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Rosemary is a typical perennial herb and the plant has very distinct evergreen leaves looking like slender needles. The evergreen plant has a pleasant fragrance. Rosemary herb belongs to the ‘large mint’ or ‘lamiaceae’ family of plant kingdom. There are several other herbs belonging to the same family but rosemary herb is one of the [...]

Something surprising has happened in the very beginning of this year and gardeners across the globe would surely be happy to know about this. Researchers at the ‘Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew‘ have been successful in developing a new hybrid flower from a cross between a day blooming and night blooming flower for the first [...]

Hybrid tea is more popularly known as the “flower of lovers” around the world. It is a perfect long-stemmed rose variety that facilitates repeatedly flowering. In genetic terminology it is the result of hybridization of “tea-rose” and “perpetual-hybrid”. 
A typical hybrid tea is a perfect choice for displaying open. It is an object that adds up [...]

Flipping through the pages of my garden book I suddenly realized that the gardening season has arrived and it is time to look for fresh plants in my garden. It is also the time for my garden shopping. The days are getting longer and warmer ahead and I must get prepared with multiple choices. Early [...]

Annuals grow, blossom, and die out in a year’s time while perennials survive over winters and get ready to grow in the next season again. The average life strategy in case of the annuals is quite fast and rapid growth after germination is a typical feature. The rate of transformation from germination to flowering and [...]

The straight answer to this question is “200 acres of land”. “Hope Gardens” of Jamaica is the largest botanical garden in entire Caribbean. You will find a cactus garden, orchid house, greenhouse, a forest garden, an ornamental pond, a plant nursery, lily pond, poet’s corner, bandstand, fountains, zoo, bougainvillea walkway, shrub maze, sunken gardens, coconut [...]

The gardeners and farmers know Sweet Peas (Lathyrus Odoratus) for hundreds of years now. Fragrance of the sweet peas is beyond comparison and simply takes you to heavens. If you are planning to grow sweet peas in your garden then you must pick the right variety. These days genetically engineered hybrid varieties are also available [...]

The beauty and elegance of tree peonies is simply beyond any comparison. Just imagine almost six feet high plants loaded with a hundred large blowsy blooms of snow white, pink, purple, and lemon yellow flowers covering a prominent space in your garden! Your visitors just cannot pass without praising your sense of gardening with love. [...]

A gardener growing orchids in the garden knows when to re-pot it. However, for someone who is a beginner with this lovely plant ,it is very important to know when the leaves and bulbs start getting packed completely in to the pot in such a way that it becomes bulging. At this stage, you should [...]

“Plant Genus Thryptomene” represents almost 40 different types of plant species of evergreen shrubs.Thryptomene is a Greek nomenclature, which means ‘coy’ or ‘prudish’. It is named on its appearance because when you see the shrub for the first time it will appear like coy or prudish.
Thryptomene is a native plant to western, central, and [...]