Gardening Basics

Believe it or not but modern gardening techniques borrow a great deal from the past. Going as far back as into the Stone Age, we've passed down knowledge on the...

Most gardeners aim to have a beautiful garden that is every neighbor's envy. So, you often see scores of home gardens with the most luscious plants, some of which you...

Almost all plants can be raised by seed and it is the most important tool in nature for propagation. Plants may be raised from seed sown in the ground where...

Seed sowing is still the most legitimate, assured, and rewarding way of growing new plants. The stages of seed germination and seedling formation are the most sensitive and vulnerable stages...

Purchasing a plant requires patience. If a plant is bought too hastily, without knowing much about the product, your time, money, efforts will be wasted.A careful look at the plant...

• Growing Roses Roses are not as finicky as they are made out to be; with some basic steps they are easy to take care of. Rose care is easier...

Did you know that your favorite mango or orange varieties are not grown by seed sowing? Most of our popular fruiting & flowering plants of desirable characters like color, texture,...

Green is the color of nature, green is a way of living, in this new wave of green movement; can our good old garden manure be green?  The answer is...

A garden brimming with colorful flowers like Chrysanthemum is every gardener’s delight. A winter garden would be incomplete without these perennials often called ‘mums.’Is your garden Winter ready?Chrysanthemum is also...

Exotic flowers add a bit of tropical flavor to any garden, but it can seem that growing them can be difficult. Or at least that is the assumption. But a...

Asters are easy to grow daisy-like perennials that offer beauty to a garden. Perennial Asters are also known as ‘Michaelmas Daisy’. These star-shaped flowers are rewarding in every sense. They...

Plant growth is an entirely natural process, one that is seemingly out of our hands. As we water, fertilize, compost and watch, we can only hope that the plant grows...