The tulip (Tulipa), a member of the lily family, grows perennial and herbaceous and, depending on the variety, with heights of 10 to 70 cm. There are tulips that not only impress with their flower shape or color, but also with…
It is still an insider tip, but that is currently changing – no wonder with the many talents of the easy-care, good-mood flower that comes back by itself whenever its basic needs are met. Presentation of the star flower The…
Sometimes a capricious amaryllis does not stick to the rules and leaves without delighting us with its magnificent flowers. There is no reason to leave it at that. Even a slight misalignment in the maintenance program can cause the problem. Once the deficiency…
If daffodils have faded, the biological process inside your bulbs continues to run at full speed. So please do not ignore your lavish signs of spring at the end of the flowering period. Since the preparations for next year’s blooms are already…
In general, it is said that the hobby gardener should always cut off faded tulips quickly. The flower, withered leaves and stem should be removed. Other advisors, however, insist that, like all plants, the tulip needs time to develop seeds and should…