Ideas For Potted Plant Gifts: Giving Potted Plants As Gifts

Giving potted plants as gifts is growing in popularity, and with good reason. Potted plants are rarely more expensive than cut flowers, but they last much longer. With the ri

Victorian Indoor Plants: Caring For Old-Fashioned Parlor Plants

Large Victorian homes often featured solariums, open, airy parlors and conservatories as well as greenhouses. Plants were an important part of the interior decor with some Vi

Windowless Houseplants: Learn About Using Plants For A Windowless Room

If you work in an office space or lack a window in your room at home, chances are your only light is the overhead fluorescent bulbs or incandescent lighting. Lack of windows

Edible Wild Plants For Backpackers

Knowing a few edible wild plants can make your next backpacking trip, or any trip into the wilderness, a lot more enjoyable. You can pack lighter if you eat wild berries every morning for breakfast, for example, and leav

Why Silk Plants Instead Of The Real Thing?

Should I buy silk plants and flowers for my home or office or go with real ones? You should take into account a few factors that may help make your decision an easier one. Along with todays technology making silk plants

Growing Orchids As House Plants

One of the long standing myths that I still hear is that orchid house plants are difficult and finicky to grow. Well, plain and simple, the answer is No. In fact, orchids as house plants are easy to grow and will continu

The Indoor Garden: Plants That Clean The Air

There are many reasons for creating an indoor garden 鈥?significant among them is the need to clean the toxins from our homes and offices. As a consequence of the energy crisis in the 1970s, todays homes and offices are b

Breast Implants Cost And Quality

If youve finally made the decision to undergo breast augmentation surgery, you now are faced with the practical and financial decisions of cosmetic surgery. Safety is of course a primary concern, but the cost of plastic

Best Perennial Plants For Summer Color

Summer is here and its time to plant and enjoy the beautiful flowers that blossom during the heat of the season. A perennial plant is one that remains in the ground for two or more years and ultimately gives a garden its

Plants To Grow Old With Or The Constant Battle

Following are a few paragraphs about the ongoing battle I had with some of my plants! Way back when I was just starting to garden I excitedly gathered starts from here and there, and several times, when I asked people fo

Landscape Plants And Trees Have Many Uses

Highland Hill Farm just doesnt sell and install landscaping beauty. Were providing you with food and raw materials! Why not raise plants that have uses other because they look good? Of course you already know that you c

How Is Your House Plants Lifstyle?

How is Your House Plants Lifstyle? Kent Higgins Prevention is the best medicine. Whether you are talking about people or plants, preventing diseases is much easier than diagnosing and curing them. There are plenty of pes

The Romance Of Foliage - House Plants

The Romance Of Foliage - House Plants Keith Markensen Plant life has been proven to be uplifting to the human health and spirit. The plants clean toxins out of the air, and are pleasant to look at. It is also fulfilling

The Easy Care House Plant - The Sansevieria

The Easy Care House Plant - The Sansevieria Kent Wiggins If you are looking for a new indoor plant, the Sansevieria is a great option. It is better known as the Snake Plant, Mother-In-Laws Tongue, etc. There are most com

Proper Steps To Healthy House Plants

Proper Steps to Healthy House Plants Kent Higgins Pests arent really all that common of a problem for the average home gardener. Most of the time, if an amateur gardeners plants arent healthy, it is due to neglect or imp

Discover The Beautiful, Easy Care, Long Lasting Spider Plant

Discover the Beautiful, Easy Care, Long Lasting Spider Plant Kent Higgins If youre looking for a great houseplant, you should definitely consider the Spider Plant (Chlorophytum Comosum). They are easy to maintain, and lo

Tips On Transplanting Seedlings

When balmy spring breezesblow, gardenersbegin to think of the days to comewhen the warm sun will beatdown on their backs as they bendover, hoeing, cultivating, andtaking care of their gardens thissummer.But before there

Try Growing Bulbs Indoors

GROWING BULBS indoorsis a type of gardeningthat can be enjoyed byeverybody. You dont need avast acreage, a lot, of moneytor upkeep or, as a matter offact, very much knowledge.Yet the results of bulb-growingindoors are al

Seed Know How: Thinning And Selection

A question which everyhome gardener shouldanswer before he sowsa seed this spring is: Howmany seeds should he sow, forevery plant he expects togrow?It is not uncommon for 100seeds to be sown in space sufficientfor 10 pla

Give Seeds Care

All annual flower seedsseeds may be sown directlyin the garden;and there are a number whichshould be, because they arc difficultto transplant. These Includealyssum, California poppy,godctta. kochia, Icptosyne,llnarln. lu