People used to grow the houseleek on roofs because they believed it guarded them from lightning, witches, and diseases. There is an old saying: Better a houseleek on the house than two dogs in front of the house.
Common houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) also known as hens and chicks, live-forever, old man-and-women is a perennial plant with thick fleshy leaves forming a basal rosette. The colour of the leaves ranges from light green to dark green, burgundy and purple.

Red poppies are beginning to blossom. How can you resist them? These fragile annuals may have showy big dark red, light red and white flowers.

Fennel is a biennial plant which belongs to the family of Apinaceae. It is indigenous to the Mediterranean region and can be found growing wild near the sea coast and also cultivated in gardens. It likes warm but not too hot climate…

Acacia is a deciduous tree which was brought from America to Europe in the 17th century. It is considered an invasive species like weed, so often other species suffer because of it.

It can grow up to 25 m in height and about 90 cm in diameter. Its bark is deeply furrowed, greyish-brown and poisonous. The branches are spiky and have smooth bark. Acacia has such a strong root system that it is used on dikes.

Garden nasturtium / Indian cress or monks cress (Tropaeolum majus) is an annual plant originating in South American Andes – from Bolivia north to Columbia. They come in two forms: some are dwarfed and bushy while others can be grown as a vine, climbing five feet or more.

Bananas are mostly grown in tropical parts of the world, and the main producer of bananas is India.
Bananas are picked green and are often not ripe enough when they show up at the supermarkets. They should be kept at room temperature until they ripen, and you can keep them in a fridge for 4 or 5 days after that…

Oyster mushrooms are successfully grown on mushroom farms. However, there is nothing more amazing than finding the mushrooms on a living tree in late autumn or winter.

Would you like to beautify your garden? Are you thinking about planting something new? We suggest chokeberry – a plant which can be considered a plant of the future.

Chokeberry is a plant native to North America. It is cultivated as an ornamental shrub and also for its fruits. You can trim and shape it as desired so it is also suitable for smaller gardens. In spring it attracts attention with its white fragrant flowers and in autumn with its magnificent scarlet foliage.

The sweet chestnut is a deciduous tree and it is usually from 20 to 30 metres high. Its young smooth bark becomes greyish-brown with horizontal furrows. It grows deep roots…

The common beech is one of the most common trees in Croatia. It is a deciduous tree and one of the European forms which grows at the altitudes from 100 to 2000 metres…