Adding bone meal for your plants to your garden-care regimen could be beneficial. The organic fertilizer is rich in nutrients that promote healthy growth and can even improve soil composition. However ...

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11:40, Mon, Mar 17, 2025 Updated: 11:51, Mon, Mar 17, 2025 Now that spring is almost here, hydrangeas are waking up and beginning to grow again. However, these beautiful flowers will not grow their ...

Q: I have a 3-year-old esperanza that has never produced flowers. It is in full sun, well-drained soil and regularly watered. I prune it back to 18 inches each spring and fertilize two times a year.

A gardener asks why skunks keep digging up his spring bulbs, and if hot peppers might discourage them. Skunks are carnivores. Bulbs are vegetables. Hot pepper won't protect them because skunks don't ...

Orchids are one of the most popular houseplants due to their eye-catching flowers, and it is very easy to make the blooms last longer if you feed them properly. These beautiful plants are most likely ...

Yikes! I’ve been doing it wrong all these years: Using bone meal when I plant bulbs. “MYTH BUSTED!” was the headline of a recent article in Garden Gate Magazine. The article announced, “Bone meal is ...

There is nothing I like better in the spring than to watch for the spring blooming bulbs such as daffodils, tulips, crocus, and hyacinth to emerge and show off in the garden. In order to enjoy these ...