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Dracaena terminalis (Flaming Dragon Tree)
2008-05-08 03:50:00
Dracaena terminalis (Cordyline Plant) 'Firebrand'; Flaming Dragon Tree This is the plant that my grandmother loved. My grandmother loved aloe vera, a very special type of aloe vera she loved very much. As for this purple plant, this so-called flaming dragon tree or Dracaena terminalis, she used to pluck and bring them to our home in Boon Lay. One can grow this plant by stem-cutting. When my grandmother died, her grave was planted with this plant. My grandfather, her husband, knew that she loved this plant, and he had specially planted this plants on her grave.I went to her grave before the birth of my children. There were one to three flaming dragon tree. But I have not gone there for years. Little did I know that such a mystery exist between me and these plants, and God.Richard and I (always) jog at Fu Shan Garden, the special jogging loop. The circle is planted with special trees, lots of plants/trees with medicinal values there, with strange fruits, beauty. Of late, I...

Tembusu
2008-04-24 05:45:00
Common name: Tembusu.Scientific name: Fagraea fragrans.Family name: Loganiaceae.Indonesian name: Tembesu.Sabahan name: Temasuk.Thai name: Tam Sao.Filipino name: Urung.Cambodian name: Tatrao, Trai.Burmese names: Anan, Ananma.Tembusu Tree, Fagraea fragrans. This is a very hardy trees which can thrive and bloom even under adverse conditions. It is an impressive tree that can grow up to as high as 40m and have distinctive straight single trunk with deeply fissured bark. A native tree of secondary forest, it is well adapted to grow on poor soils in open areas. A long-lived tree, it can live up to 150 to 200 years. Branches arise from the main trunk and grow upwards. The leaves are simple, elliptical and narrowing towards the tip. The Tembusu tree flowers twice a year, towards the middle and the end of the year. Flowering is gregarious, all trees flowering together, very unlike many of the trees growing in Singapore. Flowers are in bunches, shades of yellow and cream, nice fragran...

Peace Garden
2008-02-28 01:04:00
Scindapsus aureus is the best of all foliage plants, with yellow and green variegation that is retained even in poor light. Commonly known as Money Plant or Devil's Ivy, it will climb or trail as desired. Scindapsus aureus is a common houseplants as well as a garden plant because it needs little care. The photograph above was taken at the Church of St Anthony, the place where you can find peace. In this busy world, where Time is Money and everybody wants to go back to nature, no matter where you go, plants and flowers can be found everywhere around us. At home, if you have a backyard, you can have a varieties of plants planted in your garden. However, if you are living in high-rise apartments, you can only have potted plants at home. Looking after container gardens can be another great responsibility for busy houseowners. Some problems associated with houseplants which are deprived of care from their owners includes pests infestation and plants disease. This problems incre...
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My Corridor Garden
2008-02-24 17:51:00
These are plants from our corridor garden. Some plants belong to my mother, some plants belong to my father and some belong to my brother and me. We tried to water the plants everyday, but there were days where we did not water for them. The plants were soon 'thirsty'. As our house does not have any balcony, we can only have container garden at the corridor of our house. We cannot put any blinds to control filter off extreme sunlight on the plants. During this hot season, my father's roses were affected by the harsh environment. If there were blinds at the corridor, the roses, bryophyllum and bougainvillea would have grown more healthily. If there are blinds, the water in the soil would not have evaporated so fast too. How I wish my house has a balcony so that our plants can have better care.
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Plant Containers And Composts
2008-01-31 15:43:00
Plastic pots are very common nowadays for houseplants. They are useful when placed in the bedroom among the bedroom furniture since they do not break easily. Clay pots are still available too. However, in the case of clay pots, they are commonly used when plants are to be placed among the living room furniture, dining room furniture or bar furniture. This is because because the clay pots are heavy and they are not easily blown off the furniture by the wind. However, the choice of plastic pots or clay pots is entirely yours, as it makes no difference to the plants. Clay pots are heavy, providing balance for large plants, but they are porous, losing moisture through the sides, as well as from top and bottom, so more frequent watering is required. Plastic pots are clean, may be colourful or plain, but not liable to break easily.Clay pots usually have only one drainage hole and must be crocked in the base with shards from a broken pot, whereas plastic pots have several holes and ...
