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Garden March 27, 2018

The best way to Create a Bromeliad Bloom

Known for his or her foliage and colourful flower-stalks, members of the Bromeliad family, which contains pineapples, are grown as house plants in many areas of the region and do as outside crops in Sunset Climate Zones 2 3 to…..

Garden March 22, 2018

Budworms on Roses

Budworms, particularly tobacco budworms (Helicoverpa virescens), are unwanted visitors in a rose (Rosa spp.) backyard. A pest to perhaps not only for tobacco growers, budworms generally prey on ornamentals, including snapdragons, petunias, geraniums and roses. Although budworms foliage and can…..

Garden March 12, 2018

The best way to Cut Overgrown Lawns

A garden does not value your routine. It proceeds to develop throughout holidays and vacations. The garden becomes over-grown. That intense strategy might not be most useful for the garden while it might be tempting to reduce it down all…..

Garden March 6, 2018

Trees for Sound Barriers

A noisy freeway, intersection or industrial enterprise may be a genuine burden for the near-by house owner. As visually satisfying and insular as a lawn may be, a a continuing roar or bustle can significantly diminish its aesthetics. Planting shrubs…..

Garden March 2, 2018

Borers in Red Maples

The magnificent foliage of red maple (Acer rubrum) distinguishes it from other trees in the Acer family. All the leaves in its canopy change an excellent, deep-red through the fall while leaves are shades of yellow and orange. The deciduous…..

Garden February 24, 2018

Planting Strategies For for Bambusa Textilis Bamboo

Textilis, also called Weaver’s Bamboo, is. In its normal habitat, the bamboo grows to 50 feet. Textilis is acknowledged not only because of its height, but also for its tint and arching tops. It’s suitable for developing in Sunset’s Environment…..

Garden February 22, 2018

The best way to Care for Chamomile Plants

Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) offers a profusion of lacy, fern-like foliage and delicate white and yellow flowers, while also supplying the kitchen with the edible herb. The little daisy-like flowers produce a tea that is a relaxing brewed and when dried…..

Garden February 18, 2018

The best way to Kill a Juniper Bush

Juniper bushes (Juniperus spp.) are hardy crops, expanding in several mild problems and surviving hard drought scenarios. Left unpruned, juniper bushes can grow tall enough to shade crops that are lower and keep them from developing. Killing it helps brighten…..

Garden February 11, 2018

The best way to Grow Pieris Forest Flame

Pieris Forest Flame is a broad-leaf evergreen shrub that grows in Sunset’s Environment Zones 3b to 9 to 14 and 17. This hybrid spreads 3 to 8-feet and grows 6 to 12-feet tall. It creates , oval, shiny leaves that…..

Garden February 8, 2018

Types of Spirea

Spireas (Spiraea) are low-maintenance flowering shrubs that include showy clusters of flowers to the backyard. All of them fall in to two principal kinds: Bridal wreath spireas or shrubby spireas while there are almost 100 kinds of spirea. Hardy to…..