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 after year in the…
Browse
Category: SEASONAL GARDENING
Seasonal Plant Tips
5 Great Christmas holiday plants Norfolk Island Pine Instead of a Christmas tree some may opt for a Norfolk pine ( Araucaria heterophylla )which is usually available in stores before…
Christmas tree care
Whether you cut your own or buy a pre-cut Christmas tree, a little care will help you keep your tree fresh longer and avoid it becoming a fire hazard. Here are some suggestions: It is…
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…
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…
Reblooming Poinsettia
Instead of discarding your poinsettia after the Holiday season, take on the challenge of re-blooming it for the next year. Here’s what you need to do. Maintain and water the plant indoors…
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…
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 eggswas first introduced to Europe by the…
Winter planter gardens
How to perk up your Fall containers When frost turns the contents of your outdoors planters into a blackened mushy mess; think about sprucing up your containers for the holiday/winter…
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…
Tale of Jack o’ Lantern
Here is an interesting Irish folklore that you can share when carving your Jack-O-Lantern. It’s about a man named Stingy Jack . As the story goes, Stingy Jack invited the Devil for drinks…
good at picking plants?
Hi, I work for a small upscale landscape design firm (we also do interiors) in Los Feliz, CA. We are looking for assistance in picking plants for current and future projects. We need…