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Valentine's Day Flowers
2008-01-22 07:23:00
This is a close-up view of the miniature rose along the corridor, outside our house. This is a good month where all the roses blossom again. Looking at the photographs below, you can see rose buds and more roses are going to be seen in another few days to weeks. This is going to be a good time for Valentin e's Day. My father loves red roses while my mother loves yellow roses. Both these roses are blossoming beautifully each day. My parents are always so excited when they see their flowers blossomed, especially my mother. She loves this yellow rose so much(picture below). Four years ago, my mother gave my brother a blue-coloured Forever Friends Bear for Valentine's Day. She gave me a pink-coloured Forever Friends Bear and she gave my father a Graduate Forever Friends Bear. Who says Valentine's Day is only for lovers?Valentine's Day is a time for people to express their love for each other. Most guys would give flowers to the ladies they love. The most common Valentine...
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Garden of Unity
2007-12-11 15:27:00
These are flowers taken at Garde n of Unit y at Woodlands, Fu Shan Garden. Everyday, many elderly are seen at Garden of Unity, taking care of the plants there. There are various herbs, vegetables and flowers in the garden. Beside the garden is the running track where many people come for jogging. There are young and old joggers. There are no modern furniture in the garden. The garden furniture consists of tables and stools. I always see an old man with two dogs sitting at one of the table. Sometimes I saw him chatting with other old men while some other times he was seen strolling around with the dogs. There are no modern furniture in the garden, but recently there are modern playground at the garden. Children love the playground very much. Other developments which are going to be added soon to the garden is the pavilion. The pavilion is under construction now and I look forward for its completion. The garden should have more modern furniture so that people can enjoy the...
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Small Garden Design
2007-10-20 17:41:00
Formal gardens appeal to those who delight in crisp, neat edges, straight lines and a sense of order. Many traditional suburban gardens are formal in outline, with rectangular lawns flanked by straight flower borders, and perhaps rectangular or circular flower beds cut into them. A small garden lends itself to being paved throughout. By growing most plants in raised beds or in containers, less bending is involved and many of the smaller plants are more easily appreciated. Climbers can be used to make the most of vertical space. Some successful gardens are worked out on the ground, in the mind's eye, perhaps visualized during a walk around the garden, or conceived in stages as construction takes place. Attractive small gardens seldom just happen, they are designed. Despite the apparent contradiction, the smaller the garden, the more important good design becomes. A small garden can be taken in almost at a glance, and the difference between good and bad design, attention to d...
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Regent's Park
2007-10-18 04:32:00
Regent's Park became enclosed as a park in 1812. John Nash designed the scheme and originally envisaged a kind of garden suburb, dotted with 56 villas in a variety of Classical styles, with a pleasure palace for the Prince Regent. In the event only eight villas -- but no palace -- were built inside the park (three survive round the edge of the Inner Circle).In 1811, the Prince Regent, intent upon making London a place of style, commissioned the architect John Nash to plan a grand neoclassical scheme that pivoted upon Piccadilly Circus. A sweeping processional route was built to connect Westminster and St Jame's Park with an encircled space to the north that was to become the Regent's Park. Nash intended to develop this land as an upmarket housing estate with crescents and circuses providing elegant villas for the rich. But money and time ran out and fortunately this part of the concept was only partly fulfilled. Instead we have a splendid park, planned as a circle within a...
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Climbers and Wall Shrubs
2007-10-16 18:51:00
Clematis is a treasure among climbers, with its glorious blooms, wonderful range of colours and long flowering period.WisteriaClimbers are long-lived plants, with a lot of growing to do, so it pays to give them a good start. First of all, you must choose a healthy plant. Sturdy stems are a good sign but most important of all are the roots. Tip the post and check the drainage holes. Reject any with a mass of roots, but those with just a few roots emerging are at exactly the right stage for planting. Climbing plants are invaluable for giving the garden a well-furnished, finished look. They can hide an ugly wall, a dilapidated shed beautifully!Some climbers, such as ivy and Hydrangea petiolaris are self-supporting, attaching themselves by little aerial roots, and need no help to scale a wall. Most Virginia creepers have special sucker pads on their tendrils. But the twiners(honeysuckle, clementis, wisteria, and the like) must have something to hang on to. Picture of Hydrangea p...
