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Pruning old hedges is something you can do with a variety of different tools, including a chainsaw. Prune old hedges with help from a certified horticulturist in this free video clip.
The work variegated means that there is more than one color in a single leaf. Thicken variegated boxwood hedges with help from a certified horticulturist in this free video clip.
Whether you're looking for a way to truly amp up your footwear collection or if you've been wondering about some of the reductive detailing in your shoes, shift your shoe focus toward cutouts. From the removal of pieces of your shoes purely for its aesthetic value to those moments when parts of your shoes have been taken out for a utilitarian purpose, the world of cutouts makes footwear all the more interesting and just might make your ensemble that much more eye-catching.
Imagine growing a houseplant that not only takes care of itself, but also cares for the health of you and your family. This describes the airplane plant (Chlorophytum comosum), also called spider plant. This South African native made NASA’s list of plants that help reduce indoor air pollution, specifically for its ability to remove formaldehyde from the air. The lilylike leaves and easy-care nature of the airplane plant make it a favorite houseplant, although it can be safely grown outdoors in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11. To top it off, airplane plants reproduce prolifically, with…
Golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii) is a large showcase cactus for desert-themed gardens. This slow-growing cactus eventually reaches 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11. The pale green cactus produces vertical rows of 3-inch-long gold spines. In the summer, small yellow blossoms appear in a circle on top of the cactus. Plant the golden barrel cactus in groups of three or more to add greater drama to your low-water landscape.
Popular as a houseplant since Victorian times, Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata "Bostoniensis") has long, drooping, graceful fronds that make it suitable for hanging baskets and containers. It has a number of more frilly and feathery varieties with more finely divided or crested leaves. Boston fern grows outdoors in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8b through 11. Ferns are an ancient group of plants, the Pterophyta, that originated 300 to 400 million years ago. They were common throughout the Jurassic Period when dinosaurs roamed the earth and are still plentiful.
A sturdy, nearly indestructible plant, Hindu rope plant (Hoya carnosa “Argentea Picta”) is at its best planted in containers where the plump, curled, contorted leaves hang over the sides of the pot. A cold-tender perennial most often grown as a houseplant, Hindu rope plant grows outdoors in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10b through 11. Propagate Hindu rope plant by taking leaf cuttings between spring and midsummer.
Planting bare root raspberries gives you really nice foliage and really delicious fruit throughout the season. Plant bare root raspberries with help from the owner of Eden Condensed, a small space garden design in Los Angeles, California, in this free video clip.
A mum by any other name -- be it Dendranthema, Tanacetum or Leucanthemum -- is still a chrysanthemum, hardy from U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zone 3 through zone 8 depending on species. Botanical names can be a confusing mixture of Latin, Greek and forgotten botanist’s names, but there are several reasons not only to pay attention to botanical names but also to learn how to use them.
A common trait unifying all plants is their need to photosynthesize for energy production and sustenance -- leaves of all sizes perform this basic and critical function. However, varying locations with wildly different climates dictate leaf size, from huge, elephant-shaped leaves searching for sunlight to tiny leaves exposed to full sunlight most of the year.
You never want to put your tulips into the ground too early or you'll have to deal with predators. Learn about the ideal planting depth for red tulips with help from a garden professional in this free video clip.
Variously called "Ruby Ball," "Red Cap Cactus," "Moon Cactus" or "Hibotan" (Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. friedrichii "Rubra" graft), this brightly colored plant results from grafting two different species of cactus together. The top part, the scion, can't live on its own, since it lacks chlorophyll, and it is essentially a parasite on the bottom rootstock plant. To grow the plant successfully you need to consider the growing requirements of both the scion and the rootstock.
A member of the large Capsicum annuum group of sweet and hot peppers, heavy-yielding banana peppers -- sometimes called yellow Hungarian wax peppers -- have been grown in Central and South America since pre-Columbian times. Perennial in warm climates, they are typically grown as a garden annual. The peppers have some of easiest seeds to pick and save, and they keep for up to three years.
