Delight over a blooming plant can turn to keen disappointment if you don’t know how to give it proper care. You can feel quite resentful _unjustifiably so, if you mistakenly assume that all plants should live on in definitely, as do many foliage plants. It is best to simply face the fact that some of [...]
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Comments OffForced Bulbs for Indoor House Plants Bloom
By a process known as ‘forcing’, which means to bring to bloom at earlier than normal date, you can coax a host of spring stars to flower indoors weeks and even months before you could have them in the garden. Tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, and crocus all need a prolonged cold period before they can be [...]
Posted in Flowering Plants Tags: apartment dwellers, Bulb, convallaria majalis, fragrant bloom, indoor house plants, marble chips, spring flowering bulbs, time, warmth and sunshine, Water Comments OffFlowering Plants – Geraniums that bloom in all seasons
It’s easy to see why the geranium is such a popular flowering plant. Big heads of bloom look like gay, little umbrellas and their foliage has a spicy scent. They bloom indoors during winter months, and can be moved out to the porch, patio, or garden in summer. Undemanding in most matters, geraniums won’t tolerate [...]
Posted in Flowering Plants Tags: bottom drainage, drainage hole, fall dormancy, Flowering, Flowering Plants, high humidity, little umbrellas, Plant, spicy scent, winter Comments OffFlowering Plants – Gloxinias
Success with growing gloxinias depends more on proper watering of the soil than on any other factor. Test the soil by squeezing some of it into a ball; if it falls apart when touched, it is too dry. Soil should be constantly moist, but not wet. Gloxinias also require a warm, moist atmosphere during growth [...]
Posted in Flowering Plants Tags: african violets, atmosphere, bulb pan, Gloxinias, humid atmosphere, leaf mold, moist atmosphere, porous soil, tender foliage, watering Comments OffFlowering Plants: Aftercare is Important
What you do for your spring amaryllis after the bloom has faded and on through the following summer determines the fate of next year’s flowering. Your care is undemanding so far as effort and time are concerned, but you must feed and water the plant on a faithful schedule. If you do, your bulb will [...]
Posted in Flowering Plants Tags: blood lily, caladium tubers, Flowering, good companions, inch, inch pot, peat moss, potting soil, soil mixture, time Comments OffFlowering Plants: Amaryllis for winter color
Monarch of the house plant world, nothing can rival the amaryllis for size of bloom and brilliance of color at a time when snow covers the ground and temperatures are well below freezing in most parts of the country. You can buy amaryllis bulbs that have been ‘cold-treated’ so that they’ll flower on schedule during [...]
Posted in Flowering Plants Tags: amaryllis bulbs, flower buds, Flowering Plants, medium light, Plant, time, tropical climates, Water, water requirements, winter color Comments OffHow To Keep Plants Growing And Blooming
There are some tricks to growing profusely blooming African violets. Proper amount of light, water, and food are the big three. An east or west window is usually best for African violets, as direct rays of south sun may burn the leaves. North windows, except during the summer, do not offer adequate light. You can [...]
Posted in Flowering Plants Tags: adequate light, garden loam, growing african violets, Humidity, leaf mold, soil mixture, south sun, style container, Water, Window Comments OffFlowering Plants
Everyone loves flowering house plants. Their blooms__sometimes fragrant, always colorful__catch and hold the eye. They make a unique addition to any decorating scheme. Some house plants bloom for only brief seasons; others, almost continuously.Of the obliging beauties that put up bloom year-round, ever-flowering begonias and African violets head the list. Geraniums, close behind on the [...]
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