Gardening

Mercury Accumulation in Plants and its Effects

Mercury is one of the most dangerous toxic trace metal pollutants that can affect the growth of many plant species. It accumulates biologically and enters in to the food chain system generating long term health problems. Industrial development has been considered as one of the major factors responsible for increasing levels of mercury accumulations within the plants. Anthropogenic activities have contributed significantly to the mercury adulteration of our atmosphere. Some of these common causes include…

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Good Fall Gardening Practices

Fall is a great time of the year for adding trees and shrubs to the landscape. The warm soil and cool air is good for root development. In some cases, plants that are planted in the fall tend to establish themselves better than ones planted in the spring. This is because they have all of the fall and all of the following spring to get established before the most stressful time of the year which…

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Preparing Plants For Fall Gardening

It is a good time to begin with fall gardening . Warm soil plus cool, damp days encourages many plants to thrive. You should be ready to dig in with these tips for fall gardening. Acid-loving plants such as holly, azaleas and rhododendrons should be well watered as needed until cold weather sets in. If leaves are turning yellow, apply a sulfur or fertilizer formulated for acid-loving plants now to improve the color by spring. Keep spraying roses…

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17 Essential Elements for Plant Growth

Let us go back to the basics and learn chemistry that would be extremely helpful in understanding its applications in gardening. Chemical elements analysis reveals that plants need definite proportions of specific elements. Plant growth is solely dependent on 17 different elements. Presence of all these chemical elements in perfect proportion is primarily responsible for healthy growth of a plant. As a gardener you must know about these 17 essential elements. All these elements have…

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Low Maintenance Landscape Designing

Many of the home gardens have typical ”hardscapes,” combinations of walls, pavers, pergolas and water features. One thing most of them have in common is being over-planted. Some of the home gardens look lie ”plant collections,” with one each of many different species and some other have mass-plantings. There could always be a better way to fill landscape beds with color without appearing cluttered.Otherwise most of the designs will have twice or three times the…

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Plants That Attract Hummingbirds in Your Garden

Hummingbirds in garden are a pleasure in itself. Everything about them is fascinating, their diminutive size, their Stars Wars sounds, the way they hover and the speed of their flight. Exposure to hummingbirds is generally not very common unless they are passing through your garden. Finding them feasting on the flowers in your garden is a true delight. Two specific plants must be at the top of your priority list. Wherever these two plants are…

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