Plant Tips
Plant Tip: Grow Tiny Flowering Trees with Bonsai Techniques
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- Published on Tuesday, April 22 2014 18:00
- Written by BCG Editors
Some plants that may grow too big for your balcony container garden may do well when grown as bonsai. Bonsai is a very complicated growing technique that consists of trimming, pruning, clamping and much more, in order to grow plants to look like tiny trees. But if you're up to learning more about bonsai and have the patience and skill for it, you can grow plants like bougainvillea or azaleas as bonsai, which look absolutely beautiful – like tiny flowering trees! Once you perfect your bonsai technique with your bougainvillea or azalea bush, you may want to branch out (pun intended) to full-on trees, such as juniper, cypress, spruce – or even small forests of trees!
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Plant Tip: Get Inspiration from a Garden Tour
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- Published on Tuesday, April 15 2014 17:54
- Written by BCG Editors
Some homeowners in upscale neighborhoods open their doors each spring so gawkers like you and me can ogle their homes and gardens. Check for home and garden tours near you and get some garden inspiration! Sure, you may not have an expensive home like these people, and you may not have a nice big backyard garden space like them, but it always helps to get ideas from other gardeners. You can also see what plants do well in your area and see new plants you may want to try in your container garden. You may even get to experience some creative professional garden design!
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Plant Tip: Increase Your Yield with Help from Pollinators
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- Published on Tuesday, April 08 2014 00:51
- Written by BCG Editors
Some plants can pollinate their flowers by using wind to carry their pollen to other flowers, but insects and other pollinating animals are usually needed for pollination. Showy and sweet-smelling flowers lure in insects, which transfer the pollen from flower to flower as they eat nectar. Pollinators help increase fruit and vegetable yields, and often result in better crops, so attract them to your garden to increase your plant yields. Plant big, showy flowers next to your vegetable plants to attract pollinators, which will also assist in pollinating your vegetable flowers. Some flower-veggie combo plantings are also beneficial in other ways. Planting marigold flowers next to tomatoes, for example, will also keep bad insects like tomato hornworm caterpillars at bay (due to the marigold's smell).
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