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Plants That Like Alkaline Soil: No. 2 Will Surprise You

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Alkaline soil is also commonly referred to as “sweet soil”.  It is a soil type that has a pH of higher than 7 thus making it alkaline. These kind of soils contain large amounts of calcium, sodium, and magnesium. Alkaline soil contains low to non-existent amounts of nutrients which causes growth and nutritional deficiency in the plants.  Alkaline soil is most …

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3 Plants that Repel Spider Mites: Do You Have These in Your Garden?

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There are several ways in which plants in your garden might get damaged. It can happen due to weather conditions or sometimes even from animals, insects or spiders. A member of the spider family is the spider mite. Spider mites are little spiders that usually select plants’ leaves as their living space. They form webs in order to protect themselves.  …

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10+ Beautiful Plants that Start with ‘T’ Will Add Lushness to Your Garden

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You must be wondering how we can now connect botany with the alphabet. In this article, we will try to get acquainted with several species of plants that start with the letter T. Let’s have 4 of them: Tecoma Campsis radicans, Talinum, Tamarisk wood, and Taxodium. 1. Tecoma Campsis Radicans, first on the list of plants that start with ‘T’. …

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Paint Your Garden Green With These Plants that Start with ‘S’

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Have you ever wondered how many plants that start with ‘S’? You may know many names of people that start with the letter C. Maybe your name starts with the letter C, but what about plants? We will try to work out a few plant names that start with the letter C! These include few such as Salvia, Scindapsus aureus, …

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Plants that Start with ‘R’ – No. 4 is Commonly-Used for Cooking

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We will now focus on flowers and plants that start with ‘R’. Here is initial information about plants such as Ranunculus, Rosemary, Rudbeckia fulgida, Reginae Strelitzia. Of which, Rosemary is the most interesting to us because of its constant appearance in our everyday cooking. If you cook regularly, we advise you to use it in soups, salads, and porridges. But …

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Plants That Start with ‘Q’ – They Have Dainty Flowers, One of them is a Fruit

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Filipendula ulmaria or commonly known as meadowsweet or Queen of the Meadow will stand out as a special flower in our article. Known also by many other names. But we will not delve into the etymology. Although, it is worthy to mention here in our list of plants that start with ‘Q’, that it is also called ‘bridewort’. Strewn in …

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These Beautiful Plants that Start with ‘P’ Should be in Your Garden

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Now in this article, we will look at those plants that start with the letter ‘P’. It is interesting to mix the alphabet and plant names, that’s exactly what we do. Through such a creative connection to educate ourselves about these plants! 5 Vibrantly Beautiful Plants that Start with ‘P’: Here we will get acquainted with plants such as Peperomia, …

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