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Lavender Star Flower Survives any Climate

The Lavender Star Flower, which is native to Australia and Africa, is a hardy plant that survives in all kinds of habitats including dry desert, coastal dunes, mountain forests, wooded grasslands or rocky terrain. This multi-stemmed tree, which is now found world-wide, grows up to a height of 3 meters. Though deciduous, it can remain […]

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Japanese Wisteria Hardy Ornamental Vine

The Japanese Wisteria is a popular ornamental vine that is tough and hardy and forms thickets in which little else can grow. It can climb trees and shrubs to a height of 20 meters. Often, it constricts the stems of trees and kills them by girdling. Its stout, white-barked stem is woody and grows up […]

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Japanese Kingsville Boxwood Slow Growing Bonsai Perfect

The Japanese Kingsville Boxwood – Buxus Microphylla – has tiny light green leaves that make it an ideal bonsai candidate. The tree grows slowly, is easy to care and can be shaped into a round ball through proper trimming. Its only disadvantage is that its leaves are poisonous, and can be dangerous for small pets. […]

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Jaboticaba Make Beautiful, Landscape Plants and Bonsai Too!

The Jaboticaba – Myrciaria cauliflora – is a small bushy tree with profuse foliage of dark green sheen and leathery texture which makes it a beautiful landscape plant. Some species of this tree can grow to a height of 45 feet. However, the Jaboticaba trees found in the US reach a height of 12 to […]

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Hinoki Cypress the False Cypress Easily Turned Into a Bonsai

The Hinoki Cypress – Chamaecyparis – is a tall tree that grows up to 50 to 75 feet in height with a spread of 10 to 20 feet. It is an elegant tree with dark foliage, reddish brown bark and flattened branches drooping at the tips. Of all cypresses, this one is most suitable for […]

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Yucca Plant Care: Caring For The Versatile Spineless Yucca Elephantipes

Yucca elephantipes, also known as the spineless or soft-tipped yucca, is a small evergreen tree reaching around 9 meters in the wild, but it is usually smaller in cultivation. It has a thick, branching trunk that settles at the base with appears like an elephant’s foot and leaves that can grow up to 4 feet […]

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Song of India (Dracaena reflexa variegata)

The Dracaena reflexa, commonly called as Pleomele or the Song of India, boasts a bright yellow variegation. When grown as a houseplant, D. reflexa grows much smaller. But this dracaena plant typically grows up to 6 meter in protected areas under ideal conditions. The Dracaena Song of India slowly grows into an upright bushy plant […]

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The Rare Beauty of Dracaena medusa

Dracaena medusa introduces a new cultivar of Reflexa, the Reflexa Longifolia sometimes called Reflexa Anita or Medusa. This elegant plant appears beautiful, delicate, and has an unusual look.  The Medusa is characterized by long soft narrow leaves that starts as light green in color and develops into a non-variegated monotone color green.  It can grow […]

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Fertilize House Plants | Burning Leaves Something to Avoid?

Careful Fertilizing House Plants Can Lead to Possible Brown Tips & Root Rot! Tags on plants can be confusing… If you follow the directions on the tag. What does “Fertilize Regularly” mean? Every Day… Three times a day… Once per week… Once per month… Once per year Fertilizers – Watch Out – Salts Burn! Fertilizers […]

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Tips for Longer Lasting Flowering Houseplants

When you buy a flowering plant for your house like a Phalaenopsis Orchid or Bromeliad don’t you want it to last as long as possible? Are you paying attention to: Where you are buying that houseplant? Where will the plant sit when you bring it home or at the office? Three things will shorten the […]

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