The major reasons why some house plants do not flourish are: (1) too much or too little light (2) too much or too little water (3) too low or too high humidity (4) improper pot ting soil (5) too high or too low temperatures (6) too much or too little feeding (7) insects and diseases. [...]
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First Aid for Sick Plants
Posted in How To Grow Healthy Plants 
Tags: flower drop, foliage color, Foliage Plants, high humidity, House Plants, Humidity, new leaves, Plant, Sick Plants, Water 
Comments OffLight for House Plants
Houses are built for people, not plants. By a plant’s standards, houses are too dark, too dry, and often too hot _like sunless deserts. The wonder is that so many plants survive. Light needs of plants have received careful study by scientists in recent years. The amateur indoor gardener now has at his command the [...]
Posted in How To Grow Healthy Plants Tags: Amount, Foliage Plants, Home, indoor gardener, light meter readings, light plants, photographic light, photographic purposes, Plant, plant experts Comments OffGardening Under Lights – Plants Need Both Light And Darkness
The effect of daylight hours on blooming plants has long been recognized by scientists who have done research on plant growth habits. It’s known that some plants are triggered to bloom by short days (chrysanthemums, for example); others _including most all of the garden annuals _by longer days. A third group, and most house plants [...]
Posted in Greenhouses Tags: automatic timer, blooming plants, Foliage Plants, garden annuals, Humidity, light and darkness, peat moss, Plant, plant trays, Water Comments OffLonger Lives for Gift Plants
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 [...]
Posted in Flowering Plants Tags: adequate drainage, blooming plants, bottom leaf, cool, Foliage Plants, Gift Plants, greenhouse conditions, Plant, room humidity, Water Comments OffLittle Gardens to Grow in a Dish
Green gardens that grow in a dish are fun to plant and pretty to look at. They are attractive as table centerpieces, or as decorations for an end table, buffet, or chest. First, decide where the dish garden is to be placed on display. If it’s to be seen from all sides rather than viewed [...]
Posted in Foliage Plants Tags: are, container, dish garden, Foliage Plants, green gardens, Grow, leaf shapes, little gardens, shapes sizes, table centerpieces Comments OffPlants and Architecture
Besides the use of house plants to augment the color and style of furnishings, they also can carry an important role as complements to the lines of modern architecture. Against a simple background for living, plants can introduce contrasting decorative forms that add visual excitement. Living plants, as well as paintings and sculpture, can subtly [...]
Posted in Decorative Uses of House Plants Tags: artificial lighting, Foliage Plants, House Plants, interior plantings, leaf patterns, Look, Plant, rough texture, style, visual excitement Comments OffVining Plants for Varied Foliage Patterns
To show off vining and trailing plants to best advantage, place them where the softening effects of their natural growth habits will look appropriate. Younger, smaller specimens take to tables, window ledges, shelves,and plant boxes where they can spill gracefully over the edge and follow their normal inclinations. Older, larger plants, if too big for [...]
Posted in Foliage Plants Tags: Foliage, Foliage Plants, fragrant bloom, heartleaf philodendron, indoor gardeners, placement, Plant, plant boxes, vining plants, window ledges Comments OffFerns for all seasons
If your home is small and limited in windows suitable for growing plants, some foliage plants should interest you. None of these plants grow large in average home conditions, and all have remarkable foliage _interesting for its pattern, color, or form. Give any of these top billing by placing them where they can be enjoyed [...]
Posted in Foliage Plants Tags: boston fern, curious habits, fern, Foliage Plants, growing plants, nest fern, Plant, plant families, vigorous growth, watering Comments OffThe Luxury Look With House Plants
The luxury look comes easily and quickly to the rooms of your home when you invest in suitable plants of larger size. If time is not important, however, you can begin with young ones and enjoy them as they grow. All of the large plants, monstera and devil’s ivy opposite (grown totem style)__ prefer filtered [...]
Posted in Foliage Plants Tags: aerial roots, central cylinder, Foliage Plants, Home, Look, Plant, suitable plants, surface soil, vining plants, watering plants Comments OffFoliage Plants
Green is a color you never tire of, restful to the eye and refreshing to the spirit. That is one reason why foliage plants are so popular. Indoors, in winter, green leaves hint of springtime to come; in summer, they look cool and woodsy when temperatures soar. You can’t possibly grow all the desirable foliage [...]
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