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How to Treat Bamboo Potted Plants
Bamboo is known for its exotic looks and fast growth. It is equally notorious for being difficult to control. A popular way of controlling bamboo is to plant it in a container or pot. Many people also choose potted bamboo as a house plant, as it is hardy enough to thrive even in the lower light cond
Yellow Leaves on Knock Out Roses
While roses of all species display green leaves when the shrub is healthy, the appearance of yellow leaves can be one of several health problems for your Knock Out rose. There are simple methods to test why your rose has developed yellow leaves.
How Do Nurseries Preserve Cut Flowers?
Keep fresh cut flowers looking lively with a few tricks of the flower-selling trade. Nurseries, grocery stores, and flower shops invest a lot of money in their inventory. To prevent loss, store fronts and nurseries preserve cut flowers to keep their product fresh, fragrant, and marketable.
How to Prune a Climbing Hydrangea
Climbing hydrangeas (Hydrangea anomala petiolaris) grow slowly their first few years, but eventually bloom and spread -- climbing up walls and trees with clinging rootlets. The huge white blooms, as large as 10 inches across, appear in early summer and last two to three weeks before fading. Climbing
How to Landscape With Boxwoods
Boxwood hedges are structured, lush plants that look elegant in the landscape of any style of home. Boxwoods have a variety of uses, from acting as a barrier between property lines to lining a walkway. If you want a border plant in the landscape, boxwoods are an ideal choice and are easy to maintain
How to Control Yellow Ragwort
Yellow ragwort, also known as Madagascar ragwort, is an invasive herb characterized by small yellow flowers with 13 petals each. It grows 4 to 20 inches high, and has narrow 2 1/2-inch leaves. The prolific weed spreads quickly and presents a serious problem to farmers, as it crowds out desirable cro
How to Start Lupine
A popular perennial plant, lupine is a member of the pea family, growing 1- to 4-foot-tall blooms that range in color from white to deep purple. Lupine is a low-maintenance plant you can easily start from seed. Lupine grows a taproot up to 2 feet in depth, so transplanting seedlings is not the recom
HEPA Definition
HEPA filters are air filters designed to clean contaminants from the air. These filters are highly effective at removing extremely small particles from the air. HEPA filters are commonly used in medical, research and manufacturing settings where air purity is essential. Common house hold air filters
What Eats Banyan Trees?
Native to India, the banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) grows as an ornamental tree or houseplant in western countries. In its natural jungle habitat it can grow up to 100 feet tall. Its trunk-like aerial roots can spread more than an acre wide. It has thick, glossy green leaves that grow up to 10 inc
Properties of a Heliotrope
Heliotrope is the name of a plant and a stone, which are used for natural healing as well as metaphysical purposes. They have several shared properties including the basis of their names, as well as properties unique to each. While the stone can be found in naturalist shops and pharmacies as well as
Directions to Build a Planter Box
Installing planter boxes in your yard or patio can quickly and cost-effectively add curb appeal to your home. Building a basic planter box doesn't require professional carpentry skills, but you do need the right resources.
Growing Healthy Petunias
Petunias are prized in beds, containers and hanging baskets. These flowering annuals bloom from spring until the first fall frost, adding bright color where they are planted. Petunias have large flowers available in solid colors, striped patterns or star patterns. Petunias are not prone to insect an
Honeypot Ant Information
Honey ants are found in the American Southwest and Mexico, as well as in Australia, South Africa and New Guinea. They are also called honeypot ants because of the fascinating way in which certain members of the colony gorge themselves full of nutritional juices until they can no longer move, thus ac
How to Store Hyacinth Bulbs Purchased in Spring
Hyacinths normally flower in the spring, offering lovely blooms in dense clusters. Varieties include the single, double and multiflora hyacinth, the latter offering a loose display of flowers less formal than the classic single or double blooms. Saving hyacinth flower bulbs in the spring so you can
Dwarf Japanese Maple Disease and Insects
Dwarf Japanese maples are a popular landscaping tree for their diminutive size and showy foliage. However, this tree is prone to damage by both insects and disease.
How to Get Mosquitoes Out of Your Garage
Mosquitoes are a real nuisance for homeowners. They invade your property and can even make their way into your garage. It is important to kill the mosquitoes as soon as you spot them. Mosquitoes can carry serious diseases such as the West Nile virus, yellow fever and malaria. Getting rid of the mosq
How to Grow Blue Crabgrass
While most people try to get rid of crabgrass in their lawns, some wish to grow it for decorative reasons of for its value as a roughage plant. Crabgrass is especially prominent in lawns that have been cut too short during hot weather and pastures that have been overgrazed. Because crabgrass is a wa
Large Vase Flower Arrangement Ideas
Display your favorite vase with a flower arrangement.stalk of a flower in a vase image by mashe from Fotolia.comArranging cut flowers in a vase is a clean and classic way to add glamor, color and texture to any room. If arranging the flowers around a vase, coordinate the colors of the...
Flowers That Begin With N
Nerine goes well when mixed with other flowers in a bouquet.Michael Hitoshi/Photodisc/Getty ImagesBecause of the vast numbers of flowers in the world, sometimes it can be a bit confusing trying to remember their names. The List of Flowers website, for instance, lists 2,394 flower names in...