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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Tip of the Week
Tweet BRINGING HOME A NEW PLANT When you bring a new plant home from the floral shop or nursery it will need to adjust to its new surroundings. It may even go through a mild case of shock. This may take … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Hints, Tip of the Week, Welcome
Tagged Blossoms, Bringing Home, Floral Shop, Mild Case, Shock, Surroundings, Yellow Leaves
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What’s Blooming
Tweet This week’s featured flower is the iris. This dark blue beauty is a sure sign of spring. This bulb flower is beautiful with a mix of tulips or arranged with the simplicity of the same stately blooms.
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Tagged Blooms, Dark Blue, Flower, Iris, Sign Of Spring, Simplicity, Tulips
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Tip of the Week
Tweet Crushed egg shells add a small amount of calcium as well as phosporus, potassium and magnesium and sodium to your garden plants and containers. Crush 4-5 egg shells per plant into the potting mix or garden soil once a … Continue reading
What’s Blooming
Tweet This weeks featured flower is of course the lily. This Spring beauty reminds us of the traditional Easter Lily. The Asiatic lily is the lily for a fresh bouquet. Send this to your hostess, or for your own centerpiece. … Continue reading
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Tagged Asiatic Lily, bouquet, Centerpiece, Colored Flowers, Easter Lily, Flower, Hostess, Spring Beauty, Traditional Easter
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What’s Blooming
Tweet This week’s featured flower is the tulip. This beautiful little bloomer is a delight in a mixed bouquet or with other tulips of the same color. This is the only flower that continues to grow after being cut and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomer, bouquet, Flower, Tulip, Tulips, Vase
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Tip of the Week
Tweet To keep squirrels from eating your plants, and bulbs sprinkle them with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn’t hurt the plant and the squirrels wont’ come near it.
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Tagged Bulbs, Cayenne Pepper, Plants, Squirrels
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What’s blooming
Tweet This week’s featured flower is the alstromeria. What a delight this little lily is. Also known as the Peruvian lily, the alstromeria’s bright, small blooms grow in clusters and often have freckeled petals. They are moderately priced and have up … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Welcome, What's Blooming
Tagged Alstromeria, Blooms, bouquet, Clusters, Flower, Little Lily, Peruvian Lily, Petals, Vase Life
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Plant of the Month
Tweet This month’s featured plant as part of the “Plant of the Month” is the Azalea. This is a beautiful blooming plant with delicate blossoms. Enjoy this plant as a living bouquet. From the Rhododendron family, this exceptional bloomer is … Continue reading
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Tagged Azalea, Beautiful, Bloomer, bouquet, Bright Indirect Light, Cool Room, Delicate Blossoms, House Plant, Rhododendron
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Tip of the Week
Tweet When purchasing a new plant read all tags that accompany the plant and talk to the florist from whom you will purchase the plant. Purchase plants that will acclimate to the surroundings in which you will put it. Pay … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Hints, Tip of the Week, Welcome
Tagged Better Success, Fertilizer, Florist, Homework, Purchase Plants, Purchasing, Room Humidity, Success Rate, Surroundings
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