Gardening 2025, January

Blue fescue: Safe for people and animals

Blue fescue: Safe for people and animals

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Although it is often claimed out of ignorance or uncertainty, blue fescue is not poisonous. But it is also not suitable as a fodder plant

Planting vanilla flowers: Tips for magnificent flowers

Planting vanilla flowers: Tips for magnificent flowers

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

How do you plant the vanilla flower and what needs to be taken into account? You will find out all this in this article

Blue fescue: care tips for the attractive bearskin grass

Blue fescue: care tips for the attractive bearskin grass

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Blue fescue can be used in a variety of ways in the garden and forms attractive, dense cushions. The ornamental grass requires little care

Red fescue in the garden: Versatile and undemanding

Red fescue in the garden: Versatile and undemanding

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Due to their undemanding nature, the various red fescue species are suitable for lawns or for grassland or pastures in problematic locations

Blue fescue care: cutting back yes or no?

Blue fescue care: cutting back yes or no?

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Can you cut blue fescue or not? It is not advisable to cut back the ornamental grass because the plant often does not sprout again

Hardy blue fescue: tips for he althy growth

Hardy blue fescue: tips for he althy growth

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Blue fescue is actually very hardy, but it often doesn't survive the winter. This is usually due to the wrong location

Red Dogwood: Toxicity and possible dangers

Red Dogwood: Toxicity and possible dangers

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Red dogwood is considered slightly poisonous to humans, although its ripe fruits can be made into jam or juice when cooked

Japanese Dogwood: Ideal for which location?

Japanese Dogwood: Ideal for which location?

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Japanese dogwood prefers a location in light partial shade, where it is bright but not necessarily exposed to the hottest midday sun

Red dogwood in the garden: cutting instructions and care tips

Red dogwood in the garden: cutting instructions and care tips

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Red dogwood is considered to tolerate pruning very well, which is why you can cut older shrubs radically

Pruning the Japanese dogwood: When and how?

Pruning the Japanese dogwood: When and how?

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Japanese dogwood is not necessarily a candidate for regular cutting, but the shrub should be thinned out in summer

Red dogwood hedge: Aesthetically and ecologically valuable

Red dogwood hedge: Aesthetically and ecologically valuable

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Red dogwood is ideal for planting as a hedge, either as a single species or mixed with other trees

Red dogwood in the garden: Which location does it prefer?

Red dogwood in the garden: Which location does it prefer?

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Red dogwood is quite undemanding in terms of its location and feels very comfortable in both light and shady locations

Red dogwood: profile and easy-care flowering tree

Red dogwood: profile and easy-care flowering tree

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Red dogwood is a native flowering tree that can be cultivated in the garden and has a high ornamental value. Cornus sanguinea in the profile

Cobbler palm care: Tips for a he althy houseplant

Cobbler palm care: Tips for a he althy houseplant

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Cobbler palms also thrive in locations with little light - important information about caring for the green plant indoors

Overwintering busy Lizzie: How to protect the plant

Overwintering busy Lizzie: How to protect the plant

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Busy Lieschen does not have to be regrown every year, but can also overwinter indoors in a bright and not too cool location

Propagating busy Lieschen: seeds or cuttings?

Propagating busy Lieschen: seeds or cuttings?

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Busy Lieschen can be propagated relatively easily by growing from seeds, or by rooting top cuttings

Busy Lieschen: Poisonous for children and pets?

Busy Lieschen: Poisonous for children and pets?

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Busy Lizzie of the genus Impatiens does not contain any dangerous toxins, which is why it can be planted without hesitation

Busy Lieschen in winter: survival & hibernation

Busy Lieschen in winter: survival & hibernation

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Busy Lieschen is not hardy even in the varieties sold as perennials, but can be overwintered indoors

Busy Lieschen: Perfect balcony perennial for shady areas

Busy Lieschen: Perfect balcony perennial for shady areas

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

The Impatiens walleriana, known as Busy Lieschen, thrives particularly richly in flowers on a balcony that is not too sunny and protected from the weather

Busy Lieschen: What diseases can occur?

Busy Lieschen: What diseases can occur?

