Don’t Give Up On That Injured Plant
Some of you may remember that last year we experimented with a raised sunflower bed. The results of trying to grow sunflowers in a 6-8 inch deep bed were very s...
Tag: Flowers
Homemade Organic Rose Food
“I don’t know whether nice people tend to grow roses or growing roses makes people nice.” – Roland A. Browne I have been searching ...
Railroad Vines For Beach Erosion Control
Railroad vine grows on sand dunes in many tropical and subtropical regions. Here in the states it can be found on beaches from Georgia to Texas. We recently had...
Raised Bed Sunflower Garden
A few weeks ago we posted a note about our Autumn Beauty Sunflowers that were blooming. As you may recall, we found three varieties of sunflower seeds on cleara...
Carrion Plant (Stapelia Gigantea)
Also known as the Toad plant and the Starfish plant, this succulent from South Africa puts on an impressive show. Large buds emerge from the base of the plant a...
Blue Skies and Indian Blankets
Whenever we visit the beach we look forward to seeing the blue skies above the ocean one of our favorite wildflowers, Indian Blanket flowers. Gaillardia pulche...
Blood Lilies Are Bursting With Color
Blood Lilies, or African Blood Lilies (scadoxus multiflorus katherinae), are one of our favorite bulbs. They are up and blooming now, with everyone, including t...
Autumn Beauty Sunflowers Are Blooming
Here at Gardening on a Dime, we have a few different sunflowers planted this year. One of the seeds we found on clearance a couple of months ago at one of the b...