Towering spires of colorful, cup-shaped blooms, Foxgloves are the skyscrapers of the garden, adding colorful vertical lines to summer designs. Foxgloves are tall, stately plants that carry purple, yellow, rose or white bell-shaped blooms on long spikes with darker, interior splotches or freckles. The flower stalks grow from a large rosette of leaves. Foxglove reseeds ...
Of the three major categories of begonias, the rhizomatous and fibrous-rooted are grown most often as house plants, while tuberous begonias make ideal candidates or hanging baskets on porches and patios. The best-known member of the large begonia family is the fibrous-rooted ever blooming group called wax begonia, with its shiny or waxy leaves. Flowers ...
If the entrance to your home is a shady spot in your yard, then you already know the challenge of finding just the right flowering plants to liven up a shady area. Although ferns are elegant plants that thrive in the shade, adding a splash of color can bring a shady area to life. With ...
Who doesn’t like flowers? I do along with bees, ants, hummingbirds and butterflies. When choosing flowers to plant this year, why not pick varieties that bloom through the entire season. Here are some that are sure to please. Blue Fringed Daisy Daisies are usually white, but blue-fringed daisies are a true blue flower. They are ...
Begonias are definitely one of America’s all time favorite flowers. They’re extremely popular and abundant at garden centers, especially the most common variety Semperflorens, known as the wax begonia. The begonia’s popularity might be less about their indisputable beauty and more about how easy they are to grow, even for beginners. These tender annuals are ...
Driving around looking at homes lately, you may notice a trend that has been going on for sometime. This trend would be the borders of flowers next to walkways leading up to one’s front door. There are single, double and triple flower borders. For the most part, many of these sidewalk borders have a single ...
Everyone loves flowers, but not everyone realizes how easy it is to have them every day of the year. One of the keys to success with flowering house plants is to pick those that will adapt to the low light levels in most homes. All of the plants listed below need relatively low light levels ...
Begonias are a fun and enjoyable plant to have around your home. You can grow them indoors or outdoors, in low to bright light. Although some are fairly simple to take care of others can be not so easy to grow. Begonias also don’t always have a fragrance to them. So you may want to ...
To relieve the monotony of four beige walls, many cubicle dwellers would like to decorate with plants. Besides the aesthetic benefits, plants help purify the air you breathe in your cubicle. And workers who keep plants in their spaces are more productive than those who don’t. If you work in a cubicle, the fact that ...
When recommending the best houseplants for the bedroom, we are going to assume two things. First, that the lighting in the room will be low, medium, or half-day sun. Second, we will assume that since the plant is in the bedroom, something with low maintenance requirements and that does not make a mess – shed ...
