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Houseplant Care
Fertilizers for Indoor Plants
There are two main groups of fertilizers: organic and inorganic. The organic types can be rotted garden compost, manure, dried blood, bone meal or fish meal.
How Plants Feed
The bulk of every green plant comes from water and air. The air supplies mainly carbon; the water, oxygen and hydrogen.
Aquatic Plant Ailments
So much for the actual pond; water-lilies and marginal plants are susceptible to few ailments. Nymphaeas may sometimes suffer from a fungus disease of the genus Cercosporae.
Garden Pond Fish Ailments and Pests
Fish are susceptible to quite a few ailments and pests; but one pest constitutes a greater threat than all others combined. And sadly, I know of no satisfactory remedy. That pest is the heron.
Garden Flowers for Beginners
Garden flowers are divided according to their life-cycles, into three types. Annuals complete their life-cycle, from sowing to flowering and seed production, within 12 months.
How to Take Cuttings From Flowers
Some flowers, such as lupins, delphiniums and chrysanthemums, are best propagated from cuttings of new shoots.
The Families of Succulents
When referring to succulents many people speak rather of ‘cacti’ and include in that name the other groups – if, indeed, they realise that there are other groups.
Mixed Beds and Borders
There are houses and gardens which, because of their style and layout, are most suited to a formal treatment of plants.
Best Way to Grow Tulips
There are hundreds of types of tulips to choose from, singles, doubles, those with blotched flowers, feathery kinds, striped types and so on.