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Honeysuckle comes in the form of a vine or a shrub, which in some cases may approach the size of a small tree. Honeysuckle in the wild in the United States in shrub form is an invasive species, with undesirable types like Amur and Morrow…

Companion Plants: Angelonia plants produce spikes of white, pink, mauve, yellow and blue. It's an easy-care plant that is very attractive to butterflies and looks gorgeous in combination with Pentas. moreover, Why is my angelonia…

The Christmas cactus is everywhere during the holiday season, with good reason. It's a blooming succulent that is easy to care for, has gorgeous blooms, and when properly tended can live up to 100 years! That's right! This plant can survive…

The stem of Queen Anne's lace will be hairy it will have hairs fine hairs all the way up the stem. And no spots whereas poison hemlock will be a smooth stem with purple blotches. ... A final distinguishing feature is that Queen Anne's lace…

English Lavenders are cold hardy and can be left outside over winter. Non English lavenders will only survive winter in mild climates and need to be transferred into pots and brought inside over winter. Prepare your lavender for winter by…

Sandy loam has a good texture, without heavy clods of clay or accumulations of rock. This is the best soil for growing root crops where the roots need unobstructed, even soil. Three commonly grown root vegetables prefer loamy sand. ... The…

What is Mock Orange Poisoning? Plants that make up the Philadelphus genus are commonly referred to as mock orange plants, due to the flowers similarity in appearance and fragrance to the flower that blooms on citrus trees. ... These plants…

Gardenia plants are garden shrubs that look and smell gorgeous in the spring and summer. Come the fall when night temperatures cool, and they begin to lose their color. By winter, when temperatures drop below around 15oF the leaves turn…

Pothos plant propagation can be done in water or soil, but once it begins, the plant has difficult switching to the other growing medium. If you place the cutting in water, the plant should remain in water once it grows larger. The same…

Blooming profusely for 3-4 weeks in mid to late spring, Creeping Phlox boasts bright, fragrant flowers in shades of blue-purple, pink, red or white. Each flower is adorned with five, flat, petal-like, rounded lobes that are distinctively…