When we think of flowering plants, we normally relate them with sweet scents we’d smell in the garden or essences used in perfumes. However, some plants just smell so bad that flies mistake them for rotting flesh—which is definitely a scent you’d never want to wear! Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), also called corpse or carrion…
This specific variety of tulips has a soft and fluffy white center that very much looks like a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Despite its appetizing look, this isn’t actually edible! Ice Cream tulip (Tulipa ‘Ice Cream’) is an ornamental flowering plant much like regular tulips. This variety resulted from crossing double white tulips with…
I’ve experienced it before—you have a package of fennel seeds forgotten for a year (or more!) and you are now wondering if you should use your precious garden space for them to grow or if they are going to be a waste of time and time! You’re likely wondering what happens when they’re left unused…
These days, your pets aren’t the only ones that can stay at a hotel. All the lovely and ever-helpful little critters in your garden can also stay for much longer with their very own accommodations! Also known as insect hotels, bug hotels provide shelter for multiple beneficial insects that 1) can help pollinate flowering and…
It can be very stressful to suddenly wake up to a tomato plant getting decimated pretty much overnight, especially if you spent months growing it. One of the common suspects for such damage is tomato hornworms. Here is a full list of ways for you to get rid of them naturally! Tomato hornworms can naturally…
Without enough nutrients, you might end up harvesting carrots much smaller, shorter, and thinner than your pinky finger! But what if I told you that some people have also been able to grow insanely massive carrots? The biggest and heaviest carrot harvested in America was grown in Minnesota in 2017, weighing 22.44 lbs (10.17 kg)….