Gardening

Dried plant materials provide distinctive indoor decoration. Dried floral arrangements, both formal and informal preserve the graceful lines, textures, and colors of flowers and foliage with a subtle and gentle aged appearance.

The season of gifts giving and merry making is here again and with it comes the joy of decorating our homes with things that make the occasion of occasions its merriest.

It is not unusual that a plant owner will have a plant for a year or two, during which time the plant thrives and looks great, only to be shocked and confused when the plant starts to fail for no reason.

The most common cause of early death is generally considered to be over- watering. Very often people love their houseplants too much and very few plants can handle daily watering in a typical potting situation.

Why are your houseplants dying? One of the largest killers of houseplants is low- quality or sub-standard potting media. As with all types of gardening, soil preparation is very important

Why are your houseplants dying? As beautiful as houseplants are, both for your health and your décor, sometimes it seems that houseplants just love to die especially if you new to indoor gardening.

Houseplants are a great way to bring a touch of greenery to home. Do you want to green your space but always forget to water and take care of your plants and end up browning your space instead.

Decorating interior spaces (which includes the home, office, shade garden, patio and balcony) with plants is a good idea -to fill the spaces, in which you can relax and feel good. Always include a generous helping of plants....

No other color gets as much attention as black. While black may be a staple in the fashion world, but isn’t quite ubiquitous in the garden world. Purist would argue that black is not a true color, rather it is the absence of light.

“People often don’t realize that foliage plants present a kaleidoscope of colour possibilities, from gold and chartreuse to blue – green, red, burgundy, purple, and nearly black” ...

Always include a generous helping of plants with colorful foliage in your garden. They will provide nonstop color while other plants come in and out of bloom.

Adding netting over arbors, trellises or open area, if possible, to protect plants is a good idea. Netting allows sunlight to filter through and will prevent burning.