The following plants come from habitats that are seasonally or permanently wet, yet they can thrive in drier upland regions too. They are also tolerant of different soil types and textures.
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Plants that look like dandelion leaves can be confusing, and it is essential to know how to spot them easily, so you don’t end up picking the wrong one.
Botanical Name: Hypochaeris radicata
This plant’s foliage is similar to a cat’s ears, and also to the dandelion, thanks to the pointy edges. You can spot it in grasslands, waterways, or vineyards.
Botanical Name: Leontodon hispidus
Second on the list of plants that look like Dandelion leaves is rough hawbit, and the ‘rough’ to its name is because of serrated edges on the leaf. It also grows yellow flowers.
Botanical Name: Scorzoneroides autumnalis.
Autumn Hawkbit is a low to medium-growing plant with a branching stems and narrow toothed leaves that resemble dandelions quite a lot!
Botanical Name: Lactuca serriola
Prickly Lettuce leaves have elongated stems with wavy margins and a slightly prickly texture. It can be mistaken as dandelions in the early stage.
Botanical Name: Cichorium intybus
This plant’s leaves have a resemblance to that of dandelion’s when they are young, but get irregularly toothed to deeply lobed, unlike dandelions, when fully grown.
Botanical Name: Sonchus oleraceus
You can easily confuse this one with the plant in question, thanks to the leaf structure and especially the flowers. The resemblance dies when the plant matures.
Botanical Name: Leontodon spp.
If you look at Hawkbit, it will surely give you dandelion vibes. It typically has narrow, oblong leaves, which people use to treat digestive disorders, too.
Botanical Name: Pilosella caespitosa
While both of them share some visual similarities, particularly in their rosettes, the leaves of yellow hawkweed are generally more elongated and lance-shaped as compared to the more rounded leaves of dandelions.
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The following plants come from habitats that are seasonally or permanently wet, yet they can thrive in drier upland regions too. They are also tolerant of different soil types and textures.
These fascinating plants have an incredible ability to release oxygen around the clock through a process called Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM). At night, they breathe in carbon dioxide, while during the day, use stored CO2 to produce fresh oxygen for us to breathe!
Name: Hydrangea arborescens ‘Kolpinbel’
Do you know there are some plants that have a natural tree-like appearance, making them a great alternative to bonsais that can be hard to maintain!
When we think about fruit trees, we are all like one had to wait for a minimum of 6-10 years before they could be ready to pick the harvest from. What if we told you there are some that get ready to fruit in no time?
Bridgerton is coming to Chelsea this month, as Netflix makes its debut at the flower show, with a garden themed around its popular TV show. First time Chelsea designer Holly Johnston has created a garden based on the personal journey of the show’s main character, Penelope Featherington. The Bridgerton Garden is part of the Sanctuary Gardens area at the show.
Making a Trellis for Potted Plants isn’t exactly rocket science but you do need to create a structure that can take the weight of the plant without breaking.
These cotton candy-like flowers not only create a magical effect in your garden, but also attract beneficial pollinators!
Architectural indoor plants are great to use them as a part of the furniture or overall design element of any room in the house, where they form a perfect camaraderie with the space.
There are some veggies out there that you can use to grow many palnts from! This means, more specimens, more harvest!
Irvin Etienne is the curator of herbaceous plants and seasonal garden design at Newfields, a 152-acre campus with art galleries, performance spaces, world-class public gardens, and a nature park in Indianapolis. Irvin has been a frequent contributor to Fine Gardening, sharing his horticultural expertise through informative articles like A Bright Idea for Spring Containers, Big and Bold Plants for the Back of the Border, and Bring It In!, a primer on overwintering all kinds of tropical plants. In this episode he delves into the path that brought him to horticulture, the lessons learned from decades of gardening in public, and some of the (many, many) plants that earn their keep in his home garden.
People who are living in an apartment are always looking for plant options that are easy to maintain and can be grown in a limited space. if you are one of those, this list is curated especially for you!