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Orchids Bathroom
2007-10-09 16:02:00
The name "orchid" comes from the Greek root orkhis, meaning "testicle". Orchids are one of the largest groups of flowering plants, consisting of some 25,000 to 30,000 species. Phalaenopsis are among the easiest and most rewarding orchids to grow.In nature, orchids grow on trees, on rocks, but most of the popular varieties do not grow in dirt or soil of any kind - so, in pots we use mixes of bark, volcanic rock, small amounts of peat moss, sometimes coconut fiber - all substances that allow plenty of air to get to the roots yet hold some water. Soil will suffocate the roots, killing the plant. Orchids are relatively easy to grow. They need the basics -- water, light, air and fertilizer. You can have beautiful orchid plants that last for years. Orchid flowers vary according to the variety and hybrid but they can bloom from once to 2-4 times a year. The blossoms can last for weeks to months. The ideal place to grow orchids is the green house, but bathrooms, kitchens, pool or spa ar...
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Pictures of Geraniums
2007-10-08 15:28:00
Geraniums are just about the easiest of all plants to grow as long as you give them a sunny location in well-drained soil. Officially, they should be called pelargoniums, to distinguish them from the true geraniums, which are hardy outdoor perennials. They were classified as pelargoniums 2000 years ago, but it is taking us a while to get used to the idea. There is a tremendous choice of more than 1000 varieties of geraniums, in upright and trailing forms. Flower colours range from deep red to pure white, and some cultivars even have variegated leaves. There is also a range of flower-head shapes -- from big, globelike pompons to more open clusters. The most free flowering are the seed-raised 'Multibloom' varieties, closely followed by the zonal types(those with rounded leaves that open bear a maroon horseshoe marking). Ivy-leaved trailing geraniums, which look so good in large pots and window boxes, are also very reliable. Martha Washington geraniums(with serrated edges to the leav...
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Grandma's Garden
2007-09-18 17:03:00
This is my Grandma's corridor garden. My grandma's hobby is gardening. She took good care of all her plants. She always use water which she had used for washing fish, rice and vegetables to water her plants. From a few pots of plants, her corridor garden has now more pots and more varieties of plants and flowers. One thing which my grandma does not have is stainless steel flower pots. If she has stainless steel flower pots and flower stands, then she would not need to be afraid of mischievous children who always knocked down all her plants. Each time the children had broken the flower pots, she had to find new ones to replace them. If she has stainless steel planters and stainless stain plant stands, then that would be perfect. Grandma loves flowers. She always cut her flowers from her corridor gardens to place them at the altar. Her vases often dropped on the floor as a result of strong wind. Such thing will not happen if she has stainless steel vase instead!
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What Goes Where
2007-09-03 11:45:00
Pink Pelargoniums Plants enliven a room and you will want to place them where they look most attractive and can be seen and appreciated much of the time. They should also be within easy reach for watering and tending. But houseplants have preferences about where they live, and to avoid disappointment over a poor show of flowers or limp, chilled foliage, you must primarily take the plant's needs into consideration. Many plants will adapt to less than ideal conditions and several species are naturally suited to difficult places -- a shady corner or cool north-facing window with little light -- but others demand a much more comfortable environment.Light and temperature are the most crucial factors -- humidity can be controlled. Avoid extreme conditions. Plants in a sunny window suffer leaf scorching if pressed to the glass under direct, hot sun, and the compost will dry out more quickly. Cover the window with blinds so that you can adjust the amount of light coming through the ...
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Balboa Park
2007-08-30 15:34:00
Balboa Park is an urban cultural park in San Diego, California, United States. It is named after a Spanish explorer who first set eyes on the Pacific Ocean in 1513. Balboa Park is a National Historic Landmark which is managed and maintained by the City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department. Balboa Park was founded in 1868. Its beauty owes much to the dedicated horticulturalist Kate Sessions who, in 1892, promised to plant trees throughout its 1200 acres in exchange for renting space for a nursery. In 1915 the park was the site of the city's Panama-Pacific Exposition, a world's fair celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal. Several of the Spanish Colonial-style pavilions built in that year survive along El Prado (the park's main street), and the animals gathered for the exhibition formed the nucleus from which San Diego Zoo has grown. Twenty years later the organizers of the California-Pacific International Exposition added more exhibition spaces around Pan-Americ...

