Best Beginner Seeds for Vegetable Gardens

A Buyer’s Guide to the Best Seeds for Beginners

Planning your first real vegetable garden is pure excitement. Right up until you start shopping for seeds and realize there are thousands of options, dozens of seed companies, and a lot of conflicting advice about which brands and varieties are actually worth growing.  Occasionally, newbies are persuaded to think that the secret to a productive […]

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Alternatives to Burpee Seeds

The Best Alternatives to Burpee Seeds

Burpee has been around since 1876 and has introduced generations of gardeners to seed starting. But today’s gardeners have access to a wider range of seed companies than ever before. Whether your passion is heirloom preservation, organic or non-GMO growing, budget-friendly options, or just being able to find seeds locally when the notion strikes, there

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monstera deliciosa guide

How to Propagate Monstera Guide: The Three Ways to Succeed

Most Monstera plant varieties are natives of the tropical regions found within South and Central America. These exotic plants may cause some gardeners to assume their tropical nature equals fussy and troublesome care routines, but you may be surprised to learn that the opposite is actually true. Monstera plants are truly wonderful plants to grow

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polka dot begonia

Polka Dot Begonia: What Can You Do To Keep This Plant Healthy?

If you love unique plants, you will love this most picturesque plant, Polka Dot Begonia (Begonia maculate). This Begonia can add drama and color to indoor areas as a popular and stunning houseplant. It boasts spectacular rusty-red undersides, featuring wing-shaped, bronze-green leaves. The leave tops are teasingly adorned in silver spots, and it gets its

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Ficus Microcarpa: Why Is This A Must Have Plant?

Ficus Microcarpa (Ficus macrocarpa), also known as Indian laurel, Malayan banyan, or Chinese banyan, belongs to the family Moraceae and is native to northern Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Caledonia, the Ryukyu Islands, the Malay Archipelago, India, Philippines, Japan, and Southeast China. It is an evergreen, broad-headed, rounded, and rapidly growing tree or shrub that reaches

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Rieger Begonia: When You Can Expect The Hiemalis Begonia To Flourish

This type of begonia is a mix of a standard wax begonia and a tuberous begonia. It is mainly grown for its beautiful flowers, and because of this, most gardeners and sellers of this variety encourage it to be thought of as an annual plant that can be disposed of after its blooming season.  While

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