Lemon thyme is at its best in tight spaces
Name: Thymus × citriodorus and cvs. USDA Hardiness Zones: 6 to 9 Size: 6 to 12 inches tall and 10 to 24 inches wide Conditions: Full sun; average, well-drained soil Lemon thyme, known for its intense lemon aroma, can be a scraggly mat in the ground; confined n a container, however, it’s an attractive, upright mound of small, pointed, glossy green leaves. As the branches grow, they spread out and trail over the container’s edge; by early summer, they produce dense heads of lilac flowers that last well over a month. How to grow lemon...
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Special stepping-stones add character to a garden path. Add some character of your own by embellishing common bricks with found objects. Or make your own concrete pavers with bas-relief images of flowers.
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Less Space But Superb Gardening
One most comman thing for doing gardening in less space but superb is balcony gardening. You can use your balcony like this. Here there is not much more just use some space and make the gardening. It Is also the part of decorative house. Decoration with gardening is the perfect idea. By: Balcony Gardening
read moreGarden Fencing
High fences with landscape appeal can be constructed from wood or bamboo. These fences can serve purposes of aesthetics, keeping things out and even privacy. Depending on the construction method, wood fences can be either rustic or formal, vertical fences. Rustic fences may have a single post placed every 8 feet with a horizontal member joining the posts. Formal fences can be completely covered, allowing no visual access through the boards. Bamboo can also be constructed in a rustic manner to simply delineate a line across the field, or the...
read morePruning roses – the Sissinghurst method
Pruning roses the Sissinghurst way helps create those wonderful fountains of roses you see in summer gardens – delicious-smelling, out-of-control geysers of flowers that effuse all over the garden. Pruning roses like this means you don’t get those boring little twiggy bushes, all leg and no body, surrounded by bare ground. The great Sissinghurst trick to pruning roses is meticulous work behind the scenes earlier in the year, when precision horticulture guarantees that wonderful romantic effect. The Sissinghurst rose pruning...
read moreGrow Bed Gardening
Gardener’s Supply offers a wide range of raised beds, from aluminum corner kits for which you supply your own lumber, to complete raised bed kits in cedar, composite wood, recycled plastic and galvanized steel. Raised beds usually range in height from 5 Inches to 12 Inches high. If the soil in your yard is relatively good, start preparing the area by removing any sod or perennial weeds. Then use a shovel or garden fork to loosen the soil to a depth of about 6. Do this before you put the raised bed in place and try to avoid stepping on or...
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