Night Blooming Cereus Perfect Low Humidity Little Space Houseplant

Finding the right houseplant and giving them the humidity they would really like is another. The Cereus peruvianus is a houseplant you may want to consider… the night blooming cereus doesn’t mind the low humidity, likes it on the dry side and takes up little space.

Plus this hardy cactus can handle full sun out on a patio or deck and find complete plant bliss in a sunny high light interior. It also doesn’t hurt to see a nice big fragrant flower either. Following up the flower the ‘night blooming cereus’ produces red edible looking fruit.

Learn more about the “Night Blooming Cereus Peruvianus” here

Watering The Lawn and Plants and Trickle-Down Economics

Watering restrictions have people in parts of the country asking what steps to take in watering their lawn and landscape plants. They are use to watering their lawn and garden anytime and with as much water as they want, but drought has created watering bans in some area?

Will the plants die without all that water? The answer to that is NO - if you start watering wisely before a ban goes into place!

Watering efficiently is as or more important than the amount of water for plants to benefit the most! The solution may come down o hooking up a common sprinkler and timers can help nurture impatiens, petunias, or any other landscape plants.
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Houseplants - What Can You Offer Me

Growing houseplants is much more than walking through the local garden center, throwing a few plants in a basket, grabbing a decorative container and heading home. Just as you wouldn’t expect fish to live setting on your kitchen counter houseplants need the same consideration - the right environment!

Most beginners to the world of house plants do not take any time to stop and review the “environment” they can provide a plant.

A fresh water fish will not live in a salt-water aquarium. Houseplants “forced to live” in the wrong place will never do well. Trying to put a Ficus tree in a room with very low light when an Aglaonema is a much better choice becomes a waste of money and a frustrating plant experience.

Take a tip; professional interior plantscapers always review a space, room, or building before making any plant selection. Think of it as a two-way street. What can you offer in terms of a home for a houseplant and what house plant can live under those conditions. Evaluating your home’s growing environment is the first step to success with plants in your home.

Consider Aglaonemas for low light spaces!

The Ideal Houseplant

A plant with tropical origins does not make it a guaranteed “success” as a houseplant. What “features” make for the ideal house plant?

• Tolerates or handles dry indoor air
• Easy to propagate
• Can maintain or tops out at ceiling height
• Requires minimal pruning
• Looks good all year round
• Resistant to disease or insects
• Handles the occasional abuse or neglect - like forgetting to water
• Perfect conditions are not needed to survive

What plants would/could pass these requirements?

• ZZ Plant
• Sanseveria
• Aglaonema
• Aspidistra
• Pothos

These are some of my picks. What houseplants do you find the best?

Your Dracaena marginata Houseplant Flowers!

Many people are familiar with the houseplant known as the red edge Dracaena or dragon tree - the Dracaena marginata. The marginata of all the plants in the Dracaena family is probably the most versatile. Some even confuse this houseplant with a palm.

As popular as this indoor plant is… its main use is for foliage and the unusual looks you can find with the stems. However, this durable plant does flower but is rarely seen except for on stock plants.

With that being said… enjoy the bloom/flower of the Dracaena marginata!

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