Southernwood is a popular perennial, and if you want to incorporate it in your garden, get familiar with the care ...

Dilute white vinegar with water and spray the solution over any invasive moss growth to keep it under control. Allow the ...

Bringing home a lavender plant is exciting, but before you pop it into its new home, follow this rule to ensure your lavender ...

Extracted from the Nepeta cataria plant, catnip oil is gaining popularity as a natural insect repellent. This article ...

Wormwood oil is a potent natural repellent for pests such as aphids, cabbage loopers, and flea beetles. Simply mix ten drops ...

Snails and slugs dislike sand, lime, and ashes, so the next time you have a wood braai, apply ash to the base of plants under threat.

The oil of citronella has long been touted as a mosquito repellent. That said, does growing the plant in your garden do ...

One of the most popular smart solutions to mosquito control is the use of ultrasonic mosquito repellers. These gadgets emit ...

Bees are always attracted to the purple flower of the rosemary. Photo / Steven McNicholl Someone mentioned to me the other ...

December is a great time to plant winter bulbs for the coming year - but all of these bulbs can be disturbed, especially by ...

Ornamental plants are a beautiful part of the holiday. Like many plants in our gardens and landscapes, some can be poisonous.

Insects and mites can rapidly develop into high populations on indoor plants. Many are quite small and go unnoticed until a ...