Gardening

Tired of typical planters, and ready for change? Think outside the pot. Here I have some ideas like using wicker baskets and car tyres as planters.

Sometimes one can literally have one’s cake and eat it. What have you to say about living in a tropical paradise where it doesn’t ever get freezing cold...

Even discounting their showy flower displays, bromeliads are beautiful foliage plants, with strappy leaves in red, green, purple, orange, yellow, banded, stripes, spots or other combinations.

Even discounting their showy flower displays, bromeliads are beautiful foliage plants, with strappy leaves in red, green, purple, orange, yellow, banded, stripes, spots or other combinations.

Growing plants in the bathroom has surprisingly many advantages. Not only do they help purify the air, they have the ability to eliminate bacteria and absorb excess moisture.

Add to your first aid arsenal a low maintenance Aloe Vera plant. The sap from Aloe Vera is used to heal minor cuts and burns and also as a skin moisturiser . While it is a very useful plant, it is also very attractive.

The pineapple is one of the best-known plants of this family. Bromeliads are among the most spectacular house and landscape plants, but they are also one of the most overlooked.

The Best Drought Tolerant Shrubs vary from region to region. The trick is to find drought resistant shrubs that grow well in your area. Select shrubs on site-by-site basis, taking soil, climate and exposure into account.

Nigeria is native to many natural resources including herbs that are rich in flavor, nutrients and medicinal values that have positive effects on our health.

Every garden needs a few climbing plants or wall shrubs. Flowering vines grow up; they add height, privacy, floral richness, and can be trained to grow on fences, trellises, arbors...

Tendril Climbers are vines that support themselves by tendrils and side shoots up anything they can grab onto. This and twinning types are suited for training up baffles, fences, pipes, trellises, post or wooden towers.

We are still dwelling on plants that like it hot and will thrive in hot, sunny locations. Plants that will thrive, no matter what. They are great, low water and drought-tolerant plants.