Container Gardening
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Surprises In The Container Garden In July!
It is quite hot here in Northern Israel in July, which generally means that my container garden suffers, but this year on account I believe of some nice cool nights, all is well and there are lots of gorgeous blooms to enjoy. Above, my yellow Canna is stunning, and love the giant leaves. These…
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New Hope For A Very Bare Ficus (On Account Of Unconditional Love?)
Back in October, as you can see in the photo above, my Green Island Ficus was not a happy camper, not in the least bit. This ficus, who even has a name on account of my guessing that being a ficus she might give us a few problems, is supposed to be a “hardy” ficus…
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Amazing Blooming Succulent: Cotyledon Orbiculata!
If you love flowers, and have an interest in plants, then like me, you will be completely amazed when your cotyledon orbliculata blooms for the first time, and treats you to gorgeous bell shaped flowers that are pink before they open, and then a brilliant orange on the inside. (Even my camera didn’t quite know…
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Flowers In My Container Garden!
Don’t have any actual land to make the garden of your dreams? Don’t despair, neither do I, and yet with just a little bit of effort, one can enjoy the rewards of gardening and especially gorgeous blooms using just containers! Here are a few photos of what’s blooming in my container garden right now! Lantana,…
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Collecting Seed Pods From Cyclamen And Other Flowering Plants
Did you know that you can collect seeds from your cyclamen plant? This is if you’ve managed to keep it alive until now? This is the first year that I have actually made a concerted effort to properly care for a few of the cyclamens plants in my container garden, with the hopes of getting…
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Petunias Petunias (And Calibrachoa) Everywhere, In The Container Garden!
Spring is here in full force and I highly suggest you take a little break from the crafting and invest some time in the garden, be it with containers (in my case) or with actual land. There is nothing quite like the joy of blooming flowers just outside your door, and they are such a…
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Propogating Succulents From Large Cuttings With Great Results!
Succulents are all the rage, and it’s no wonder! They are so very interesting and easy to take care of and so simple to propogate! Infact, propogating succulents is one of the pleasures of container gardening, and it is so very simple! A few months ago a fried of mine sadly passed away, and I…
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Propogating Succulents From Petals
Propogating succulents from petals is such a fun little gardening experiment, and especially with kids, as your efforts will then produce tiny little succulents that would be perfect to use in little pots that you can use in so many ways. I’ve even seen some great little wine cork pots turned into magnets, which would…
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Propogating Geraniums From Large Cuttings
Spring is in the air, and while I’m not doing any gardening right now, as we are in Passover holiday mode, I couldn’t wait any longer to share with you this nice discovery: you can root large cuttings from tall geranium plants, I’ve done it successfully with cuttings that were 12″ or even a bit…
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Semi-Hardy Perrenials In Bloom In My Containter Garden!
Spring is here, and while I’m very busy with the Passover cleaning, with just a week to go before the holiday ( and SO MUCH to do, sigh) I wanted to share with you the first blooms that we’re enjoying in our container garden! And what are they? Two perennials that I’d highly recommend for…
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Container Gardening: For The Love Of Cyclamen!
I was given this gorgeous bright pink Cyclamen plant as a gift at the end of December, and now three months later it’s still blooming! After enjoying this one for a week or two, I couldn’t resist picking up a few smaller ones, which you can see below. And they too, have been giving non-stop…
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Container Gardening: Coming Inside For The Winter?
As I write this post a light dusting of snow is covering the neighborhood, yes indeed, it does snow here in Israel, because you see my friends Israel is not what you might think, and while we don’t experience harsh winters, it does get cold enough in some areas to snow, to the extreme delight…