Snowdrops are the first garden messengers of the new year. But you often hear that they are poisonous - is that true or are they harmless?With their delicate white blossoms, snowdrops mark the change from a winter landscape to a spring meadowsnowdrop (Galanthus) sprout in heaps from meadows or beds in late winter. You can see them breaking through the still cold ground in sparse forests or in city parks. It can happen, especially with children, that small hands free the blossoms from their st...
The Turkish dragonhead is mainly cultivated as a tea plant or for bee pasture. We introduce the mint family and give tips on cultivation and use.The Turkish scorpionfish is an annual tea plant and bee pasture [Photo: Andris Tkacenko/ Shutterstock.com]The Turkish or Moldavian Scorpionfish (Dracocephalum moldavica) is a medicinal plant that is rarely found here. It not only has aromatic essential oils, but is also popular with insects. You can find out from us where the Turkish scorpionfish com...
Chessboard flowers stand out due to the almost checkered pattern of their blossoms. We show where the checkerboard flowers feel particularly comfortable and give tips on planting, caring for and propagating.Easily recognizable by the striking markings on its petals: the checkered flower [Photo: imulade/ Shutterstock.com]With the checkered flower, also called checkered flower or lapwing egg, you get a unique eye-catcher in your garden. The early bloomer's striking checkered pattern comes in ma...
The black cohosh can be used in many ways and not only convinces with its medicinal plant benefits, but also as an ornamental plant. Here you can find out how you can grow the medicinal plant yourself and what you should consider when using it.Black cohosh is an eye-catcher for your perennial garden [Photo: Flower_Garden/ Shutterstock.com]The black cohosh (Actearacemosa), also July silver candle (Cimicifuga racemosa) is known as a medicinal plant and is mainly used to treat symptoms associate...
The phacelia (also called tufted beauty, phacelia or bee friend) not only inspires bees in the garden with its flowers. We reveal what you should consider when sowing, planting and caring for the Phacelia.The Phacelia offers bees in particular a lot of food [Photo: Robert Lessmann/ Shutterstock.com]The phacelia can be found in autumn on harvested fields as green manure and in many flowering mixtures for the home garden or balcony box. In this article you will find out what makes the phacelia ...
Pansies make a colorful planting in fall and spring. Here you can find out what needs to be considered when growing pansies.The flowers of the pansy can have a wide variety of colors [Photo: Valdeon de Almeida Silva/ Shutterstock.com]From the wild pansy (Viola tricolor) after years of breeding, the cultivated forms known to us, the garden pansies (Viola × wittrockiana). These cultivars impress with large flowers that not only shine in typical colors such as yellow, blue-violet or white, but a...
The common evening primrose causes a stir in the garden with its beautiful flowers. We reveal what you have to consider when planting and caring for them and present various possible uses.In the evening, the flowers of the evening primrose open like in time lapse [Photo: Lana B/ Shutterstock.com]In the evening, when dusk falls, the evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) shine their splendor. Only then do the bright yellow flowers bloom and give the darkness a new glow. But don't worry, the next...
The stellar wind is also called the Spanish flag or morning glory. The flower changes color beautifully and you can even overwinter the morning glory.Due to the color of its flowers, the morning glory is also called the Spanish flag [Photo: c_WaldWiese/ Shutterstock.com]In addition to its blaze of colour, the stellar morning glory (Ipomoea lobata) also because of its climbing skills and is a coveted climbing plant for the balcony and garden. In the following you will learn what to look out fo...
When do you put tulip bulbs in the bed? Where and how to plant tulips correctly? And can you put tulip bulbs in a pot? We answer all your questions about planting tulips.In this article we explain how best to plant tulips [Photo: Jurga Jot/ Shutterstock.com]Hardly any other flower awakens spring fever in us as much as this one tulip (Tulipa). It belongs to the lily family (Liliaceae) and makes for great, colorful accents in any garden. Originally it comes from the steppes of Southeast Europe ...
In spring and autumn, pansies can impress with their blooms. But how are they to be cared for and how do you overwinter them successfully?As early as March you can watch the first pansies bloomingNot only because of their name do pansies fall (Viola × wittrockiana) on. They impress with their colorful, characteristic flowers, which shine out of plant bowls or the bed from March onwards. But despite their imposing appearance, pansies, like almost all members of the violet genus (Viola), are in...
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