Roses are the jewels of the summer garden with their gorgeous color and fragrance, and they look equally at home in a cottage or formal outdoor setting. And, considering how many varieties are out ...

There are 22 species of hostas, all of which are commonly used as ornamental foliage in various types of gardens, especially as ground cover. Hostas can also cover dying foliage from nearby companion ...

Like humans, good plant companions bring out the best in each other. Throughout the forest, certain plants need the same resources and will cause competition between plants. In contrast, companion ...

Often when your focus is on one plant group, especially since I am a camellia grower, show-er and judge of camellias, you may, at times, feel as if there are no other plants and certainly no room for ...

A successful vegetable garden should not only contain vegetables. It should be a diverse planting scheme, or polyculture, that also includes herbs and a range of flowers. In an organic garden, ...

Think of how many different kinds of plants grow in a forest or any uncultivated area. Such environments contain a large variety of plants, animals, and insects. Plants thrive in biodiversity. A ...

Companion planting is the practice of growing different plant species together for mutual or one-sided benefits, it can also be described as a gardening technique that blends traditional wisdom with ...