l also find dragonflies, and frogs will spawn.' If a pond is prohibitive, any small water feature will do, even a bird bath. Demolish fence, create a hedge for wildlife Walls and Fences limit the natural wandering of animals, but a wildlife hedge not only serves as a fence, but also allows passage f ...
ere are also orange and red ones, as the color palette of sunflowers ranges from light yellow to very dark purple. 3- This plant can be used as a hedge and a privacy screen If you have a problem with overlooking your garden, you can use sunflowers to create a hedge or a privacy screen. This p ...
When to prune hedges and shrubs? Many gardeners tend to wait until the end of winter and an improvement in weather conditions to do a thorough spring cleaning in their garden. At this time of the year, garden maintenance becomes necessary, and you may have planned to bring out the hedge trimmer... ...
location will allow you to plant a wider variety of plants. Also note that this English-style flowerbed should be installed in front of a wall or a hedge of shrubs to highlight and protect it from the wind. A dark green evergreen hedge provides a perfect backdrop to showcase the profusion of charm ...
eans of valorizing organic waste from both a technical and ecological perspective. Waste to be used. Nitrogenous waste: plant waste, gardening waste (hedge trimmings, lawn clippings...), green leaves, perishable household waste (vegetable and fruit waste). - Carbonaceous waste: shredded branches, de ...
ds. The installation of windbreaks also helps save water, as wind increases the evaporation phenomenon. If your garden is not sheltered by a wall or a hedge, create a protective screen with slightly tall and drought-resistant plants such as lavender or boxwood, for example. If you have a lawn, do ...
e. Cytises are therefore the most beautiful effect in gardens, in a bed or an isolated subject on a lawn. They can also be integrated into an open hedge next to other flowering shrubs like lilac or seringat. Its culture is without problem The laburnum is planted in autumn, preferably in full ...
n love potions and can also be added to tea and herbal teas in the form of dried rosebuds. - Hawthorn is the ideal flowering shrub to create a hedge in a magical garden. Not only is it a beautiful flowering plant, but its flowers, fresh or dried, can be used to make soothing herbal teas. ...
re the only ones that are edible. The berries of all other Honeysuckle varieties are poisonous. You can use this fruiting shrub in an unobstructed hedge or at the back of a bed or plant it as a lone subject in your garden. You can even grow it in a container on your terrace. This shrub of the ...
- leftovers from meals or their preparation - uneaten expired products - green waste from park and garden maintenance such as shrub and hedge trimmings, dead leaves or Lawn clippings... All these organic wastes have in common that they are biodegradable, i.e. they can be naturally d ...
st-growing plants, it is generally recommended to give them space and to respect a spacing of 70 cm. However, if you want to create a row and a small hedge of lavenders, you must reduce the planting distance to 50 cm, or even 30 cm for small varieties. 5- What to plant with lavender? Now that you kn ...
1- Do not neglect blade sharpening. Sharpening cutting tools such as sickles, pruning shears, grafting knives, secateurs, or hedge shears is an essential maintenance task to ensure that gardening remains a pleasure. It is normal for the blades of garden tools to dull and become less effective with ...
tips for protecting plants on a windy balcony is to plant resistant species in large containers in the front row, which will form a kind of windbreak hedge or protective vegetal wall. This solution takes longer to implement, as it requires time for the plants to grow and fill out. However, it has t ...
g the stems of faded flowers at the base, just above the foliage. 3- Perform shaping pruning to give a rounded shape to your lavender plants, preferably using hedge shears (more practical than pruning shears in this case). In regions with mild climates, you can perform operations 2 and 3 on the sa ...
bly in light, well-drained soil. This hardy shrub tolerates poor and stony soils. The planting distance should be 1 meter in a bed or 50 cm to form a hedge. If you live in an area with cold winters, place it along a south-facing wall and protect its base with a thick layer of mulch. You can also gr ...
l it in the less sunny areas of your garden, for example, as a backdrop to hydrangeas in a flowerbed. You can also use this perennial climber in a mixed hedge by combining it with other vigorous climbers like the cream-flowered 'Cream Form' akebia. Note: This cultivar is not used for flavoring beer ...
install a windbreak in the form of woven panels or reed screens supported by stakes driven into the ground. You can also place your plants against a hedge that acts as a windbreak, making sure to choose a sunny location of course. 3- Elevate the pots. In winter, the contact of pots with the ground ...