Different kinds of shorts are all available to service different body types, among other qualities. Learn about different kinds of shorts with help from the owner and creative director for Ose in this free video clip.
It seems as if there are as many ways to plant a bare root rose as there are rose experts. Rosarians have a number of concoctions they suggest putting in the planting hole, and many of these contain bone meal to provide phosphorous for the plant’s growing roots. Considering that roses have done just fine for millions of years without human intervention, it’s safe to say a bare-root rose generally doesn’t require bone meal at planting. There is an exception, however, and if your soil requires phosphorous, an alternative to bone meal exists.
With its clusters of fragrant, brightly tinted flowers, garden phlox (Phlox paniculata) makes a colorful addition to sunny areas of the garden. Also known as summer, hybrid or tall phlox, this perennial thrives in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 3 through 9. When shopping for this plant, you'll often find a collection plants or seeds labeled as a tall hybrid phlox mixture. If planted and cared for properly, this mixture will provide your garden with flowers each summer.
Spring is the perfect time to divide and plant perennial plants. Cooler air temperatures and moist soil create the ideal environment for plants root systems to quickly establish themselves. Transpiration, or loss of water from the plants leaves, is lessened during the spring months since most perennial plants are just emerging from the ground. Cool air temperatures, moist soil and less transpiration means a greater chance of successful plant establishment.
Perennial plants survive winter and live more than one year. Some are tender perennials that live only a couple of years while others are hardier and can live for decades. A perennial's root system is a key element in determining whether or not the plant will keep coming back year after year because the roots store nutrients to help the plant survive dormant seasons.
There are many different kinds of craft necklaces for you to select based on your needs and desires. Learn about different kinds of craft necklaces with help from a high school art teacher in this free video clip.
When hedging with buxus, you're always going to want to keep a few very integral design tips in ind. Hedge with buxus with help from a gardening professional in this free video clip.
Concealer is a good tool to use if you don't want to wear a lot of foundation or if you need to spot treat problem areas on your skin. Learn how to create an even skin tone with concealer.
When pruning red cana plants, you're going to want to take great care to make sure that you don't damage the actual plants themselves. Prune red cana plants with help from an experienced professional gardener in this free video clip.
Gardeners living in warm and arid conditions can plant a variety of succulents that should thrive in a sunny landscape. Senecio serpens -- also called blue chalk sticks -- gets this name because the vertical foliage of the plant resembles pieces of chalk. This energetic ground cover needs little care after it establishes in a growing area. Plant blue chalk stick succulents in a landscape and it will spread attractively over the years.
Japanese taro, also known as dasheen, is one of four main taro types. A common side dish for Asian-Pacific cuisine, dasheen grows from cuttings taken from a parent plant. The cuttings, or hulis as they are called, comprise 12- to 18-inch stems attached to a corm. These tender greens prefer temperatures above 68 degrees, so planting is commonly in the spring, followed by growing season of six to 10 months and fall harvest.
Succulents bring nature indoors and free you from the care required for thirstier and higher-maintenance plants. The mini-blue, also known as a mini-blue chalk fingers plant, offers a hardy plant in an appealing blue-green. It has pulpy "fingers" with a chalky coating and produces white flowers. The full-size version of blue chalk fingers, Senecio vitalis, spreads easily as ground cover plant. This drought-tolerant succulent comes from South Africa and normally grows in mounded mats. The mini-blue chalk fingers plant remain more compact, making it a convenient size for a dish garden or potted plant indoors.
"Moshi Monsters" is an online game designed for kids to have fun, connect with friends in a safe environment and take care of pets. As you progress through the game, you must collect and grow various items to keep your little monster happy. An Ooze is just one of many items capable of growing in your garden. Ooze starter comes premade and requires a little time and care to grow properly. Once your Ooze reaches maturity, it can be used to eliminate monsters.