St. James's Park
2007-08-24 10:30:00
The British are famed for their gardens and love of flowers and this is reflected in several of London's parks. Closer to the centre of town, St James 's Park boasts some spectacular flower beds, filled with bulbs and bedding plants, which are changed every season. History of St James's ParkSt James's park began life as a boggy field next to a leper hospital for women. The site of the hospital has also come up in the world, as it is now occupied by St. James's Palace. Henry VIII(1509-47), who always had such a canny eye for property, saw the potential of this area when he acquired it in 1532. He knocked down the hospital in order to build a place, and drained the field to create a tiltyard and bowling alley, as well as a nursery for his collection of deer. Succeeding monarchs enjoyed the park and altered it to suit their needs: Elizabeth I (1558 -1603) staged pageants and fetes here, while James I improved the drainage so he could create a formal garden complete with a men...

Rose Classes
2007-08-01 09:04:00
In the wild, roses grow as shrubs of various height. If they grow singly among low-growing plants they are small shrubs in terms of height but have broadly spreading branches so that they take up a large space. If they grow at the edge of a forest or among taller plants the shrubs are taller, sparser, and have longer branches. Shrub roses look gorgeous in a natural garden and can be planted singly or in small groups. They are perfect ornamentals which help to beautify residential mailboxes as well as commercial mailboxes. The rose shrub grows towards the light. If a rose grows among other trees and shrubs then its branches are very long, sparsely covered with leaves, and bearing only few, if any, blooms. The shoots weave in and out in the undergrowth trying to make their way to the top, to sunlight, where they again produce flowers in profusion. If wild roses, known as species roses, are planted in a site which provides the same conditions as those found in their natural envi...
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Low Maintenance Gardening
2007-07-08 13:53:00
Picture of Dead NettleGarde ning is a hobby for many people. To have an attractive and beautiful garden, there is no magic. Time and care is needed if you want your plants to look their best. For many families, especially those with very young children, life is a constant race against time. Apart from work, school and socialising there may be ballet, swimming, football and all manner of other extra-curricular activities to be fitted into the day. The fact is that many of us do not have so much time to pay much attention on the garden, yet we wish to have our plants to look beautiful. We want to feel proud of having an attractive garden. 1. Layout and Plants Choice Aim for an uncomplicated natural layout, as anything too formal demands a great deal of attention to keep it looking trim. Avoid annual bedding plants, that need to be dug up at the end of each season and instead choose plants that will take care of themselves. Bulbs and perennials are plants that are easy to mai...
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Leucojum vernum
2007-05-26 10:45:00
Kingdom PlantaeSubkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)Superdivision Spermatophyta (Seed plants)Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)Class Liliopsida (Monocotyledons)Subclass LiliidaeOrder LilialesFamily Liliaceae (Lily family)Genus Leucojum L. (snowflake)Species Leucojum vernum L. (spring snowflake,St. Joseph's Bells)A very ornamental plant. The flowers have a powerful scent that is likened by some to hawthorns and by others to violets. Leucojum derives from the Greek for "white violet [the flower]". The snowflakes are native to southern Europe, from the Pyrenées to Romania and western Russia, but they have been introduced and have naturalized in many other areas, including the east coast of North America. They have narrow, strap-like, dark green leaves. The flowers are small and bell-shaped, white with a green (or occasionally yellow) spot at the end of each petal. They have a slight fragrance. It is in flower from March to April, and the seeds ripen in July....

Fritillaria imperialis
2007-05-25 11:47:00
Kingdom Plantae Subkingdom Tracheobionta Superdivision Spermatophyta Division Magnoliophyta Class LiliopsidaSubclass Liliidae Order LilialesFamily Liliaceae Genus Fritillaria L.Species Fritillaria imperialis L. Fritillaria imperialis, common name: Imperial crown or Fritilaria, has brightly colored, showy clusters of flowers.Fritillaria is a genus of about 100 species of bulbous plants in the family Liliaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They often have nodding, bell- or cup-shaped flowers, and the majority are spring-flowering. The name is from Latin fritillus, a dice-box, and probably refers to the checkered pattern, frequently of chocolate-brown and greenish yellow, that is common to many species' flowers.Several species (such as Fritillaria cirrhosa and Fritillaria verticillata) are used in traditional Chinese cough remedies. They are listed as chuan bei (Chinese: ??) or zhe bei (Chinese: ??), respectively, and are often in formulations com...
