weighing up to seven tons, standing three and a half meters tall at the shoulder. They can eat up to 400 kilos of food in a day, and they disperse vital plant seeds across thousands of kilometers during their 50-to-
Spread a sheet of newspaper on a table and lay the seeds over it in a single layer. Separate large, full seeds from the rest, and keep them aside. Ideally, each seed germinates and grows into a single plant, but choose more seeds than the number of plants you want to grow just to ...
Identify a sunny spot in the garden where there is plenty of space for the plant to grow to its full maturity. Smaller varieties of ceanothus can be grown in a large pot, but they really prefer to grow in the ground. They can be free-standing, grown as a bush in a border, as ...
Plant Spacing6 – 12 feet Natural History Valued for its role as a wildlife food plant, spicebush forms non-aggressive thickets. Spicebush is native to the central and eastern United States and eastern Canada. It lives in rich, moist forests, in bottomlands, along stream banks, and in woo...
Transplanting nursery-bought lilacs is also easy. If it’s container-grown, spread out the roots as you settle the plant into the ground; if it’s balled or burlapped, gently remove the covering and any rope before planting. Set the plant 2 or 3 inches deeper than it grew in the nurse...
A cold-hardy perennial, horseradish can be planted in early spring and harvested in the late fall. Learn how to plant, grow, and harvest horseradish root in your garden. Horseradish has a long growing season, and you can’t start using it until one year after planting. Also, this root ...
When cutting flowers, don’t remove more than half of the blooms and make sure to leave enough stem (with at least 3 or 4 leaves) on the plant. Hint: Remove dead blooms in spring/early summer but wait to cut peony bushes to the ground until after the first frost. For longer lasting...
What month do you plant cotton? How to Grow Cotton Outdoors. Cotton is planted outdoors in spring once the threat of frost has passed. Check the soil temperature with a soil thermometer to ensure that it is at least 60 degrees F. Does cotton need a lot of water to grow? It has been...
Where To Plant Camellias Zones: 6 – 10 Sun: Part shade Height: 18″ – 25′ Width: 18″ – 12′ This is somewhat of a new found love for me. Camellias are more of a warm-climate bush, so I wasn’t able to grow them when I lived in Toronto (although I was always jealous of...
Rosemary is a fragrant perennial herb that is evergreen in zones 7 and warmer. It can grow to a large bush up to 4 feet tall and wide, but can also be kept in compact pots. Rosemary is often grown as an ornamental landscape plant, but it is also a prizededible herb and companion ...