Betta fish, whose scientific name is Betta splendens, might be relatively easy to raise, but they need an appropriate habitat and appropriate care nonetheless. Their reputation for being exceedingly short-lived is not because they have a particularly short lifespan – they should live for two or three years -- but because they are often housed in very small tanks or bowls that are very difficult to maintain. If you are raising juveniles betta fish, bear in mind that their needs, their diet and, crucially, their behavior change as they grow.
Canaries are birds native to the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa. They are generally bright yellow in color but do come in other hues, including orange and white. Determining the sex of a canary can be difficult as there are very few physical differences between male and female canaries, though knowing the sex is essential to some breeders/owners as the male canaries are the songbirds of the two. Use proper handling methods to find out the sex of your canary.
Star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides), also called Confederate jasmine, offers sweet-scented, star-shaped blossoms and a versatile growth habit. Growing it as a hedge is easy with enough pruning, but you can also grow it as a trailing or climbing vine. To accomplish a hedge shape, allow the vine to grow and begin pruning as necessary to constrain it to a tight hedge shape. Persistent pruning is required to control the fast-growing vines. Without support, star jasmine will grow to about 1 1/2 to 2 feet tall, and 4 to 5 feet wide, but you can provide a trellis or fence to…
Selecting the correct memory card for your camera, gaming console or cell phone can be tricky. Each type of card has its own somewhat cryptic name and is available in a series of models that may have surprising features, such as the High Speed Series cards that Samsung guarantees can stay underwater for up to 24 hours, or certain cards SanDisk claims remain operational even after being run over by a 5-ton truck.
Using hedge shears allows you to get as precise as you need to during your hedge trimming sessions. Find out how to use hedge shears with help from an expert with over two decades of experience working in Garden Centers in this free video clip.
Anthony Waterer spiraea is part of a family of easy-to-care-for deciduous shrubs. This variety grows to a height of 3 feet. During the summer, it is covered with domes of carmine-pink flowers with pink or cream-tinged leaves. Proper pruning will encourage your Anthony Waterer spiraea shrubs to flower vigorously.
Shade-loving periwinkles (Vinca minor) brighten up spots where it may otherwise be difficult to garden. They thrive under trees, on steep hillsides and even in beds with much taller plants. These ground cover plants are easy to grow since they are not very picky about their homes. Gardeners often purchase bare root periwinkles to get more bang for their buck. The plants are dormant, which allows some flexibility in terms of planting. Because bare roots tend to be small, they are much easier to place in spots where a large hole cannot be dug.
Different kinds of figures will have different kinds of angles depending on exactly what you're dealing with. Learn about figures that have different kinds of angles with help from a high school mathematics tutor in this free video clip.
Botanists, horticulturists and home gardeners have been interested in the differences between short-day and long-day plants for many years. Learning about these types of plants can help you determine what to grow in your garden or home greenhouse. You can better understand when these types of plants are likely to produce flowers or fruit for you and how to force blooms if you're interested.
Eversweet strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa 'Eversweet') are everbearing strawberries, which means they produce their first crop of fruit in spring and then in regular intervals throughout summer, until frost. They don't require certain day lengths or temperatures for production as June-bearing and day-neutral strawberries do. From disease organisms in the soil and organisms brought into the patch by animals or gardening tools, strawberries are vulnerable to many diseases, so disease resistance is important.
Thermal copiers are commonly used by tattoo artists to create stencils from hand drawn images, that are then transferred to a client's skin with ink. The stencil copy machine reassures the client will get the proper tattoo. There are two different kinds of thermal copiers, belt types and roller types. There are also thermal inkjet printers, which can print T-shirts, apparel, photos, documents and transparencies.
Japanese skimmia (Skimmia japonica) is an evergreen shrub that should be planted in groups of three in a woodland setting, where it thrives in the shade of larger shrubs and trees. It forms a low-maintenance hedge similar to yew or boxwood when planted 4 to 5 feet apart. The shrub is well-suited to containers where it will thrive in shady parts of the garden and on decks and patios. Japanese skimmia needs little care once established.
