Houseplant Care Guides
Practical, real-home plant care — watering, light, propagation, pests, and seasonal advice, reviewed by experienced indoor gardeners.
Basic Structure and Life Cycles of Plants
However apparently different in form or feature representatives of the higher plant divisions may be, in function they are remarkably similar.
Flowering Arranging Origins: How It All Began
To gain an understanding of flower arranging it is interesting to take a backward glance to the beginnings of the art.
Pollination and Plant Reproduction
Pollination is the process whereby pollen grains are transferred from the anthers of a stamen, their site of origin, to the receptive part of a carpel, ie the sticky surface of a stigma.
Cut Flowers From Flowering Shrubs, Trees, Climbers and Roses
There are periods of the year when a good supply of flowers is not easy to find in the average-size garden.
Chrysanthemum Planting Material
Rooted Cuttings Last season’s stools are kept in a cold frame or greenhouse. Cuttings 2-3 in. long are taken in February-April from the new shoots at the base (not the side) of the stems.
General Care of Climbing Plants
Provided that they have been properly planted, your climbers and wall shrubs will grow with very little trouble.
History of Flower Arrangement
It is known that there was an interest in flowers and plants as far back as 3,500 B.C., and that wreaths were made in the Sumerian kingdom, that carvings of the lotus flower have been found in…
Flower Arranging With Delphiniums
There is no doubt that delphiniums are some of the most valued of all flowers for tall arrangements either in their many shades of blue, or in white.
Party Flower Arrangements
‘Special occasions’ occur in everyone’s life sooner or later. It may be a celebration for two people, an engagement, a wedding anniversary or a gathering such as a party or a wedding reception at…