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Seeds Sprout What Happens When a Seed Germinates

When you admire a towering oak tree, or enjoy its shade, do you ever ponder on the miracle that produced it, the sprouting of an acorn seed? The sweet mystery of life is wrapped up in a seed. Webster tells us that a seed is “the small body produced by flowering plants which contains an […]

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Hearty House Plants – Injured By Neglect

Even a healthy, hearty house plant cannot stand up against the “intelligence” of people. So often people cause their own plant problems. But, these problems don’t show for a few days until after the plant has been introduced to their new home. For example, I’m surprised how many times I see a car fly by […]

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Where To Cut Moth Orchid Flower Spikes For Reblooming

With the popularity of orchids found in about every garden center today, this question is becoming more common. This question is also being asked of Denbrobium and Cattleyas. Cattleyas are even being grown under artificial fluorescent lighting. Most of the time you can easily cut the flower spike with a clean, sharp tool. I’ve always […]

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Outdoor Planters and Window Boxes A Far Cry from the Old Days

Today’s planter boxes are a far cry from its predecessor. The earlier day contemporary of our modern “planters” was an unwieldy affair and usually in place only because it was in vogue at the time. These “planters” were made of many materials with wood being preferred. Design wise they all looked very much alike long […]

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New Desert Rose – Adenium Ice Pink

The Adenium is an odd looking plant – colorful, but looks right at home in a bonsai dish. It can really make a colorful statement! Recently, a new “Desert Rose” variety was introduced – Adenium “Hot Pink”. Now another additional to the Adenium family is Adenium “Ice Pink.” Like Hot Pink it is grown from […]

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Landscaping with Annuals

If you have to make your garden dollars stretch, don’t worry. The bare land around your home can be dressed up quicker than you imagine – and on the tiniest of budgets. The trick lies in learning to landscape or garden with inexpensive annuals. Look around you. Pick out a landscaping plan that has appeal […]

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Heliconia – Making Your Landscape Tropical

If you want to add tropical to your landscape, Heliconia is the right plant for the job. This genus of flowering plants includes one to two hundred different species. These originated in the tropics of the Americas through the Pacific islands and west towards Indonesia. The Heliconia has flowers that are not only unusual but […]

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Safe Plant Pest Control Tips

Like parents trying to protect their children, both indoor and outdoor gardeners want to protect their plants from the bad bugs and pest. How else could they accomplish this without the help of pest control measures? Just as with the same parents-children example, some “protection” could be dangerous. Pest control must be done with utmost […]

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Indoor House Plants No Short Supply

House plants continue to be used indoors with a much bolder and a more generous hand than they were in grandmother’s day. Larger windows, greater expanses of glass have created growing conditions far beyond the window sill. Today, suppliers of indoor house plants talk about their architectural value and indoor air cleaning potential. In fact, […]

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Tissue Culture Production Stages

In the commercial production of tissue culture plantlets, there are four stages as follows: Stage I This stage involves the establishment of a rapidly developing culture that is free of pathogens. The propogule that is used varies as to the plant cultured. The microcutting may be a shoot tip, root, petiole or any number of […]

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