Larkspur (Delphinium) is a perennial common in English cottage-style gardens. Its tall stems boast dark green foliage and showy spikes of flowers. Blossoms vary in color but are commonly seen in blue and purple hues. This plant is noted for its cold hardiness and tolerance to frost, which occurs for a variety of reasons.
Ornamental grasses include rushes, sedges and grasses. They are hard to distinguish from each other, as they are all tall, slender plants with tiny flowers that cover acres of open land. Rushes and sedges thrive in cold, wet climates, while grasses grow best in dry, open areas. Slender sedge (Carex lasiocarpa) is part of the plant family Cyperaceae.
Plant and animal cells are very similar with respect to cell contents, cell organization and life cycle. They are both eukaryotic cells because their nucleus contains DNA and is surrounded by a membrane. A plant cell has a cell wall made of cellulose that encapsulates the cell membrane. Animal cells don't have cell walls, and this is where the two cell types have different methods of separating into new cells during cell division.
The D-subminiature, or D-sub, connector is an electrical connector long associated with computers, communications equipment and related electronic devices. It gets its name from the trapezoidal shape of its sides that resemble a “D.” It is a multi-pin connector available in several sizes accommodating from nine to 104 separate pins.
The savannas is one of the six biomes and falls between a desert and a rainforest. Savannas are known for tall grass, sparse trees, a seven-month average wet season and months of drought in the dry season. Because of these long periods of drought, the savannas only supports a select number of plants that have adapted to these harsh conditions. Savannas are present in numerous countries and states, including Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Brazil, India, Australia and the Everglades of Florida.
Known for their bright colors and flowing fins, betta fish make a beautiful addition to your fish tank or aquarium. Unfortunately, bettas can be finicky about their tank mates. Having all males in one tank may create behavioral problems. Having all females cuts down on the aggression, but prevents any baby bettas. Identifying male and female bettas not only aids in the breeding process, but also helps you avoid aggression issues that arise in an unbalanced aquarium.
During a time when most written communications are handled electronically via e-mail or text messaging, it seems as if the craft of letter-writing is becoming even more obsolete. However, the general consensus among both professors and business leaders, like Delgado Community College communications professor Lesli Fumar, is that the importance of creating simple but polite friendly letters is just as important today as it ever was.
Bacteria and viruses cause plant diseases. Both infective agents are tiny -- you can see them only under a microscope. Viruses are much smaller than bacteria; to see them you need a powerful electron microscope. Bacteria and viruses cause a wide variety of diseases in all types of plants. The diseases range from fire blight in apples to the mosaic virus in cucumbers. There are a number of methods to avoid or prevent bacterial or viral plant diseases. Bacterial diseases may respond to treatment, but there is no chemical treatment or biological control for viral diseases.
Most geckos like plants in their diet as well as on their surroundings. Geckos can be divided into two categories when it comes to their diet. Omnivorous geckos eat both insects and fruits and include species such as the crested, day and gargoyle geckos. Insectivores eat only insects and include species such as leopard, fat-tailed and Tokay gecko. The care for gecko varies slightly between the different species; always follow guidelines, such as which plants to include to your geckos diet or habitat, specifically created for your gecko.
Hanging and creeping vines provide colorful and sometimes fragrant options for shade in a garden or porch area. Grown in containers or in the ground, they'll cover a wall, trellis or arbor to create a natural, softened boundary and a shady retreat. You can control the amount of shade in your favorite spot by choosing wisely between vine types and support structures.
Different kinds of trumpet mouthpieces serve different purposes. Learn about the different kinds of trumpet mouth pieces with help from a private music instructor in this free video clip.
Full-size and dwarf varieties of Japanese skimmia (Skimmia japonica) have much in common. They require similar growing conditions and both produce attractive berries, flowers and foliage, making them excellent for adding color to a drab landscape. In most cases, you can select either the popular dwarf variety, Skimmia japonica reevesiana, or the standard Skimmia japonica, and expect similar success. To select between the plants, assess which size would better complement your garden when fully grown. Use caution if you have pets or young children since skimmia berries and leaves are poisonous if ingested.