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If diseases such as downy mildew or damping-off disease affect a busy Lieschen, then disposal is usually necessary

Black Snake Beard: Care Tips for He althy Plants

Black Snake Beard: Care Tips for He althy Plants

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Do you love unusual plants? Here you will find out how the black snake beard should be cared for and get numerous useful tips

How to properly care for sweet thistle - the best tips and tricks

How to properly care for sweet thistle - the best tips and tricks

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Do you know Alpine man litter or sea thistle? We give you interesting and useful tips on caring for sweet thistle

Real lungwort in the garden: profile, effects and cultivation

Real lungwort in the garden: profile, effects and cultivation

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Are you interested in medicinal herbs? Here you will find out the most important things about lungwort and get numerous tips

Journey of discovery: Are you familiar with these Hokkaido varieties?

Journey of discovery: Are you familiar with these Hokkaido varieties?

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Green or gray Hokkaidos are not unripe, but belong to other Hokkaido varieties. Read about the variety of colors of pumpkins in this guide

Cultivated blueberries in the garden: location, soil and care

Cultivated blueberries in the garden: location, soil and care

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Cultivated blueberries differ from wild blueberries in that they prefer a full sun location with sandy soil

Lemon Verbena Care: Tips for a He althy Plant

Lemon Verbena Care: Tips for a He althy Plant

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How much care does the lemon verbena require? Tips for watering, fertilizing, cutting, overwintering and propagating

10 tips for successful weed control in the lawn

10 tips for successful weed control in the lawn

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Here you will find the 10 best tips for controlling weeds in the lawn. How to remove dandelions, clover, moss etc

Edelweiss in a pot or garden: How to care for it

Edelweiss in a pot or garden: How to care for it

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

The edelweiss is a distinctive, very easy-care perennial. Especially in the rock gardens, you will have little work caring for the alpine plants

When do grape hyacinths bloom? Everything at the right flowering time

When do grape hyacinths bloom? Everything at the right flowering time

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

From when to when does the grape hyacinth bloom? Should the wilted flowers be cut off? Find out more about the flowering period of the pearl hyacinth here

Creeping juniper care: tips for optimal growth

Creeping juniper care: tips for optimal growth

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Without care, the creeping juniper culture will fail. Find out here which activities you should undertake to keep him vital

Planting Levkojen: When, where and how for optimal growth?

Planting Levkojen: When, where and how for optimal growth?

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Here you can read everything about planting Levkojen - about location, soil, planting distance, planting neighbors, sowing, flowering time and planting time

Love pearl bush care: tips for he althy plants

Love pearl bush care: tips for he althy plants

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Whether you should fertilize and cut the love pearl bush, how to overwinter and water it and what damage can occur - you can read that here

Caucasus Forget-me-not: Ideal for partial shade

Caucasus Forget-me-not: Ideal for partial shade

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Does the Caucasus forget-me-not like to stand in the sun? You can also read about its soil requirements and suitable plant neighbors here

Red currant: signs and treatment of diseases

Red currant: signs and treatment of diseases

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Red currants are robust garden plants. Nevertheless, the bushes occasionally become diseased. How to recognize and treat illnesses

Cattail or reed: which plant for the garden pond?

Cattail or reed: which plant for the garden pond?

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Reeds are generally referred to as all marsh plants with the growth habit and characteristics of reeds and cattails

Cutting Japanese snowball: when and how to do it?

Cutting Japanese snowball: when and how to do it?

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

You don't necessarily have to cut Japanese snowballs. If you want to get it into shape, you should follow a few cutting tips

Overwintering Gazania: This way the plant remains perennial

Overwintering Gazania: This way the plant remains perennial

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Are you interested in South African Gazania? We'll tell you how you can get the midday gold over the next winter

Gazania increase: step by step to colorful midday gold

Gazania increase: step by step to colorful midday gold

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Do you like gazania and would you like to propagate it yourself? Here you will find out the most important things about sowing and cuttings of the decorative midday gold

Creating a hornbeam hedge successfully: When and how to plant?

Creating a hornbeam hedge successfully: When and how to plant?

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

The best time to plant hornbeam hedges is autumn. The timing also depends on the weather and the quality of the trees

Phacelia in the garden: How and when is the best time to sow?

Phacelia in the garden: How and when is the best time to sow?

Last modified: 2025-01-13 06:01

Since the Phacelia seeds are very small, they should be mixed with a little fine sand if necessary to make sowing easier