By Rachel Hurt
The hibiscus is a hardy plant that is sometimes subject to overcrowding.
This lack of space can cause your hibiscus to become unhealthy. Transplanting your plant will give it room and with a few basic steps on how to and care, it won't take long to have happy, healthy plants. Decide on which plant you are moving and thoroughly examine the condition of the plant. Choose a new location....
By Cheryl Bowman
A Crepe Myrtle is a somewhat high-maintenance tree. It must be pruned properly to encourage flower growth, and it must be planted in the proper area and type of soil. Be sure to choose a spot that affords full sun (at least six hours of continuous sunlight) per day. The soil should be mostly sand, but the Crepe Myrtle will tolerate soil that has clay in it. The soil should drain well and should...
By Amber Keefer
If you don't want the grapevine in your backyard growing into a tangled mess, you need to prune the plant every year while the vine is still dormant. Prune too much, and you might kill the plant. Don't prune enough, and you could end up with vines all over the place. But if you don't prune the plant at all, the vine will bear fewer grapes, and in a few years, it might not produce any...
By Lauren Wise
Deciding when to harvest grapes can be a difficult decision for wine producers and growers, but it is much easier to decide when to actually cut down a grapevine. When a grapevine ceases producing fruit, it's usually because of disease and means it's time for it to be chopped down and discarded. If a grapevine stops producing fruit, wait a couple of years to see if it produces anything....
By CrunchingLeaves
Begonias are a great choice for almost any garden. They thrive in hanging baskets, planters and flower beds. With a little care, begonias will cheerfully bloom all summer long, and often into fall. There are pink, salmon, yellow, orange, red and white flowering varieties to choose from, with an endless variety of petal and foliage shapes and designs. In fact, there are over 1500 species of...