by Weidners | Feb 5, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Heliotrope SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Heliotrope GROWER NOTES: ►Sweet smelling Heliotrope makes a lovely addition to the garden. The blooms smell like cherry pie. Very attractive to butterflies and probably hummingbirds too. Heliotrope looks very good with...
by Weidners | Feb 5, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Geranium SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Pelargonium GROWER HINTS: ►Geraniums are tough, easy to grow everywhere, and love SUN!! There are many different geraniums, all of them native to south africa. The Salmon bloom is from a zonal or upright geranium. The red...
by Weidners | Feb 5, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Gardenia SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Gardenia GROWER HINTS: ►Wonderful for that spot that is too sunny for shade plants but not sunny enough for full sun plants. Why pay more for a grafted variety? Grafted Gardenias are grown on the Gardenia thunbergia root...
by Weidners | Feb 5, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Fuchsia SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Fuchsia FUCHSIA VARIETIES: ► View fuchsia varieties and photos GROWERS HINTS: ►HINT about watering: If any of your fuchsias or other basket plants dry completely the soil will shrink back from the edges of the pot. When you...
by Weidners | Feb 5, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Fruit Trees SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► varies GROWER HINTS: ►The key to successful back yard fruit trees all happens from now through the first summer so read the below CAREFULLY and follow. The day you purchase your Fruit Tree, be sure that you keep the roots...
by Weidners | Feb 5, 2014 | Plant Care
COMMON NAME: ► Freesia SCIENTIFIC NAME: ► Freesia GROWER HINTS: ►Freesia flowers are ““zygomorphic”” which just means that they grow along one side of the stem. This causes the upper portion of the stem to grow almost parallel with the ground. The flowers bloom along...