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Colours In Garden
2007-04-26 03:41:00
In arranging a garden, the alternation of light and shade is as important as the sensitive grouping of shapes and colours. The lightest element is always the sky, second place is taken by a surface of water, lawns are rather darker, followed by deciduous trees and shrubs, and lastly conifers -- of which the darkest is the yew. Among these trees and shrubs, however, there are some with different-coloured leaves, for instance silver: the Silver-berry, Sea Buckthorn, and Silver Spruce are nearly as light as water.The various shades of trees and shrubs can be used to stress or reinforce the character of certain parts of the garden. For instance, you can plant conifers in the dark, shady parts and light-coloured deciduous trees in the light places. The sunniest places are best reserved for the glowing colours of flowers, the shady spots being used for rest.Colours heighten the effect of the composition, act on the emotions and evoke certain moods. The artistic effect of colours may d...
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Bathroom Plants
2007-03-27 04:13:00
BegoniasHouseplants are a common to be seen in bathrooms nowadays. Houseplants add varieties and beauty to the bathroom. In addition to decorating the bathroom, houseplants add warmth to the bathroom as well. Bathroom s are excellent place for houseplants such as ferns and yuccas. Plant s thrive in the humid environment of the bath. The visual effects of natural plants in the bathroom connect us with the wonder of the natural world and it brings us a sense of tranquility. Not every houseplant is suitable for the bathroom. Most houseplants, perched on a window ledge, do not do well with dim lighting or direct sunlight. They prefer diffused natural light. Artificial light, especially a combination of incandescent and fluorescent, also will work. Tropical houseplants are the best option for bathroom plants since they like high humidity, warm temperature and could grow even in low light. Plants grow toward the light, so turn them every few days for even growth. The shower is an also a...

Bulbs And Tubers
2007-03-25 13:11:00
Miniature Lemon JonquilsPlants that have bulbs and tubers are perennials, their main characteristic being the formation of an underground storage organ which is the basis of life of the same or a substitute plant in the following vegetative period. The one-year vegetative cycle is typical of this group, during which the plant forms its aerial organs, flowers, usually seeds, and accumulates nutritional substances in the underground storage organ for further vegetation. Each vegetative period is concluded with a dormant period, the beginning of each cycle being at the same time the end of the previous one. The course of the growing cycle in different genera and species does not keep to the same timetable, but it always lasts one year. The whole cycle takes place over a period of twelve months, though the beginnings and ends may not correspond to the beginning and end of the calendar year. Blue HyacinthAccording to the calendar, almost all plants of this group would have to be con...
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Plants For Roof Gardens
2007-02-09 07:19:00
It must be borne in mind that the amount of soil from which the plants obtain water and nutrients is essentially limited in a roof garden and the choice of plants is limited accordingly. Nevertheless, there still exist a large number of plant species and their cultivars which can be successfully grown in such conditions. First of all, there are various bulbous and tuberous plants, perennials, rock garden plants, decorative grasses and deciduous as well as evergreen woody plants, including several conifers. Always remember, however that the plants in a roof garden are permanently exposed to extreme conditions -- sunscorch, wind and frost -- and protection will have to be provided for them.The basic element of each garden -- a stretch of lawn, be it even the smallest one -- should never be omitted. For this purpose, a layer of soil some 15cm thick will suffice. The best method of founding a nice 'lawn' in a roof garden is by turfing. Strips of turf must be clean and weedless a...
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Schlumbergera (Christmas Cactus)
2006-12-22 09:27:00
Christmas Cactus is the most popular cactus of all and the one most commonly grown, in spite of the fact that many people do not consider it to be a true cactus at all. But it is a cactus, a jungle type, needign more warmth and moisture than the desert cacti.The Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera bridgesii, is an epiphytic plant native to a small region in the Organ Mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in South America. Schlumbergera bridgesii grows at mountain altitudes in excess of 5000 feet in cool, dry wooded areas. Under natural conditions, Schlumbergera bridgesii will flower in December, thus the common name Christmas cactus.The many segments, joined end to end, are true stems (there are no leaves) and the whole plant forms a dense branched bush. Unscented flowers of an unusual shape and about 3cm across, are freely produced in winter at the end of segments; the typical colour is carmine but varieties exist with flowers of various shapes of red, pink or even white. Use a ...
