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Plant Nutrition in Mediterranean Climate Gardens : The Importance of Feeding in the Spring Spring is the ideal time for feeding garden plants as this is the primary season for plant growth and development. No more is this the case than in Mediterranean and similarly dry climates, where the hot, arid summer causes many plants to enter... ( added 190 days 2 hours ago.)

Petrol Garden Tools : Simple Maintenance Tasks for the Home Gardener Petrol garden tools easily out perform their electric equivalents. In the long run they also make more economic sense, because although 2-3 times more expensive, if well maintained, a tool from a reputable manufacture could last the home gardener... ( added 194 days 3 hours ago.)

Ground Cover Plants The Benefits of Growing Junipers as Ground Cover, Landscaping Plants There is a wide variety of Juniper forms grown as landscaping plants, ranging from trees, shrubs, high-growing and very low-growing ground cover plants. All are evergreen conifers, with needle-like foliage, and fleshy berrylike fruits instead of... ( added 206 days 10 hours ago.)

Spring Garden Care:Pruning Landscape and Fruit Trees in Mediterranean Climate Home Gardens Deciduous trees should be pruned in their dormant season, which in Mediterranean and similar mild winter climates, means towards the end of winter. They should not be pruned in the spring as pruning causes the sap that is rising in the plant to... ( added 211 days 4 hours ago.)

Home Garden Care How to Prune Your Garden Plants in the Spring Correct pruning in the spring is one of the most important factors in obtaining exciting results from your garden plants. As getting it right is largely about timing, it's important to be on the ball at this time of year with your secateurs... ( added 213 days 3 hours ago.)

Home Garden Care in the Spring: Aphid Control Guidelines for the Home Gardener Spring is the season when a host of pest organisms come to life and feed massively on our garden plants. Foremost amongst them are species of tiny flying insects, known commonly as aphids, which while not generally fatal, cause a lot of visual... ( added 218 days 2 hours ago.)

Drip Irrigation : How Professionals Lay and Space the Drip Irrigation Pipes Drip irrigation is probably the single most effective tool for water conservation at the dry climate gardener's disposal. Unfortunately, many, perhaps most home gardeners do not know how to space and lay down the pipes, in order that the system... ( added 232 days 7 hours ago.)

Drip Irrigation A Simple But Essential Maintenance Task Before the Onset of the Irrigation Season The life span of dripper lines is usually up to 10-15 years, as mineral deposits in the water eventually make the line inoperable. However, neglecting to wash out the system periodically will significantly reduce their operable life span. I've... ( added 239 days 3 hours ago.)

Landscape Garden Design: Using Santolina in a Mediterranean Style Garden Santolina as a Mediterranean native, is virtually a "must" plant for a dry, Mediterranean-style garden. It is a sub-shrub or woody perennial, growing to about 70cm (2ft) in height and a meter (1ft) in width. The best-known species is Santolina... ( added 246 days 4 hours ago.)

Metrosideros (Pohutukawa) An Excellent Landscape Tree or Shrub for a Mediterranean Climate Garden Metrosideros is the botanical name for a genus of landscape trees and large shrubs known commonly by its Maori name as Pohutukawa, or New Zealand Christmas Tree. As a large evergreen plant, it is ideal for screening purposes, but is also highly... ( added 250 days 2 hours ago.)

Pomegranate : How to Prune Landscaping and Fruiting Pomegranate Trees The Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a deciduous tree or large shrub, which should be pruned at the end of its dormancy, i.e. towards the end of winter. In general, the method for pruning trees differs with ornamental plants as opposed to those... ( added 252 days 22 hours ago.)

Garden Power Tools How to Use Petrol Strimmers Safely and Ergonomically Unless you have a very small backyard with a tiny lawn, a petrol strimmer is infinitely more efficient and even cost-effective in the end than an electric garden tool. For maintaining the edges on a large lawn, whacking the tough weeds around the... ( added 260 days 2 hours ago.)

