Your Guide to House Plants and Indoor Plant Care...
Our goal is to help you learn more about house plants care, avoid mistakes, introduce new plant varieties and help you enjoy plants indoors and outside more. We'll also share the benefits of indoor plants along the way like their ability to clean the air.
One of the biggest problems homeowners face with house plants is pest. Controlling pest on houseplants can be easy, safe and all natural. Mealy bugs, spider mites and other plant bugs hate all-natural neem oil. We like the fact that it is also used for medicinal purposes. Face it homeowners have few safe choices but we like Neem.
Carnation – The Flowers of God
Carnations are one of the most popular flowers in the world. They can come in 3 common groups – the annual carnations, the border carnations, and the perpetual-flowering carnations. Some growers refer to these lovely flowers as Dianthus – dios which refers to the Greek God Zeus and Anthos which means flower.
The Carnation plant can grow up to 3 feet high. It has grayish-green foliage and fragrant semi-double rosy flowers. Various varieties of Carnation come in different colors and sizes. Carnation blooms can last long enough even after being cut. This makes Carnations popular member flowers in corsages, bouquets and other floral arrangements. It is believed that each color of Carnation carries a specific meaning; although carnations in general mean fascination or woman’s love.
Fungicides a Part of a Disease Control Program
Fungicides should be only one part of a disease control program. A relatively small proportion of all the diseases plaguing the landscape/gardener can at present be controlled by fungicides. Read the story »
Insects and Diseases When to Spray Plants
Insects and diseases are a constant menace to garden plants and so a good practice to follow is, either to spray the plants with an insecticide-fungicide mixture as soon as they become established (this is for plants outside), and repeat applications as necessary. Read the story »
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