http://www.gardeninginfozone.com Discover Everyday Gardening Tips & Advice Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:18:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/houseplants-for-the-home-and-office http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/houseplants-for-the-home-and-office#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:18:34 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=14490 Chlorophytum is Known as the Spider Plant Chlorophytum is one of the most familiar of indoor plants. It is extremely popular because it is easy to grow and grows quickly. It is also increadibly easy to propagate and so is one of the many indoor plants that is more often given as a home grown plantlet than it is bought in a shop. Because Chlorophytum is so easy to grow, the Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/houseplants-for-the-home-and-office/feed 0 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/food-and-herbs-to-grow-indoors http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/food-and-herbs-to-grow-indoors#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:43:31 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=14481 Many edible plants can be grown indoors. Herbs and other edible plants make attractive additions to a windowsill and are often pleasantly scented. Growing edible plants indoors also means that they are close at hand when they are needed for cookery, avoiding the need to trek out of doors in cold or wet weather. Many herbs die down or stop growing in winter outside, but in the Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/food-and-herbs-to-grow-indoors/feed 0 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/deciduous-and-evergreen-trees-at-kew-gardens http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/deciduous-and-evergreen-trees-at-kew-gardens#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:02:36 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=14433 Magnolias, both deciduous and evergreen, have been planted in many parts of Kew Gardens; the mound on which the Temple of Aeolus is sited is enlivened by these trees blooming in spring. They produce solitary, often fragrant, flowers and the showiest of them all are the large-flowered deciduous ones which bloom before the leaves open. After the white starry flowers of Magnolia Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/deciduous-and-evergreen-trees-at-kew-gardens/feed 0 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/iris-laevigata-rabbit-ear-iris http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/iris-laevigata-rabbit-ear-iris#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:39:08 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=14422 Japanese water iris or Rabbit ear iris Iris laevigata is arguably the most important iris for growing in water. It originated in Japan, hence its common name, and has been used throughout the centuries in Oriental literature and iconography. The West has accepted this particular iris as a symbol of elegance and peace. The three-petalled blooms of straight Iris laevigata are Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/iris-laevigata-rabbit-ear-iris/feed 0 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/sowing-seeds-to-grow-pond-plants http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/sowing-seeds-to-grow-pond-plants#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:27:32 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=14413 Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/sowing-seeds-to-grow-pond-plants/feed 0 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/pond-plant-maintenance-guide http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/pond-plant-maintenance-guide#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:20:10 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=14408 Winter Pond Plant Maintenance Guide Early winter Ponds should not be allowed to ice over, because the ice layer prevents oxygen from getting in to the water as well as harmful gases being allowed to escape. But what should you do if your pond does ice over? NEVER crack ice with a hammer. This can be deadly to fish; the shockwaves and reverberation can stun or even kill. Melt Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/pond-plant-maintenance-guide/feed 0 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/growing-and-buying-aquatic-plants-and-grasses http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/growing-and-buying-aquatic-plants-and-grasses#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:03:00 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=14401 Grasses for the Water Garden Grasses are grown for their foliage, as a foil for other plants and as an attraction in their own right. Between them there are dozens of species that are perfectly at home either in the pond itself (true aquatics), or in the moist conditions of the bog garden. All have definite characteristics that make them worthy garden plants, but not all gardens Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/growing-and-buying-aquatic-plants-and-grasses/feed 0 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/design-and-location-for-your-garden-pond http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/design-and-location-for-your-garden-pond#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:57:18 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=14397 The placing of the garden pond is important: to position it in the wrong area can be a disaster, giving rise to many problems and plenty of regrets. If you place it near deciduous trees, a shower of leaves every autumn will fall into the water and pollute it. In the shade, the flowers will not open as well as they would in the sunshine. If you plant the wrong kind of plants Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/design-and-location-for-your-garden-pond/feed 0 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/bonsai-growing-caring-for-bonsai-trees http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/bonsai-growing-caring-for-bonsai-trees#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=13813 Bonsai plants and trees are not just another kind of indoor or balcony plant. They demand constant and repeated attention – which is the price you pay to maintain these magnificent collector’s plants. If you are unable to look after your bonsai plant sometimes, do not worry: a fellow enthusiast is sure to help out or a professional bonsai nursery may well be happy to take Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/bonsai-growing-caring-for-bonsai-trees/feed 0 http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/wiring-bonsai-and-bonsai-shaping http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/wiring-bonsai-and-bonsai-shaping#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:15:00 +0000 Dave Pinkney http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/?p=13770 This is perhaps the most characteristic aspect of the art of bonsai, at least to the beginner. The necessity is born out of the need to modify the natural arrangement of branches to encourage them to grow to one of the classic styles. Equipment Essential equipment is brass or copper wire, occasionally steel wire (although rust may present a problem here) of different gauges. Read more ...]]> http://www.gardeninginfozone.com/wiring-bonsai-and-bonsai-shaping/feed 0