The Hayseed Systems

30/10/2023

African daisies (Osteospermum spp.) look a lot like common daisies, with petals radiating around a center disk. They are even members of the Asteraceae family, along with Shasta daisies and zinnias. But their vivid coloring is not at all like the classic daisy.

06/10/2023

African Iris (Dietes iridioides)
The African Iris (Dietes iridioides) is an evergreen plant that grows well in warmer zones, with a long season of flowering from spring through fall. This plant originates in South Africa.

13/09/2023

Yellow fritillary (Fritillaria pudica) is a small perennial plant native to the sagebrush country and high plains of Western North America. Also known as yellow bells, this small wildflower sprouts from small bulbous roots and flowers immediately after winter snows melt.

28/08/2023

Lacecap Hydrangea
Lacecap hydrangeas are hydrangeas whose flower heads look like flat caps with frilly edges, which gave the shrubs their unusual yet appropriate moniker.

18/08/2023

Heliotropes
The heliotrope flower (Heliotropium) is a genus of flowering plants in the Boraginaceae family containing around 325 species. They are popular and stunning flowering perennials thanks to their aromatic and delicate old cottage-garden-style flowers.

09/08/2023

Looking like a cross between an artichoke and a thistle, protea flowers are a staple in tropical flower arrangements due to their very long-lasting cut blooms. This African native sports blossoms that are fuzzy, leathery, and quite drought-tolerant.

01/08/2023

Petunias (Petunia spp.) in flower beds and pots are one of the most popular garden flowers. They are prolific bloomers, and you can find them in just about every color but true blue. They have wide, trumpet-shaped flowers and branching foliage that is hairy and somewhat sticky.

26/07/2023

Siberian Iris
Siberian iris is usually planted from potted nursery plants or from roots in the spring, although root division of established plants is sometimes done in the fall. These are very long-lived plants, though over time the clumps can become woody and die out in the center. Division every few years keeps the plants healthy.

17/07/2023

Twinleaf
Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) is of the Barberry (Berberidaceae) family, which has many perennial herbs and shrubs that often have flowers borne singly or in clusters atop spiny stems. The only other species of Twinleaf is J. dubia, native to Japan.

13/07/2023

As with most plants, roses enjoy a good feeding in the spring after they've begun actively growing. You can give them their first fertilization at pruning time.

10/07/2023

Now that you have a pool, turn it into a luxurious oasis by surrounding it with luscious plants. But, you'll want to carefully choose the plants that will go near a swimming pool or hot tub.

05/07/2023

The heliotrope flower (Heliotropium) is a genus of flowering plants in the Boraginaceae family containing around 325 species. They are popular and stunning flowering perennials thanks to their aromatic and delicate old cottage-garden-style flowers

30/06/2023

Jennie Butchart wanted to recreate some natural beauty from the remains of her husband's mined-out industrial quarry site.

26/06/2023

The Sill Bromeliad Vriesea Inensia Orange
Add a pop of color to your deskscape with a flowering jungle plant. Be sure to place it near a window or under a grow light once a week or so for maximum growth potential.

24/06/2023

Epipremnum aureum.
Epipremnum aureum is a species in the arum family Araceae, native to Mo'orea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.[2] The species is a popular houseplant in temperate regions but has also become naturalised in tropical and sub-tropical forests worldwide, including northern South Africa,[3] Australia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Pacific Islands and the West Indies, where it has caused severe ecological damage in some cases.[3

21/06/2023

feeling blissful 😊

19/06/2023

06/06/2023

The best soil suitable for vegetables includes lots of compost and organic matter such as composted leaves and ground or shredded, aged bark. Whatever you're starting with, incorporate enough organic material so that the amended soil is neither sandy nor compacted.

03/06/2023

Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use.

02/06/2023

This garden is spectacular. Beautiful cacti and succulents. I loved walking around the winding paths and steps, and the views of the Mediterranean were breathtaking! We visited in August and worried about it being too crowded, so we visited in the morning and that worked out perfectly. Highly recommended!

26/05/2023

Garden design is the art and process of designing and creating plans for layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves, or by professionals of varying levels of experience and expertise.

25/05/2023

Gardening, the laying out and care of a plot of ground devoted partially or wholly to the growing of plants such as flowers, herbs, or vegetables.

14/12/2022

Plantation teak is a tropical hardwood tree from the genus Tectona, endemic to Southeast Asia that is exclusively planted for the purpose of forestry management, for either commercial timber plantations or ecological restoration. Although the genus Tectona is native to the tropical regions of Southeast Asia, primarily Indonesia, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and Thailand, the cultivation of plantation teak is economically viable in other tropical regions such as Central America.

03/12/2022

A forest sequesters carbon in its trees. The forest removes carbon dioxide from the air as trees grow and returns it to the air as trees die and rot or burn. As long as the forest is experiencing net growth, the forest is reducing the amount of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas, from the air. Furthermore, if timber is regularly removed from the forest and turned into lasting wood products, those products continue sequestering carbon, while the replacement tree farm trees absorb more carbon dioxide, thus effecting a continuous reduction in greenhouse gas.

26/11/2022

A forest sequesters carbon in its trees. The forest removes carbon dioxide from the air as trees grow and returns it to the air as trees die and rot or burn. As long as the forest is experiencing net growth, the forest is reducing the amount of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas, from the air.

18/11/2022

Probably the single most important factor a plantation has on the local environment is the site where the plantation is established. If natural forest is cleared for a planted forest then a reduction in biodiversity and loss of habitat will likely result. In some cases, their establishment may involve draining wetlands to replace mixed hardwoods that formerly predominated with pine species. If a plantation is established on abandoned agricultural land, or highly degraded land, it can result in an increase in both habitat and biodiversity

27/10/2022

“I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.”

15/10/2022

Earth has evolved through geological and biological processes that have left traces of the original conditions. The outer surface is divided into several gradually migrating tectonic plates. The interior remains active, with a thick layer of plastic mantle and an iron-filled core that generates a magnetic field.

06/10/2022

Probably the single most important factor a plantation has on the local environment is the site where the plantation is established. If natural forest is cleared for a planted forest then a reduction in biodiversity and loss of habitat will likely result. In some cases, their establishment may involve draining wetlands to replace mixed hardwoods that formerly predominated with pine species. If a plantation is established on abandoned agricultural land, or highly degraded land, it can result in an increase in both habitat and biodiversity.

27/09/2022

Seeding