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Repotting House Plants
Most house plants need to be repotted annually: the best time to do this is in spring when your plants are beginning to grow again after a winter peri...
How to Grow Plants in Bottle Gardens
Bottle gardens are both popular and amusing. All you need for a bottle garden is a very large bottle, jar or carboy. Fill it 6-8 inches deep with a go...
Indoor Plants For A South-facing Window
South-facing windowsills are perfect for some of the more exotic flowering house plants. Consider the flower colour as part of the room’s scheme; and ...
Positioning Plants For Best Light
As a rule it will be found practical only to place comparatively small plants right in the window spaces. Too large plants get in the way and they als...
Growing cacti and succulents the easy way
The weird shapes of these fleshy plants are an endless source of fascination, especially when exotic flowers bloom on them. The flowers of cacti are p...
Growing Water Lilies
For either formal or informal pools, the water lily, perhaps, should be the first considered, for it is the queen of the water garden. The first essen...
The Function of Leaves
Leaves are vital to the living world, for lonely they can convert the sun’s energy into food for plants and, subsequently, for animals and people. Lea...
Hydroponics – Cultivating without soil
Cultivating plants without soil is called hydroponics or hydroculture. Many plants can be grown in this way, and the technique has become popular in r...
Plant Feeds For Pot Plants
Plants growing in fertile garden soil make most of their own food, but those grown in pots need supplementary feeding to stay healthy. Using plant fee...
