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How to Root Blueberry Plants From Cuttings
Blueberry plants can be rooted from cuttings and eventually will grow roots and become a brand new blueberry plant. Use cuttings to root your blueberry plant with advice from a third-generation...
How to Grow Blueberry Plants in Containers
Blueberry plants can grow just about anywhere there's a sunny spot, even if they are in a container. Grow blueberry plants with help from a third-generation flower grower in this free video on...
How to Prune Hydrangea Plants
Hydrangea plants should be pruned following the one-third rule, which means cutting them down to one-third the total size. Make sure you prune your Hydrangea plants correctly with advice from a...
How to Plant Astilbe
Astilbe plants do not like full sun and should be planted in a shaded area. Learn how to properly grow astilbe plants with tips from a third-generation flower grower in this free video on gardening.
How to Grow Chili Plants Indoors
To grow chili plants indoors, you'll need a plastic bag and a napkin or seed starter tray with some potting soil. Learn how to best grow chili plants indoors with the help of a third-generation...
How to Keep Indoor Plants Healthy
When keeping your indoor plants healthy, it's very important to provide them with good drainage. Avoid losing your houseplants with advice from a third-generation flower grower in this free video...
How to Grow Stevia Plants
Growing Stevia plants can provide an edible herb that works well in almost any dish that calls for sugar. Learn how to grow Stevia in your garden with tips from a third-generation flower grower in...
How to Grow Sunflower Plants
To grow sunflowers, all you need to do is make sure they receive sun and get some warm temperatures. Make a sunflower garden with the assistance of a third-generation flower grower in this free...
How to Grow Physalis
After growing Physalis, this Chinese Lantern plant can be one of the funnest plants that you can have in your garden. Grow this fun plant in your garden with help from a third-generation flower...
How to Care for Angel Trumpet Plants
To care for angel trumpet plants, remember that they are native to South America, which has really warm, lush, moist and shady areas. Let your angel trumpets blossom beautifully with guidance from...
How to Care for Green Pepper Plants
Green pepper plants should not be planted until late spring or early summer, as they grow best in warm weather. Encourage a pepper plant to thrive with helpful advice from a sustainable gardener...
How to Care for Anaheim Pepper Plants
Caring for Anaheim pepper plants requires keeping them in a sunny spot in the garden, making sure the soil drains well and harvesting the peppers as soon as they look ripe. Care for an Anaheim...
How to Care for Yucca Plants
Yucca plants prefer dry, desert like areas with good drainage, so they often grow well alongside cacti and succulents. Care for a yucca plant, which is native to the Americas, with helpful...
How to Grow Alstroemeria
Alstroemeria plants, also known as Peruvian lilies, are mountainous plants native to South America, so they require plenty of good drainage. Recreate this plant's native conditions with helpful...
How to Care for a Canna Plant
Canna plants enjoy plenty of moisture during the summer months, but they need to be completely dried out during the winter. Keep a canna plant thriving throughout the year with helpful information...
How to Plant Ivy
Consider planting ivy in a hanging basket instead of planting it in the ground, as it multiplies aggressively and can kill surrounding plants and trees. Keep ivy plants contained with helpful...
How to Care for a Clivia Plant
Clivia plants, native to South Africa, grow naturally underneath the warm shade of other trees, and they can continue producing blooms throughout the fall. Keep a clivia plant thriving in the...
How to Plant Freesias
Freesia plants stem from bulbs, so they should be planted in at least groups of three in high-quality composted soil. Grow freesias directly in the ground or in containers with helpful information...
How to Grow Streptocarpus
Streptocarpus plants, also known as Cape Primroses, originate in coastal South Africa, so they prefer partial shade and plenty of moisture. Keep pruning streptocarpus plants to encourage new...
Growing Hollyhocks
Hollyhock plants can grow to be several feet high and they multiply aggressively, so keeping them pruned is key to maintaining them. Plant hollyhocks in full, hot sunshine with helpful information...
How to Get Rid of Mites on Plants
Getting rid of mites that form on plants can be done by spraying the plants with water, and if the mites are really stubborn, then add a little oil to keep them off. Remove mites from plants with...
How to Start Plants From Clippings
Most plants can be started from clippings, which involves taking a long stem where it meets a new leave line, dipping the tip in honey or peanut butter and planting it in a high-quality moist...
How to Prepare Outdoor Plants to Come Indoors
In the winter, it is a good idea to prepare plants to be indoors until the following growing season by hacking them down, digging them up and keeping them dormant for a few months. Winterize...
How to Identify Outdoor Plants
Outdoor plants can be broken into basic large families, such as trees, shrubs, bushes, flowers, edibles and grasses. Understand the basic rules of identifying plants with helpful information from...
How to Transplant Outdoor Plants
Transplanting involves cutting into the ground at a large radius around the plant before pulling out the root ball and replacing it quickly to its new location. Move plants from one spot to...
