Houseplants decorate as well as clean the air at work and in homes or apartments, particularly when windows are closed over the winter months. Doctors tell us that an environment filled with lots of plants help to lower blood pressure, reduce stress, and improve mind function, particularly our ability to concentrate. Here are six easy […]
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Houseplants Improve Your Home Atmosphere
Posted by Hugh on November 26th, 2020
Posted in Bromeliads, Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema), Dracaena, Ferns, Foliage plant, Fragrant, Interior (house) Plants, Landscape ideas, Planting tips, Purchasing Plants, Snake plant (Sanservieria), Soil drainage, Southern Appalachian Region, Tropical Plants (non-hardy), watering iris, ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas) 
Comments Off on Houseplants Improve Your Home Atmosphere“Got The Winter Blues”- Go For A Walk At A Garden Center
Posted by Hugh on December 16th, 2018
Tired of being a shopping mall walker this winter? Instead, visit a local full service garden center. This is a garden center that is open year round and generally does not include the big box stores unless you live a southern climes like Florida, Texas, Arizona, or California. Stores are likely to have walkways, likely concrete […]
Posted in African violet (Saintpaulia), Anthurium, Bromeliads, Calamondin Orange, Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema), Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera), Dumbcane (Dieffenbachia), Ferns, Flowering house plant, Foliage plant, Landscape ideas, Paperwhite narcissus, Peace lily (Spathiphyllum), Purchasing Plants, Rubber Plant (Ficus), Snake plant (Sanservieria), Staghorn fern, Tillandsia, Tropical Plants (non-hardy), Umbrella plant (Schefflera) Comments Off on “Got The Winter Blues”- Go For A Walk At A Garden CenterHouse Plant Basic Care Tips
Posted by Hugh on September 12th, 2016
Tropical house plants decorate homes, restaurants, shopping malls, and work environments (USDA hardiness zones 8 through 11). Many will grow in medium to low light areas of your home, work, and where flowering plants do not perform. Here are some basic house plant tips: They languish in areas where temperatures are below 55 °F. […]
Posted in acidic soil, Aphids, Arrowwood (Syngonium), Bromeliads, Calthea, Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema), Container garden, Dumbcane (Dieffenbachia), Fertilizing plants, Flowering house plant, Foliage plant, Interior (house) Plants, Mealy bugs, Mite susceptible, Mites, Philodendron, plant nutrition, Planting tips, Poisonous or toxic, Potting Mix, Pruning, Purchasing Plants, Repotting plants, Rubber Plant (Ficus), Sanitation, Scale, Southern Appalachian Region, Summer heat tolerant, Tropical Plants (non-hardy), watering tips, winter hardiness, Winter Protection Comments Off on House Plant Basic Care TipsThree Easy Care Foliage Plants For Your Home
Posted by Hugh on January 9th, 2016
Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema), Dumbcane (Dieffenbachia), and Calthea (Calthea spp.) are three similar looking tropical house plants (USDA hardiness zones 8 through 11). Likely, you have seen these easy to grow foliage plants inside restaurants, shopping malls, offices, and at the public library. They grow in medium to low light areas of the home or […]
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