27 Yellow Caterpillars with Identification Guide and Pictures
Yellow caterpillars are larvae that turn to stunning moths or butterflies. Some types of yellow caterpillars are fuzzy-looking and others have smooth segmented bodies typical of many species of caterpillars. Sometimes, yellow fuzzy caterpillars can be poisonous. Although they are not toxic enough to kill you, touching them can cause skin irritation.
18 Fast-Growing Flower Seeds: With Pictures and Sowing Instructions
Fast-growing flower seeds are perfect if you want to add color to your garden landscape quickly. Seeds germinating and growing rapidly usually produce flowers a month or two after sowing. This allows you to enhance your spring, summer, and fall garden’s aesthetics with spectacular fast-growing flowers like marigolds, zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, and morning glories.
25 Pink Flowering Vines – Identification Guide and Pictures
Pink-flowering vines infuse beautiful pink shades, beauty, elegance, and texture to garden landscapes. Climbing, scrambling, and trailing plants with pink blossoms create stunning floral displays, climbing trellises, fences, and garden structures. Many pink-flowering vining plants cascade over walls or grow as ground cover, enhancing outdoor spaces with romantic blooms.
Yellow Flowering Vines (with Pictures): Identification Guide
Yellow flowering vines can add a bright and cheerful touch to any garden or landscape. These climbing plants with yellow blooms can scramble over trellises, fences, or arbors, creating a stunning vertical display. Some popular vines with yellow flowers look spectacular, cascading over walls, covering the ground, or growing in hanging baskets.
38 Types of Magnolia Trees and Shrubs: An Identification Guide with Pictures
Magnolias are beautiful flowering trees or shrubs with stunning pink, purple, yellow, or white flowers. Magnolia trees and shrubs have thick leathery leaves and impressive flowers that appear early in the spring. Magnolias can be deciduous or evergreen depending on their growing zone. Some species of magnolia can be large trees while other types can be small trees or large bushes with a shrubby growth. Whatever variety of magnolia grows in your yard, their magnificent showy flowers add color and fragrance to garden landscapes.
87 Flowering Shrubs (with Pictures): Identification Guide
Flowering shrubs add a touch of color and beauty to any garden landscape. Aside from beauty, they also attract pollinators and can be used as a privacy screen, hedge or accent plant. Flowering shrubs are perfect for boosting curb appeal when planted in the front of house. Some of these shrubs also fill the air with their own unique fragrance. From the showy camellia to the iconic rose of Sharon, there are many flowering shrubs to choose from.
21 Mushrooms that Grow On Trees (with Pictures): Identification Guide
Mushrooms growing on trees are a common sight in backyards. The spongy orange or brown fruiting bodies appear fascinating as they grow like small shelves or brackets. While many tree mushrooms sprout on rotting wood, it’s not unusual to observe large fungal growth on living trees.
Types of Bees that Nest in the Ground (with Pictures): Identification Guide
Many species of bees nest in the ground. You may notice bees buzzing around a hole in the soil. The chances are that these species are ground-nesting bees that live solitary lives, making their homes in the ground. Knowing how to identify bees that nest in the ground is vital. Some ground-nesting bees are harmless, whereas others are territorial and can become aggressive if you get too close.
Types of Hydrangea Bushes (with Pictures): Identification and Growing Guide
Hydrangeas are beautiful bushy deciduous shrubs with large, colorful, showy flowers and large bright to dark green leaves. Hydrangea flowers bloom in shades of blue, lavender, white, pink, red, green, and purple. The bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) is the most popular of these flowering bushes. Other types of hydrangea bushes include smooth hydrangeas, oakleaf hydrangeas, climbing hydrangeas, panicle hydrangeas, and mountain hydrangeas.
33 Blue Flowering Shrubs (with Pictures): Identification Guide
Blue-flowering shrubs add a touch of elegance and serenity to any garden landscape. Shrubs with vibrant blue, teal, indigo, and aqua blue blossoms can create a stunning focal point. The unique blue flowers complement the shrubs’ deep green, lush foliage, and other plants and flower gardens. From the delicate blue hydrangea to the striking bluebeard and the beautiful blue butterfly bush, there are many types of blue-flowering shrubs to choose from.