Okay, so I am a super super super super amateur gardener. This is my first time ever in my life being responsible for a garden – and I haven’t spent much time in a garden for probably a good 15 or more years, since I was a kid and my dad would pay me 10 [...]

Hello, I’m new here and new to gardening! I was wondering if anyone could help me? I live in London and the only outside space I have is a terrace. It’s quite big so I am hoping to use pots to plant veggies and flowers in. I have started growing some seedlings which now need [...]

Hello, I’m new here and new to gardening! I was wondering if anyone could help me? I live in London and the only outside space I have is a terrace. It’s quite big so I am hoping to use pots to plant veggies and flowers in. I have started growing some seedlings which now need [...]

hi all, i’d like to give my brother and sister-in-law some suggestions of flowers for a cutting garden. their house is in zone 7, maybe 7b, the area is narrow but long (around 4′ x 20′) and part to full sun. any thoughts of flowers that are good for cutting other than roses? i’m drawing [...]

I’ve posted pics of my window succulents before but now I have a few questions. This is The Brain: When I remember to water him (which is not very often, good thing he’s a cactus) it is difficult since he’s growing over the sides of his pot. But I’m reluctant to re-pot him because A)he’ll [...]

Picture was taken in Uluru, Australia just a couple days ago. Any idea what it is? I’m not even sure what zone it is growing in. One of my LJ buddies lives in Alice Springs and he’s always posting the most interesting plant pics but sometimes neither of us knows what they are.

I bought home a 6 inch Mexican heather plant last week, took it out to the patio and forget about it. The leaves look a bit wilted. Any chance it will come back or is it a goner?

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This hoya has gone crazy, it has four or five clusters of blooms and an orange daylily I know people like my mother in law, who plot out and grid their gardens, know every cultivator etc. I’m not one of those people. In fact, I bought a bunch of day lillies from some guy on [...]

Is that even the right term? I dunno, but I am so excited! This is one of my Sweet Potato Squash plants. I hope this will turn into something delicious I can eat in a few weeks : )