A romantic alley

Compose a romantic alley

You dream of creating a romantic getaway along a walkway in your garden, but do not know how to arrange, which plants to choose for what shows, what substrate? Draw such a setting is for everyone ... with some advice!

The botanical garden of exotic Val Rahmeh

The botanical garden of exotic Val Rahmeh

A few hundred meters from the Italian border, nestled at the bottom of a steep dead end, which is on the seafront by the Saint-Jacques, Val Ramah exotic botanical garden is one of the last witnesses of the great times Mention.

It is indeed an exemplary story, which spans a century, that this plot country became one hectare botanical garden of international renown. It was acquired in 1905 by an Englishman Sir Percy Radcliffe, the governor of the island of Malta, who wished at the conclusion of his duties, living on the Riviera.

Tricks against slugs and snails

Against snails, go place your coffee at the feet of your shrubs. It's free and more environmentally friendly.

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The beer trap works very well but there is controversy on the subject, it seems to attract slugs Area according to some people. After research, I give you a magic potion that I did in the 60s for slugs. It works great!

Rosas grafting technique

Without the techniques of budding and would pick a few varieties of rose or rhododendron, and virtually no cultivation of ornamental fruit trees.

These two methods of propagation, closely related, they are easy to make and constitute, for the amateur gardener, a wonderful experience.

Bud grafting and scion are two ways to join, forever, parts of two different plants to form a new one.

The History of Roses

Even in prehistoric times were known, and roses, there are hundreds of varieties. Every year, planted over 30 million new roses. Even before people there were roses on the ground, as evidenced by fossil finds in Europe and America. In the northern temperate zone, they grew wild and formed during the development of forms of small bush to a powerful climber.

The primary mode is the wild rose, of which there are at least 150 different varieties. The majority comes from Asia. With few exceptions, all single flowers with five petals.

Black spot defoliated roses

From July to present yourself places roses without leaves. Behind this lies the problem mostly black spot. Of this fungal disease in addition to the Hybrid teas and the increasingly popular shrub roses and climbing roses are affected.

At first the typical ground-leaves, dark to black, star-shaped spots appear on the leaf surface. In the course of the disease, the leaves turn yellow and fall off, stick commended the roses until midsummer. Leafless plants have little chance of new blooms, the shoots can not form a timber and not mature, resulting in a decreased frost resistance with the result.

In spring cut roses

Spring is the perfect time to prepare the roses for the summer. Now the foundation for healthy plant development is laid. Through the intersection to reach a breezy and relaxed growth of roses and thus reduces the risk of infestation by fungi.

Old, dead and inward-growing wood must be cut out. Also be removed from all roses wild shoots. Wild instincts are called branches that sprout below the graft union at the root collar and make the precious places competition.

Wild roses and shrub roses are blooming again not cut back each year because it only on the perennial wooden flowers produce and therefore need the older branches to grow luxuriantly. Thus, only one or two old shoots removed at the bottom to achieve a taper. Leaving the sub-section, it comes to premature aging of the stick.