The Guide to Gardening

Creating a beautiful landscape is not only a reward for your hardwork and passion but can also raise the value of your home significantly. A beautiful lanscape can be created all year long with the proper care.

You should always plan ahead when planning a landscape. Create a layout of your proposed landscape by sketching out your plans. It will help you to create a better looking landscape and avoid costly errors. There are several online design sites that cost any where from a few dollars to a few hundred.

Better Home and Gardens Magazine has a free tool for creating a landscape design. You will have to join their site but it's free and you can't opt out of emails so it's practically spam free. Check out Better Homes and Gardens to design your landscape online.

Easy Winter Landscaping Ideas
Tips for creating a stunning winter landscape with little or no effort.

DIY Landscaping Ideas for Fall
DIY Easy Landscaping Ideas for fall includes several ideas on easy landscaping projects for the fall. Be the envy of your neighbor with a beautiful fall landscape.

5 Easy Tips for an Eco-Friendly landscape
Save the planet with 5 Easy Tips for an Eco-Friendly Landscape. They are easier then you imagine and will save you money while you do your part to save the planet.

Adding Garden Statues to Your Lawn
Things you should always keep in mind when adding garden statues to your lawn.

Landscape Plants for Shady Areas
Great 4 page online book that shows a large list of plants that thrive well in the shade. Includes all planting instructions, zones, and much more!

Landscape Plants for Full Sun Areas Another great online book that is printable (4 pages) with all the information onhow to plant them.

Advantages of Raised Garden Beds

How to Grow Beautiful Roses Another one of my gardening lenses, All about roses. Everything you could ever need to know from types of roses, diseases, and how to care for them!

Guide to Garden Design Helful article on different seasons!

Early Spring Gardens: Get a Head Start on the Season

Tips and Ideas for Creating a Roof Garden

Naturally Repel Mosquitoes With These 5 Plants Add some color and beautify your landscape while proventing mosquitoes at the same time.

The Best Low Maintenance Gardening Ideas

Sometimes it's easier to find your favorite plant at an online nursery. Not only do they carry plants that your local nursery may not carry but you can sometimes find better deals.

DirectGardening.com has been selling garden stock online for 10 years from nine of the top producers in the United States. All products come with a one year free replacement warranty. Grab your plants now before they are all gone!

Whether you are looking for a low-maintenance garden, have little space or no planting area (such as a second-story condo,) then container gardening may be the best option for your gardening needs.

Container gardens are usually more simple then in-ground gardens; flower or produce gardens alike. Container gardens can be arranged in a beautiful, creative way that will allow you to spruce up in lawn, deck, balcony or any other area that may need a touch of color. Below you will find some great resources for container gardening!

Container Gardens - Choosing and Combining Plants for Containers

Hassle Free Container Gardening

Ornamental Grasses for Containers

Urban Oasis: Container Gardening for Apartment Dwellers

Top 10 Tips for Great Container Gardens

Container Gardeing: Growing Vegetables in Containers

Organic gardening is a fun way of being eco-friendly. Not only will you be helping to save the earth, you will also make your yard a much safer place for you family and pets!

For more information on organic gardening, including an informative weekly organic gardening newsletter and a FREE 3 part composting guide, join the Go Organic Club

If you are new to organic gardening you will find everything you need to know in the Organic Food Gardening Beginner's Manual . From planning your garden, through preparing the soil, to planting, feeding and watering this guide will will spoon-feed you with specific knowledge to build your own healthy, productive organic food garden.

From Tulips to Hibiscus, find out about your favorite outdoor plants and how to grow them. These guides will teach you how to plant, when to plant how to maintain stunning outdoor plants year round.

Guide to Growing Aglaonema

How to Grow Stunning Bougainvillea

How to Grow Caladiums

How to Grow Stunning Chrysanthemums

Guide to Caring for Gardenias

How to Grow Beautiful Roses with Bigger Blooms

How to Grow Spider Plants

How to Grow Lilies

How to Grow Beautiful Amaryllis

Growing flowers from bulbs are an easy way to grow beautiful flowers. They maintain themselves and they multiply every year which will allow a thicker, more lush garden year after year. Not to mention you can seperate them and expand your plants. Below you will find some useful information about working with flower bulbs.

How to Plant Flower Bulbs

How to Store Flower Bulbs

5 Tips For Flower Bulbs

1. Some bulbs need to be dug up and stored every winter depending on the type of bulb and your location. Refer to the information provided for your specific flower to find out whether or not you bulbs need to be stored or if they can be left in the ground during the winter.

2. Not all bulbs need to be stored at the same temperature. Some require cooler temperatures while other require warmer temperatures. Again, it depends on the specific plant. This is very important because if they are not properly stored, they will not produce.

3.For best storage, use mesh bags or paper bags. This will help to draw out moisture but still allow the bulbs to breathe. Never use plastic bags or containers that will hold in moisture.

4. Never allow your bulbs to freeze, this will cause them to die. Also, keep them out of bright light and away from warm areas and appliances. This will cause them to attempt to produce which can be fatal to the plants.

5. When Planting bulbs, be sure to leave enough space for them to grow with out touching each other. If the bulbs touch it will cause them to hold moisture in between and rot. If the plants touch that is fine, just insure that the bulbs do not. Also, you will need to dig the bulbs up and space them out every few years. Many people in warmer climates that do not need to store bulbs forget this part and end up losing them in a few years because they become over crowded.

Looking for a some rose gardening advice? Look no further. Below you will find a few great rose articles and a lens just like this one that is dedicated soley to growing roses.

For information on roses, check out my other lens,
Growing Beautiful Roses

How to Grow Roses From Stem Cuttings

Here you will find a list with several of your favorite house plants. Each Link provided will include a detailed article on how to care for and maintain each plant. The guide will include how to fertilize, propagate, required elements and much more.

Guide to Growing Aglaonema

How to Grow Beautiful Anthurium

How to Grow Lilies

How to Grow Beautiful Amaryllis

How to Grow Stunning Bougainvillea

How to Grow Stunning Chrysanthemums

Guide to Caring for Gardenias

Guide to Growing Peace Lilies

How to Grow Saxifraga; Mother of Thousands, Strawberry Begonia

How to Grow Spider Plants

For more houseplant information, including other houseplants, read Growing Beautiful Houseplants, a directory for all your houseplant needs!

Also, be sure to check out Poisonous Houseplants for a long list of poisonous houseplants. You may be surprised to find that some of the most common and sought after plants are at the top of this list!

Having problems with your houseplants? Then be sure to read Why Are My Housplants Dying?


Beginner? Check out Easy to Grow Houseplants for Beginners!

This handy-dandy article is has several great tips on preventing weeds. There is no need to kill them if they haven't grown! Prevent them from growing with these great ideas. Some are actually very beneficial to your garden in general!

Prevent Weeds in Your Garden