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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 |
Gardening is a very pleasurable activity and many gardeners, beginners and veterans alike, have gained immense satisfaction with their gardening works. However, gardening may sometimes be burden to some especially if they don’t have all the time they need to tend to all of their plants. One key factor in gardening is watering the plants. Watering the plants should be done on a regular basis to maintain the plant’s health and growth. There
are two ways to water your plants. One is doing it manually and the other one is by using automatic plant watering system. Manual plant watering is for gardeners who have the time to do it while automatic plant watering system is for people who can’t spare enough time for the task.
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Monday, December 5th, 2011 |
Flowers add a great deal of beauty to anywhere, be it a single stem on a long vase, a bunch on a short vase or a floating arrangement. Whatever way flowers are presented, they lend and extra elegance and glamour to a place. Flowering vines add a unique beauty to your home, be it on the walls, terrace, roofs, fences or pillars. Flowering vines are also an essential part of a flower garden because these flowers attracts hummingbirds as well as butterflies. But before you go and buy some, you have to know some important facts about flowering vines.
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Monday, November 28th, 2011 |
Window boxes are containers that you can hang outside your windows where you can plant flowers, preferably hanging type flowers. You can grow a variety of small to medium sized flowers. The containers do not necessarily be box type, you can also use other shape of containers as long as it fits nicely to your window and is a right container for the flowers that you have chosen. The containers are available in a variety of materials such as plastic, fiber glass, terracotta and even wood. You can buy these at your local home depot or your local plant nursery.
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Sunday, November 20th, 2011 |
The immortelle, also known as strawflower, is without a doubt one of the most satisfactory flowers for drying purposes. If you intend to dry them, it is best to cut them as soon as they have come into flower. Tie them in bunches, with stems from 12-24 in long, and hang them upside in a dry spot, preferably out-of-doors under the eaves. The faster the flowers dry, the longer – and better – they will retain their color. They often keep their color for years, by which time the bouquet will be dusty. Then it should be replaced for that reason if for no other.
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Sunday, November 13th, 2011 |
In the tropical regions of South America, there are about 35 species of wild petunia. Several of the perennial petunias formed the starting point for all the cultivated plants so familiar in Europe nowadays. These cultivars, too, are basically perennials, but they are grown as annuals because they cannot stand any frost. More attention has recently been devoted to other species long forgotten by plant breeders. This has led to a new wave of petunias that are genuinely different.
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