To grow the mint in the garden is easier than going and waiting for your turn to buy the mint from the grocery store. You all very well know that mint is one of the best and most exotic flavors. But now it is coming with a twist. The farmers have introduced a number of [...]

The Odontoglossum Alliance is a huge group of orchids, at the centre of which is the genus Odontoglossum. These plants will readily interbreed with many other closely related genera, producing some of the most complex hybrids in the orchid kingdom. Sometimes up to seven or eight different genera have been involved in producing a hybrid [...]

The genus Lycaste has always been popular with amateur growers. These Orchids are easy to grow, flower freely and have large decorative blooms. They are found mainly in the Andes of South America, with numerous representatives as far north as Guatemala and tropical Mexico. The plants grow either as terrestrial orchids or as epiphytes, depending [...]

With all the different kinds of gardens around, you would find the butterfly garden the most beautiful and attractive because there is no such aspiring things available in the nature as butterflies are. They are compelling and not just that, having a butterfly garden would be beneficial because this way you can have a place [...]

Sensory gardens are created with the help of plants that possess special sensory qualities that can stimulate our sense of smell, touch, sight, sound and taste. Using up of sensory plants really helps to give a natural look to the garden and also make that particular area a pleasing area for many visitors. Moreover, these [...]

As a gardener it is really important to properly plan up different things before designing a garden pond. However planning and designing a garden pond is a lot of fun and the process is also not difficult at the same time as well. Even the beginners can easily make the garden pond and can take [...]

The most important thing to remember about growing herbs is that you are often growing plants for human consumption. In this case the natural strength of the herb is an essential factor. All herbs can be grown naturally without the aid of chemical fertilizers. Many are introductions from the wild and are classed as indigenous. [...]

A report in the newspapers in June 1990, highlighted the phototoxic effects of rue (Ruta graveolens) on the skin. The highly responsible article referred to a case where children playing with the flowers of plants in the garden on a hot, sunny day had broken out in painful blisters and brown stains. Doctors were baffled [...]

Rose arches have undergone something of a revival recently, though true rose lovers have always sworn by them. They were an essential feature of many gardens in the past, but nowadays tend to be found only in large parks and rose gardens. A climber or rambler grown over an arch, pergola or trellis can be [...]

Gardening is hobby which has been popular in all cultures, for thousands of years. For some gardening is not just gardening, it is the way to express feelings and thoughts, it is some kind of art. Many of Asian cultures are known as those who give a lot of attention to plants. Unlike in western [...]