What Is the Layer of Soil Beneath the Topsoil?
The first layer of soil is very fertile and is called the topsoil. The second layer of soil is called the subsoil.
Category : Trees & Houseplants : Home & Garden
Exotic White Flowers
Gardeners looking for an exotic flower accent will find that tropical flowers often have the most unique and eye-catching blooms, although some native flowers have equally unusual shapes. Gardeners who prefer white flowers have a handful of exotic specimens to choose from.Alligator...
Sugar Pine Evergreen Trees
Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Douglas) is the largest pine in the United States. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the tallest sugar pine is 216 feet high and 10.2 feet in diameter. Prized for its even-grained, soft wood, sugar pine is one of the most heavily harvested trees in the...
How to Trim Bushes into Shapes
Shaped bushes and hedges make a lovely addition to the garden, and can transform a boring corner into a featured area. Well-shaped bushes do not happen by accident; it takes time, patience and several years to achieve the best shapes. Shape the bush well before it achieves full size, or before it be
Snails & Plants for Ponds
Plants and snails are important components of a pond's ecosystem.snail image by Henryk Olszewski from Fotolia.comPonds provide a quiet underwater world for a variety of life, including aquatic plants and snails. Because many ponds are self-contained, each forms its own independent...
Rain Gauge Types
Rain gauges let you keep track of how much precipitation you're actually getting.summer rain image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.comMonitoring local weather and precipitation offers many benefits to farmers, gardeners, outdoorsmen and even the aspiring meteorologist. Keeping track of...
How to Extract Water From Morning Glory Seeds
Morning glory plants can readily be started by mature seed collected from a favored plant in the summer or fall. Before morning glory seeds can be stored or packaged for planting, they are dried and cured to remove all water moisture from them. Drying and curing prevents mold and rot that can kill t
How to Care for Dwarf Fuji Apple Trees
Dwarf Fuji apple trees grow from 10 to 15 feet tall and up to 10 feet wide, making them an ideal choice for the home garden. In middle to late spring, white or pale pink flowers appear and are followed by crisp red apples in early to mid-fall. They should be planted close to a Yellow Delicious or Gr
Amazing Facts on Tropical Pitcher Plants
Tropical pitcher plants, also known as Nepenthes or monkey cups, are a type of carnivorous plant. Known for their unusual shapes and even stranger eating habits, pitcher plants are quite amazing.
Types of Hanging Plants
Hanging plants add interest to indoor and outdoor living areas. Hanging plants come in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor annuals and perennials. They create a multidimensional visual appeal with their cascading and flowing growth habit. Using indoor hanging plants help to highlight...
Bushes That Bloom All Season
Flowers make a yard or landscape look cheerful and attractive. When you want the flowers to last as long as possible, choose flowering bushes that bloom for an entire season. Many of these bushes require deadheading, or pinching off dying blooms, to encourage more blooms. Make sure that you select f
When to Trim a Hemlock Hedge?
Hemlock planted for an evergreen hedge will add beauty to the landscape all year long. Hemlock grows more vigorously than most narrowleaf evergreens, so it is relatively easy to shape into a hedge or even topiary. Growing formal or informal hemlock hedges only requires that you trim the hedge at the
When Do Potato Plants Blossom Potatoes?
The potato does not result from a flower. It develops underground as part of the plant's root system -- a tuber enlarging over the summer and storing starches made by the leaves.
How to Care for a Norfolk Tree
The Norfolk Island pine is part of the araucaria family, a conifer that disappeared from the Northern Hemisphere around the same time as dinosaurs. They did survive in the Southern Hemisphere and are native to Norfolk Island, a 13-square-mile island between New Zealand and Australia in the South Pac
How to Kill Lilies of the Valley
Lily of the valley, or Convallaria majalis, provides a solid ground cover carpet ornamented with delicate, fragrant bell-shaped spring blooms. It provides excellent erosion control and requires some shade to thrive, making it a suburban yard favorite. The tenacity that makes it a good ground cover a
How to Plant Hardy Hibiscus in Wisconsin
The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls them African rose mallow. Gardeners know, and love, them as hardy hibiscus. A flowering perennial plant, the hardy hibiscus provides tropical-looking flowers to gardeners in areas of the country where gardeners never dreamed they could have a tropical-theme
How to Grow Cavendish Bananas In New Zealand
The Cavendish variety of banana accounts for 90 percent of the bananas grown in Australia and the Oceania region. In addition to pests and disease, bananas are also susceptible to weather conditions such as strong winds, heavy bursts of rainfall and winter chill. It is possible to grow bananas in Ne
How Does Cold Weather Affect Hibiscus Plants?
The brightly blooming hibiscus plant is reminiscent of calming sunsets on a beach with tropical flowers in bloom, and with good reason. The hibiscus plant grows best in warm, tropical weather and can rarely tolerate temperatures near or below freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit) without suffering conseq
How to Sterilize Rye Berries With an Autoclave
Growing mushrooms at home is economical and produces a healthy source of the fungi. Mushrooms require warm temperatures, moisture and humidity, the inoculate -- which is the fungal spores -- and a growing medium. The growing medium is called the substrate and is usually a grain because it provides t
DIY Topsy-Turvy Planter
Growing vegetables and fruit upside is becoming quite popular among gardeners with small garden spaces and those with almost no space, such as a balcony or small patio. A Topsy-Turvy planter is a commercial product specifically designed for above-ground cultivating of plants, vegetables and fruits,