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Spurges (Euphorbia)
2006-12-21 10:42:00
Common name: Crown Of ThornsSpurges (genus Euph orbia) are a very large and diverse worldwide group of plants, belonging to the spurge family, or Euphorbiaceae. The botanical name Euphorbia derives from the Greek Euphorbus, physician of king Juba II of Numidia (52-50 BC - 23 AD), in whose honour ? or in allusion to his swollen belly ? a certain plant he might have used, possibly Euphorbia resinifera, was named. In 1753 Carolus Linnaeus assigned the name to the entire genus.This delightful little shrub, only slightly succulent, is very popular as a houseplant, and deservedly so, as it is more suited to a well-lit living-room window in winter than to the average colder green house, where it will certainly lose its long leaves, and probably its life also! Like all members of the family Euphorbiaceae, all spurges have unisexual flowers. In Euphorbia these are greatly reduced and grouped into cyathia called pseudanthia. There are also (monoecious) species with male and female flowers on...
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Caring For Cacti & Succulents
2006-12-21 08:55:00
Almost always teamed together, cacti and succulents have lots in common and several important distinctions. Cacti are part of the succulent family. All cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti. There are hundreds of different types of cacti. The word succulent simply means juicy and fleshy. All succulents have the ability to store water in their flesh. Cacti are succulents with spine cushions called areoles that can bear spines and/or flowers but the plants do not have branches or leaves. Succulents do not have areoles and can have branches and leaves.To select a healthy cactus or succulent, look for a plant with good color. It should be in a pot large enough to provide the plant stability. Look for signs of recent growth and check to make sure it is firmly rooted.Situation And TemperatureAlmost all cacti and most other succulents can be overwintered at a temperature of 5 degree celsius if kept dry, and cacti grown for flowers usually need this cold winter rest; indo...
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Cacti And Succulent Plants
2006-12-20 08:55:00
Picture of Cacti and Succulent GardenCacti are succulent to varying degrees and belong to one family, the Cactaceae, whereas succulents can belong to many different plant families. They all have in common the ability to store water in their tissues in order to survive periods of drought, and this makes them ideal plants for the busy or forgetful person; many can survive days or even weeks of dryness.Picture of rhipsalis chloropteraCacti in particular can be divided into desert and jungle types; the latter live on trees as epiphytes, often in association with orchids, in tropical rain forests. Epiphytes use trees for support only; they are not parasites. Such cacti are represented by the epiphyllums, rhipsalis species (picture above), the Christmas cactus(picture below), and similar plants.Picture of Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesi) - Christmas Cactus is a favorite holiday seasonhouse plant, but one which needs careful attention to details if it is to live and flower agai...
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Peaceful Garden Dream
2006-12-19 06:56:00
Close your eyes and think for a moment. What do you think is the greatest achievement in your life that can bring you peace and happiness? Everybody needs a home, a shelter over the head. Regardless of the location, the size, and the architecture, a home serves the most important function of accomodation. No matter how rich or poor you are you need a home.To have a garden is what a lot of people hope to have. A peaceful garden brings you peaceful relaxation after a stressful day. A peaceful garden not only can allow you to stroll with your love ones, it also allows you to stroll or spend peaceful moment alone at time when you need to be alone. Close your eyes and think, what can be more peaceful than to indulge in your own garden, sitting among your favourite flowers and plants, inside a gazebo, listening to the birds (if any) and watching beautiful butterflies visiting your garden. Most important of all, you feel so much refreshing in the garden -- fresh air and the fragran...
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Balcony Plants III
2006-12-10 15:43:00
Easy To Grow Balcony Plant s 9. Kalanchoe blossfeldiana (Flaming Katy)Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is a flowering rosette plant up to 35cm in height, with fleshy, dark green leaves and clusters of small red flowers borne on tall stems. Flowering is from late winter to early summer, though plants may be forced into early flowering for sale at Christmas time.A bright position with some sun encourages a good show of flowers. Keep Kalanchoe in a moderate environment. The ideal positions would be a south-facing window in winter, east or west facing in spring and summer. Water it sparingly at all times and feed every two weeks while in flower. After flowering, trim back the growth and let the plant rest in partial shade, with the compost barely moist, for about one month. It is a short-day plant and will not bloom a second season if kept too light in between times. Repot in a soil mixture, in a larger pot only if this seems necessary.10. Hypoestes (Polka Dot Plant)The species sold as a ...