- If you have a spot where you removed plants susceptible to eelworms, try planting some Helenium there. These plants kill the eelworms and clean up your soil.
- In terms of evolution, magnolias belong to the oldest flowering plants that still exist. This can be seen by the fact that the number of petals, stamens and fruits produced by each flower is random instead of being a multiple of 3, 4 or 5 as is the case in most of the more modern flowering plants.
- Fine particles in the air increase health-related complaints. Trees and deciduous shrubs planted along roads can capture and neutralise 15 to 25% of these fine particles and dispel up to 75% of them.
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