How to Protect Outdoor Plants From Freezing
The best way to protect outdoor plants during the winter is to cover them with a plastic tarp or a sheet to keep them as insulated as possible. Learn other ways to preserve fragile plants with...
How to Prune Outdoor Plants
Pruning outdoor plants every year is a great way to encourage new growth for the following growing season. Prune back one-third of a plant each winter or early spring with helpful information from...
How to Take Care of Outdoor Plants
When growing plants outdoors, be sure to pay attention to each plant's condition requirements, such as the amount of sunlight and the quality of the soil. Plan out the various plants in a garden...
How to Plant Outdoors
Planting outdoors requires considering the year-round climate, the placement of the various plants and the amount of sunlight that reaches different parts of the yard. Cluster similar plants...
How to Keep Outdoor Plants Watered While on Vacation
To make sure that plants stay watered while on vacation, set up a timed sprinkler system, add a thick layer of topsoil to all of the beds, or simply hire a neighbor to come over every couple of...
How to Divide Amaryllis Bulbs
After amaryllis bulbs multiply, it's important to avoid dividing the mother plants from the baby plants until the baby plants are as big as the mothers. Learn about twisting as a way to separate...
How to Start Bamboo Plants
Bamboo plants are best started with a root and stem that are placed into a container, with the roots covered up and part of the stem showing. Discover the importance of giving bamboo plants lots...
How to Take Care of Rose Plants
Taking care of rose plants only requires providing high-quality composted soil, watering them occasionally and allowing them to drain well. Discover the required maintenance for rose bushes with...
How to Propagate Rose Plants
Rose plants are easy to propagate by taking a cutting at a leaf line, dipping the end in honey and planting it in very moist soil. Get a rose clipping to sprout roots with helpful information from...
How to Trim Rose Plants
When trimming rose plants, simply cut off the wilted flowers and any browning foliage. Avoid pruning back more than one-third of a plant at once with helpful information from a sustainable...
How to Graft Rose Plants
Rose plants are easy to graft by taking an angled cutting from one plant, cutting a slit in the stem of another plant and binding the two together with honey and floral tape. Mix several different...
How to Collect Seeds From Plants
The best time to collect seeds from plants is when they've turned to seed and before it rains so hard that the seeds turn to mush. Find out how to collect seeds by placing them in an envelope with...
How to Graft Flowers
Grafting flowers is the process of taking a cutting from one plant, making small cuts into another plant and joining the two together to come up with a new variety. Practice grafting flowers and...
Growing Plants Indoors With Lights
There are many plants that can grow indoors with artificial light, such as gardenias, zinnias and orchids. Maintain an indoor plant that can thrive in a container, providing it with light,...
How to Key West Landscaping
Key West Landscaping is different from other parts of the country. Due to climatic conditions, lack of water, and risk of invasive species, due care is suggested in choosing your Key West landscaping.
How to Plant Hanging Plants
Hanging plants should be hung away from direct sunlight, as many of them can burn easily, but mixing upright and trailing plants creates an interesting hanging arrangement. Mix a variety of plants...
How to Design & Prepare a Flower Bed
Designing and preparing a flower bed does not require a large amount of space; simply lay out compost and soil, plant short plants in the front and taller plants behind them. Use rocks, bricks or...
Watering Plants Properly
Watering plants properly depends on the species, but consistently keeping the soil damp is an efficient way to keep plants thriving without wasting water. Keep plants moist, trying not to flood...
Attracting Butterflies to a Garden
Attracting butterflies to a garden involves providing plants that blossom from spring until fall and offering many pollinating opportunities for single-blossom flowers. Encourage butterflies to...
Planting Outdoor Plants
Planting outdoor plants involves digging a hole a little larger than the root base, breaking up compacted roots, placing the plant in the hole and filling the hole back up with more soil. Pack...
Drought Tolerant Plants
Drought tolerant plants typically have leaves that are either waxy, spiky, succulent or hairy, such as rosemary, cistus, lavender and sedum. Plant drought tolerant species in a garden, able to...
How to Control Scale Insects on Indoor Plants
Use a mixture of vinegar and water to control scale insects on indoor plants, and also remember to take away any scales. Control scale insects on indoor plants, and throw away plants that are too...
How to Control Scale Insects on Outdoor Plants
In order to control scale insects, mix vinegar and water to add to outdoor plants by spraying them on the back, bottom and in-between cracks. Control scale insects on outdoor plants and check for...
Design Ideas for Small Gardens
When designing small gardens, pick plants and flowers based on the amount of sunlight in the area, and organize the plants from tallest to smallest. Build a boarder around small gardens to give...
How to Find Free Trees, Shrubs & Plants
Find trees, shrubs and plants by joining a garden club or checking on www.craigslist.com. Find plants for a garden from other gardeners with tips from an experienced gardener in this free video on...