Garden Experiments
For the love of gardening and wildlife habitat
Great ideas for your garden and simple garden projects that add color and beauty to any spot in your garden. Find the perfect plant color combinations, container garden ideas, solutions for common garden problems, garden design inspiration, and more.
If you like butterflies, than planting both plants that host the larvae and feed the butterflies are important. These are some of the flowering herbaceous plants (and one vine) suitable for planting in the southeast for the butterflies that we have here. Flowering plants that are host to larvae of the butterfly Flowering plants that provide …
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Had enough of winter? Why not plant a flower? If you’re looking forward to spring, this is the day for you. It’s still early in the season, so you may have to plant your flower indoors. But if you’re lucky, you might be able to plant something outside. Here are my suggestions for some plants to get in the ground - they're some of my favorites. …
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How to Upcycle Broken or Chipped Teacups Two of my favorite teacups were chipped lately, making them unusable for drinking. They are decorative though and I love the patterns, so I thought I would convert them in to planters. One was chipped on the inside lip and the other has a chipped handle. Make Teacup Planters for Your Windowsill Steps to …
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Salvia is definitely one of my favorite garden plant genera. There are just so many colors and shapes to choose from when picking a plant for your garden. It's a great pollinator plant - butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds love the flowers. Here are some of my favorites from my garden. All salvias mentioned below are perennial in my zone …
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Fast running water can erode the banks of a stream quickly. While keeping the bank planted is important, I wanted to reduce the amount of weed-eating necessary to keep the grass (and weeds) down and also make the stream bank more attractive. I opted for lining the stream edge with large landscaping stones and mixing in irises, daylilies, and even …
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With spring around the corner, I am anticipating the bloom of spring-flowering bulbs. If you planted yours in the fall, you should expect to start seeing them in late winter or early spring. There’s nothing like the early color to break up the bleakness of the winter garden. Daffodils Daffodils or narcissus come in a variety of color …
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