Saving Your Easter lily
The blossoms on your Easter lily are starting to fade, you look at the plant and wonder now what. You don’t need to toss the plant. It can be saved to rebloom again year…
Easter lily care
How to pick an Easter lily Originating from the mountains of Taiwan, the potted Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum) is the popular traditional plant of the Easter season. The white trumpet shaped flowers are a symbol…
Coloring Easter eggs naturally
Coloring Easter eggs the natural way Easter is a time of renewal. In many pagan cultures a decorated egg became the symbol of rebirth. Coloring eggs was first introduced to Europe by the Crusaders who…
Winter planter gardens
How to make winter planters When frost turns the contents of your outdoors planters into a blackened mushy mess; rather than dragging the pots into storage, think about sprucing up and adding a little green…
Poinsettia care
One of the traditional and most popular holiday flowers is the Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). The delicate, yet dazzling flowers (bracts) range from huge bushes to miniatures plants and come in assorted colors that are sure…
Mistletoe
Under the Mistletoe A festive Christmas holiday decoration is the Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens) which represents fertility, life, romance and peace. The Druids believed it was a sacred plant that would bring good health and luck….
Christmas Cactus
CHRISTMAS CACTUS One of the more popular flowering plants around the holidays is the Schlumbergera bridgesii better known as the Christmas cactus. It offers a profusion of tubular flowers that bloom for two to four…