Electric Garden Tools or Petrol Garden Tools: Which are Better for the Home Garden? Many if not most home gardeners buy electric garden tools as opposed to gas-powered tools. Considering that you will hardly, if ever find a landscape professional or garden contractor using an electric lawn mower or strimmer, you might want to ask... ( added 262 days 11 hours ago.)

Crape Myrtle How to Prune this Very Special Landscape Tree Crape Myrtle, or Lagerstroemia indica, to use its botanical name, is in many ways one of the most special landscape trees suitable for a small garden. It has lovely, fresh-green foliage in the spring, in cold climates it sports dramatic fall color... ( added 264 days 3 hours ago.)

Growing Roses in a Dry Mediterranean Climate Is it Compatible with Water Conserving Gardening? Roses, for the most part are very demanding in their water needs. With the exception of a number of species roses of Mediterranean and steppe-climate origin (i.e. Central Asia), the cultivated varieties known to the gardener consume, to perform at... ( added 269 days 11 hours ago.)

Pruning Trees and Shrubs How Pruning Affects the Health of the Plants No matter how necessary pruning is for attaining the desired shape or growth habit of garden trees and shrubs, it is not, as is often assumed, "good" for the plant. In fact, pruning is about as good for the health of plants as surgery is for the... ( added 270 days 5 hours ago.)

Pruning Roses in a Dry Mediterranean Climate The Purpose of Annual Pruning The second half of winter is the best time for pruning most rose shrub varieties in the mild winters typical of a Mediterranean climate. The purpose of pruning however, is not always clear to the home gardener. "Well it's what roses need isn't" is... ( added 276 days 11 hours ago.)

Bedding Plants How to Integrate Bedding Plants into the Overall Garden Composition Inexperienced gardeners tend to choose bedding plants solely to make a splash of color. Little if any thought is given as to whether the species in question go with the rest of the plants in the garden. The question that the gardener should be... ( added 278 days 11 hours ago.)

Plant Nutrition Chemical Fertilizer and Compost Compared Which form of plant nutrition is better in broad terms chemical fertilizer or compost? Fertilizers, whether chemical or organic, supply to the plants the elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and iron that are essential to their growth... ( added 281 days 7 hours ago.)

Fertilizers The Real Reasons Against Using Chemical Fertilizer on Your Garden Plants Increasing numbers of home gardeners are turning against chemical fertilizers as the main means of feeding their garden plants. This trend is strengthened by the vague idea that chemical fertilizers are synthetic products and therefore unnatural.... ( added 281 days 22 hours ago.)

Sage Wisely Choosing Ornamental Sage Plants for a Mediterranean Climate Garden Sage is most widely known as a herb plant, possessing many culinary and medicinal properties. In fact, these applies mainly to the Garden or Common sage, Salvia officinalis, whereas most species, while perhaps having fragrant leaves, are grown... ( added 285 days 20 hours ago.)

Herb Gardens The Benefits of Growing Garden Sage in a Mediterranean Climate Garden Garden Sage, or Salvia officinalis, to use its botanical name, is one of about 1,000 species of sage. Many are both fragrant and ornamental, and so of immense value as garden plants, but in addition, Garden Sage has culinary, medicinal, and other... ( added 288 days 3 hours ago.)

Pruning Roses Crucial Tips on Rose Pruning for Mediterranean Climate Gardeners The mild winters common to Mediterranean climates means that pruning woody plants in general, and roses in particular, ought to be carried out differently than in cold, temperate climates. This includes both when and how to prune roses bushes. ... ( added 290 days 19 hours ago.)

Lawns in a Dry Climate Artificial Grass and Real Grass Compared In dry climates, water shortages are making the large suburban lawn a luxury less and less people can afford. A garden where 90% or so of its area is taken up by grass is becoming increasingly unsustainable in terms of water consumption and the... ( added 294 days 7 hours ago.)

Winter Garden Care Planting in a Mediterranean Climate Winter In cold winter climates where the ground is either frozen or at best rock-hard, planting is unthinkable. This is not the case in the mild winters typical of the Mediterranean climates in Southern Europe, the Middle East, Southern California, or... ( added 295 days 9 hours ago.)