Succulents are beautiful, low maintenance plants that are popular among plant addicts who grow them outdoors and as indoor house plants. Most are indigenous to desert or dryland conditions. They hold water in their fleshy leaves, stems and roots. Overwatering succulent plants is their nemesis. Adequate soil drainage and light are of key importance. These […]
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Success With Succulents
Posted by Hugh on October 6th, 2022
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Comments Off on Success With SucculentsHouseplants Improve Your Home Atmosphere
Posted by Hugh on November 26th, 2020
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 […]
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 CenterOld-Fashioned Snake Plants
Posted by Hugh on November 29th, 2016
Snake plant (Sansevieria spp.), aka Mother-In-Law’s Tongue, is an easy to grow succulent. It is one of the hardest house plants to kill, grows in almost any room of your home, and demands little attention except an occasional watering. Its leathery sword-shape leaves are usually marked in gray green marbling. Some varieties may be edged in yellow […]
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