Walter’s Viburnum: Size, Care, Pruning & Landscape Uses
Quick answer: Walter’s viburnum (Viburnum obovatum) is a native southeastern shrub or small tree with glossy dark green leaves, clusters of small white flowers, and fruit that ripens from red to black. It grows in full sun to partial shade, handles many soils, and works well as a hedge, scree,n or specimen. Published sizes range […]
Wandering Jew Plant (Inch Plant): Care, Propagation & Pet Safety
If you have ever bought a tiny purple cutting for a few dollars and watched it fill a shelf within a season, you already know why this plant is everywhere. It roots in a glass of tap water. It forgives a missed week of watering. It looks expensive when it is trailing from a high […]
Garden Ideas: Plan, Plant and Style a Space You’ll Love
Most of us know the feeling. You look out of the kitchen window at the same patch of lawn, the same tired fence, the same pot that never quite recovered from last summer, and think: this could be so much better. The internet is full of garden ideas, from sweeping English borders to sleek modern […]
Sorrel: How to Grow, Cook and Enjoy This Lemony Herb
Pick a leaf, bite into it, and for a second your brain insists you’ve just tasted lemon. Bright, sharp and green, it’s one of the first fresh flavours of spring, and one of the most underrated plants in the kitchen garden. That leaf is sorrel, a perennial herb that has been grown in European gardens […]