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Sea kale, Crambe maritima – a seaside cabbage both cute and tasty

 Clump of sea kale with gravel mulch.

Pot-in-pot technique for easy annuals

 An impatiens remains potted but benefits from being in the ground for water and nutrients.

Dwarf Barberry varieties, berberis for low-lying hedges and wonderful shrub beds

 Newly planted dwarf barberry shrub.

Mulberry tree, a great tree for shade in the summer

 Mulberry tree leaves and shade.

Lilac, planting and care for abundant fragrant blooms

 lilac

Banana trees : Growing and Care

 Banana trees

Mirabilis, a wonderful family of fragrant flowers

 Mirabilis

Japanese cherry tree, simply beautiful

 Japanese cherry - Prunus serrulata

American Wintergreen, magnificent in winter

 Frost on Gaultheria procumbens berries and leaves.

Orchid, how to make the blooming last

 Phalaenopsis orchid with new flowers

Hawthorn, a cute little shrub

 Bountiful branch of red hawthorn berries.

Canker, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it

 Canker on the branch of a fruit tree with a drop of sap.

Bulb flowers that bloom in summer

 Top bulbs for summer blooming, like this dahlia.

Plum tree, how to have great plums

 Plums on a plum tree

Hosta, a plant for shade

 Hosta leaves, green with white rims, in the shade

A potted garden on a terrace with containers

 Ideas to decorate a terrace with container plants in pots

Allergic to pollen? Types of plants to avoid, and what to replace them with

 Plants that trigger allergy and those that don't

Viola cornuta, ideal for flower beds and garden boxes

 Horned pansy

Alumroot, remarkable leaves and elegant blooms

 Heuchera - alumroot

Lemon tree, magnificent fruit trees

 Lemon tree

Cinquefoil, a cute bushy plant

 Yellow cinquefoil shrub

How to know your type of garden soil

 Sandy soil in a hand, the best way to identify the type of soil.

How to Harvest Aloe Vera Gel?

 Harvesting Aloe Vera Gel

Bellflower, cute little flower

 A round clump of bellflowers decorating a stone wall.

Dracaena marginata bicolor, a crown of ruby, emerald and ivory jewels

 bicolor dragon tree

Staghorn tree – amazing in spring, fall and winter

 Sumac tree

Dracaena (Dragon plant) watering

 Watering dracaena

Skimmia, magnificent all year round

 Japanese skimmia

Scotch laburnum, magnificent yellow bunches

 Scotch laburnum forms cascades of yellow flowers

Acacia tree – planting, care and pruning of this towering shade-giver

Arabis, alpine rock-cress, like a basket of silver in spring

 An arabis alpina shrub in full bloom covered in small white flowers.

Soil mix, use, relevance and how to choose it

Four-seasons lemon, fruits and flowers all year long

 Four-seasons lemon tree

Cloud pruning for trees and shrubs

 Magnificent example of a cloud-pruned shrub with 8 to 10 clouds and a silver gray trunk.

Rust, techniques and treatments to avoid it

 Small dots of yellow and a few brown blotches dot the top of a rose leaf covered in rust.

Cup-and-saucer vine, a magnificent climbing plant

 Cup and saucer vine against a dark background

Gorse, superb flower shrub

 Gorse flower in full bloom filling up the whole screen.

Witch-hazel, flower-bearing and original

 Witch-hazel

Dwarf Yaupon holly, a colorful berry shrub

 Close-up of dwarf yaupon holly leaves and unripe berries.

Topdress your lawn for a lush, thick, neat result!

 Phase two of topdressing a lawn, topdressing mix strewn across the grass must be raked in.

French lavender – planting, care and pruning

 French lavender

9 purple flowers for a mysterious enchanted garden

 Purple-flowered plants for the garden

Santolina, Cotton lavender: pruning, care, uses

 Santolina, cotton lavender

Howea, an indoor palm that hails from afar

 Howea

Vriesea – a magnificent indoor plant

 Vriesea

Snowberry, the pearl tree

 Snowberry, symphoricarpos

What’s the ideal layout for a raised garden?

 Raised garden layout

Black locust tree, false acacia

 White cluster of black locust flowers

Tomato blight, effective organic treatments against downy mildew

 Diseased tomatoes infected with tomato blight

Viburnum tinus Lisarose, superb in fall

 Flower of the viburnum tinus lisarose variety.

Bordeaux mixture, an effective treatment

 Bordeaux mix fungicide