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  • Blooming Homes: Anthriums and other Flowering Houseplants
    Blooming houseplants are a wonderful way to add colour to your home. They can be difficult to grow, but are worth the effort. When taken care of, many of the plants discussed here will bloom for long periods.
  • Cheap Art - Indoor Plants for Beauty, Color and Easy Care
    When it comes to home decorating, choosing the plants that will take up residence alongside the furniture is often a more difficult proposition than the choosing of the furniture itself. Plants come in such a wide variety of colors, sizes and styles that they can single-handedly provide a touch of unique flavor and warmth to a room that furniture simply can't accomplish. This lead to rise in artificial plants, as homeowners sought to outfit their homes with this touch of flavor, while avoiding the upkeep involved in doing gardening, often seen as too time consuming and difficult.
  • Fertilizing Plants - Food for the Foliage
    The words plant food and fertilizer are synonymous. The only difference is that plant food is in concentrated form. Your houseplants, lawn, landscape and garden need to have some kind of food for energy to live and grow.
  • African Violets - Adventures in Propagation
    You can propagate plants in multiple different ways, including leaf cuttings, seeds, etc. You can use leaf cuttings to propagate African violets and Gloxinia. Leaf cutting is when you cut the leaf where it joins the stem. You then put the leaf in a starting mixture to allow it to grow. Roots will begin to grow from the stem within a few weeks. Once the roots start to grow, you can transplant the new plant into regular potting soil.
  • Growing Plants - Professional Equipment Not Required!
    After you become successful at maintaining houseplants in your home, you will likely feel the need to take your gardening a step further. The next step is to create plants yourself. Instead of acting as solely a caretaker, you are becoming the creator.
  • Nature's Provides The Best Natural Pest Control
    You may be surprised to know how much we can use nature to help with little problems that can occur. You can cultivate certain plants in your garden to help with these things.







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