Julia’s Garden by Allie’s.Dad TheGardenLady has invited people with horticultural interests and expertise to contribute posts to this blog. The following post is about saving money on gardening and was submitted by Rachael Miller. She is is part of the vouchers team at moneysupermarket.com, which sponsored this post. A garden can be your sanctuary- a [...]

TheGardenLady’s Garden in Bloom TheGardenLady’s garden is a flowering garden. I attempt to have flowering plants for as long as the year allows flowers to bloom.  I recently found the book Continuous Bloom by Pam Duthie in the local library and was pleased that I had almost every plant she suggested blooming in my garden. [...]

Colorado potato beetle larvae dining on nightshade leaves by imarsman July is the time to work in the garden -  so get up early before the sun gets brutal.  A few of the jobs to be done in July are: Water plants: If you live in an area that is having a drought, you will [...]

Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) by Luigi FDV TheGardenLady hopes to write about each type of plant on her property. To start off the list, I would like to talk about the Iceland poppies-Papaver nudicaule. I love poppies and have tried, unsuccessfully, to raise them for years. The major reason, I believe, I have not had [...]

Spider mites by theGardenDeva TheGardenLady has invited people with horticultural interests and expertise to contribute posts to this blog.  The following post  about the importance of pest control in the greenhouse was submitted by Ahmet Korkmaz. In the last decade the field of agriculture has undergone many important changes and improvements. People from all over the world are [...]

Palouse Falls custodian -”Pete” by oldmantravels When readers write to say how they struggle to save a marigold, I must tell readers that I have lost more than just one marigold given to me by a friend. There is a saying among gardeners that to learn one has to have killed one hundred plants. This [...]

Here is a video in French that TheGardenLady thought was cute. This is a video from a French documentary about a certain type of tree in Africa. TheGardenLady is not sure if the video is real and she believes that it is the African Marula tree (Sclerocarya birrea).  It’s also known as the Elephant Tree [...]

This is TheGardenLady’s second post about basic garden landscaping.  If you’re interested in reading part I on basic garden landscaping click here. When you’re doing your landscaping you will certainly want to check out the best nurseries in your area. Visit public and private gardens especially ones in your area to see what they grow [...]

Garden Landscaping by rainbow_landscaping Because TheGardenLady has been asked about landscaping and/or choosing a good landscaper, TheGardenLady thought this would make an interesting column. Below are a few suggestions for anyone who is interested in landscaping one’s property. There are many outstanding female landscapers as well as male landscapers. (The word “he” was used most [...]

Hibiscus syriacus, “Rose of Sharon” by ConanTheLibrarian TheGardenLady was asked to recommend some less commonly known flowering shrubs that are easy to care for and will create a hedge or shrub border between two houses in temperature zone 6. “Easy care: to TheGardenLady means that the shrubs are pretty much pest free including pesty deer [...]