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Stop and Smell the Roses
A lot of roses are being ordered this week. Getting roses is a wonderful treat, especially in winter. Maybe it's got you thinking about ordering a few rose bushes? We all know that roses aren't a holiday treat for gardeners. Every garden should have at least one rose bush. And if it can be an old fashioned fragrant rose bush, all the better. Here are my Top 10 Great Roses for Fragrance, to add to your garden. Read more: Roses for Fragrance Roses for Partial Shade Best Hybrid Tea Roses 2010 All America Rose Selections Photo of 'Easy Does It' Rose Provided by AARS Stop and Smell the Roses originally appeared on About.com Gardening on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 01:30:18.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Companion Planting for Tomatoes
I've always found the idea of companion planting fascinating. I wouldn't swear it always works, but I suspect there's a lot more substance to it than its detractors will admit. Gardeners have been fine tuning it for years and there's no substitute for experience. Today I'm combining two of my gardening loves: growing tomatoes and companion planting. I culled through a few dozen articles and books and my own experience and pulled together my list of companion plants for tomatoes. Since you're going to grow some of these plants anyway, why not experiment with growing them together? There's still plenty of time to start some seeds. Photo: © Marie Iannotti Companion Planting for Tomatoes originally appeared on About.com Gardening on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 01:06:34.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Where Do All the Aphids Come From?
Where on earth do all those aphids come from? Seriously, how do they find their way into our homes in the dead of winter? What were they living on until I so graciously started some seedlings? What they lack in size, they make up in numbers. Debbie Hadley, About's Guide to Insects, says "...a single aphid could produce 600 billion descendants in one season." What chance does a gardener have against those kinds of odds? And they apparently have some type of twisted relationship with ants, who protect them in order to get their fix of honeydew. Debbie sheds some light on these little suckers of the plant world. All About Aphids Where Did All These Aphids Come From? The Odd Couple - Ants and Aphids Two Homemade Aphid Sprays Houseplant Pest Problems Photo: rgrabe / stock.xchng. Where Do All the Aphids Come From? originally appeared on About.com Gardening on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 01:09:53.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Featured Plant: Four O’Clock (Mirabilis jalapa)
I've yet to plant an evening garden, probably because the bugs come out at night, but I have a list of flowers I'd love to include in one, in the future. White flowers top the list for evening gardens. Of course there's moonflower, evening stock and night blooming cereus. But also near the top of the list is Mirabilis jalapa 'Alba'. Four O'Clocks do indeed bloom sometime around four o'clock in the evening and they stay in bloom through the night. I've read that night blooming flowers do so because they are pollinated by moths. I can't confirm that, so if any of you have any knowledge of this, please let us know. That bit of trivia aside, Four O'Clocks are tender perennials, often grown as annuals, that start blooming in mid-summer and continue to bloom profusely until frost. Why wait until you create an evening garden to plant them? Put some in a pot on the patio, tuck a few in your walk way and plant some under a window, so their gentle vanilla scent can catch you off guard when a breeze blows in. This week's featured plant may seem common to some gardeners, but it's a triple delight: flowers, fragrance and reseeding. Are Four O'Clocks on your seed list? Photo: © Marie Iannotti Featured Plant: Four O’Clock (Mirabilis jalapa) originally appeared on About.com Gardening on Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 01:00:02.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Gardening Question of the Week: How Much Should I Plant?
My well-meaning friend emailed a link to Gardener's Supply Kitchen Garden Planner and I can't stop playing with it, so I figured why no share it with all of you. You set the size of your garden and you'll get a square marked off in 1' grids. There are 47 different vegetables that you drag onto the grid and it tells you how many of that vegetable to plant in 1 sq. ft. For example: 9 beets or 2 cucumbers. (Although I question that 1 sq. ft. is adequate for a pumpkin vine. You an save your map, print it, even edit the plant names so you know which are the 'Blue Lake' beans and which are the 'Italian Bush'. When you print it out, you get more detailed planting tips. It's very addictive and a nice way to see how much you can squeeze into your plot. If you're still wondering how much you should plant, so that your family doesn't mutiny when they see beans for dinner again, here are some guidelines for how much to plant in the vegetable garden, gleaned from my own experience, friends and the bean counters (literally) at cooperative extensions around the country. I say guidelines, because it all comes down to what you like to eat and how well it grows. Photo: © Marie Iannotti Gardening Question of the Week: How Much Should I Plant? originally appeared on About.com Gardening on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 01:01:46.Permalink | Comment | Email this

Gardening Quiz: Latin Plant Names are Greek to Me.

Gardening quiz. Have some fun understanding the meaning of Latin plant names.


Lipstick Plant - Aida A.

Photographs taken by About Gardening readers from around the country, of their own gardens in winter.


Houseplant Insect Problems

Indoor pests multiply quickly. There are no natural predators to keep them in check, so you have to be very diligent about checking for symptoms. Spider mites, aphids, mealy bugs and scale can cover a plant in days. If severe enough, the plant may never recover.


Pruning Roses

Pruning rose bushes is intimidating to many gardeners, but actually very good for the plants. Becoming an accomplished rose pruner takes time and practice, but keep in mind that it is very hard to kill a rose with bad pruning. It is better to make a good effort at pruning roses than to let them grow rampant. Here are some basic rose pruning guidelines for use in your rose garden.

Tomato Growing Tips

Tomato plants know what they like and they grow well when you give it to them. Growing the best tasting or the earliest tomato is a great source of pride for the home gardener and here are 10 tips for growing terrific tomatoes.

Growing Plants from Seed

Starting plants from seed isn't rocket science, but there are several seed starting tips that will help your success rate with seed germination and give your seedlings a healthy start. Here's how to start seeds indoors and the seed starting supplies you'll need to grow plants from seed.

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