How to Care for a Sculpted Scotch Pine

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The Scotch pine, known scientifically as Pinus sylvestris, is a pine tree with an unusually tight, upright form. It originates from northern Europe, but is also naturalized in the northeastern United States. Landscapers frequently sculpt the Scotch pine into specific shapes, and they are especially

How to Peel Bark From Cedar Trees for Home Construction

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Cedar is among the most desirable of woods for construction – especially in areas where moisture is a problem. It is a durable, insect-repellent and rot-resistant wood that makes a beautiful and fragrant finish wood for closets and saunas as well. Luckily, cedar -- or juniper – has a lo

When to Trim a Rose Bush?

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Of all gardening tasks, trimming-or pruning a rose seems to cause the most anxiety. The idea of cutting off what appears to be perfectly healthy branches doesn't make sense, unless you understand the purpose for pruning. Like trimming hair, pruning helps to shape a rose, remove diseased and dead ste

Where Do Honeysuckle Bushes Live?

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Honeysuckle bushes are deciduous, bushy shrubs belonging to the Caprifoliaceae family. Common types of honeysuckle bushes include fragrant honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima), amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) and morrow honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii).

What Temperature Should Water be at When Watering Plants?

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Plants are finicky. Changes in light, food and watering techniques always carry the risk of having an adverse effect on a plant. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to water temperature when watering your plants.

Jatropha Species

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The Jatropha genus is a family of approximately 172 plants. Originally native to Central America, they grow widely throughout Africa and much of Asia.

Indoor Trellis Plants

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Climbing houseplants provide a green, natural ambiance to the indoor environment, with leafy vines trained to wander gracefully over a trellis. Vining plants are especially good for small spaces, as the plants are trained to grow up rather than out. As an added benefit, most vining plants...

Can Grass Grow in Potting Soil?

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Potting soil is soil that has been sterilized to prevent the occurrence of weeds, pests, bacteria and other problems. Virtually anything that will grow in garden or yard soil will grow in potting soil as well.

How to Grow Tomatoes in a Two-Liter Bottle

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If you want to do something a little different in your garden this year, and amaze the kids at the same time, you can grow a tomato in a most unusual way: Grow it inside a bottle and the kids will wonder how such a large fruit got into the small opening. The bottle acts like a greenhouse, which help

How to Kill Grass for Reseeding

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Renovating an old, neglected or weedy lawn can be a big project. Herbicides are available that make killing an old lawn fairly easy, but these products can carry the risk of accidentally landing on plants you want to save. They can also pose a hazard to the environment when they wash into nearby bod

Can You Name What Tree Produces the World's Largest Seed?

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Learn which plant produces the world's largest seed and where it can be found.

When to Tap Maple Trees in Michigan

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Maple trees are abundant in Michigan, and they are tapped in late winter or very early spring. Tapping a tree allows the sap to flow out into a bucket. The sap is boiled down into pure maple syrup that can be used in cooking, baking or simply as a syrup.

House Plants That Look Like Small Trees or With Stalk Bottoms

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Ficus trees can be grown indoors.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty ImagesKeeping a few house plants around your home or office adds a nice touch of the outdoors, and provides green foliage to admire even in the middle of winter. There are a variety of house plants that feature short trunks...

Good Plants for Morning Sun & Midday Sun

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Many plants identified as shade plants grow well in morning sun. Some plants that thrive in full midday sun also do well with dappled morning sun; they simply may bloom less vibrantly in morning sun than in the brighter rays of midday. Native plants are hardier and adapt more successfully to individ

Sundew Adaptations

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The roughly 110 species of the Drosera genus have adapted to a variety of habitats worldwide. Both annuals and perennials, these small plants can live in soil that is poor in nitrogen and phosphorous because they eat insects. Sundews are named after the glittering leaf drops that look like dew but r

Alkaline Soil Remedies

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Make your garden soil less alkaline and more productive.pea sprouts image by Andrew Orlemann from Fotolia.comWhen preparing soil for planting, a gardener must test the soil's pH value. The pH value tells how acidic or how alkaline a soil is. Soil that is too alkaline does not give plants...

How to Store Hyacinth Bulbs

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The blossoms of the hyacinth plant have a strong and pleasant fragrance. When a hyacinth blooms in the springtime you will see long skinny leaves that fold over, and flowers that resemble bells. These flowers come in many colors, including purple, orange and red. When fall comes, you can leave the b

Banksia Ericifolia Germination

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Banksia ericafolia is a large heath-land shrub with striking flower spikes that range from yellow to orange. This species is native to the central eastern seaboard of Australia, north and south of Sydney and inland as far as the Great Dividing Range. Most of the notable banksia species that have bee

What Kind of Flowering Plants Do Butterfly Larvae Eat?

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Butterflies are insects in the order Lepidoptera. This group of insects includes butterflies and moths. As adults they have sucking mouthparts, which they use to lap up nectar. While feeding they pollinate many of our flowering plants. As adults they are beneficial insects. The immature larval forms

Amaryllis Diseases

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With brilliantly colored flowers that can grow to 10 inches in diameter, amaryllis is popular in gardens in the southern United States and as a houseplant everywhere. Generally a disease-resistant plant, amaryllis is susceptible to red blotch fungus.