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Hellebore Care Guide
GENERAL CARE: Lenten Rose and Christmas Rose are both names for a miraculous plant called the Hellebore. This plant has much to offer, asking for very little in return, and its uncommon bloom time during the winter months makes it an indispensable component to a year-round garden. The blooms offer a wide variety of hues, from crisp and pearly white,...
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Kid-Friendly Plants
Indoor Gardening with Kids Much has been written on the benefits of teaching kids to garden. They learn an appreciation for nature and its processes, for science and observation, for cause and effect … and they gain patience, delicacy, and an understanding of the true value of plants both as commodity and for their intrinsic beauty. Yet surprisingly little has...
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Home Office Plants
Your Home Office is a Place to Raise Some Green What’s true of your home is true of your home office: plants are good for you. The ultimate mood booster, they filter air, reduce stress, and improve your overall sense of well-being. They also happen to make great backdrops for video meetings. Give your work environment the care it—and you—deserves....
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Columnar Apple Tree Care
Columnar Apple Tree Care Columnar apple trees are loaded with fruiting spurs along the main leader, and branches are short and upright, producing straight, upright growing, cylindrical apple trees. Plant columnar apples in the ground, or transplant to large containers using N.W. Best Potting Soil. Columnar apple trees mature at 8 to 10 feet tall but less than two...
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DIY Designed Indoor Garden Container for High-light
There are lots of options for designing a planter for higher light conditions. We designed this one to feature a snake plant and a variety of succulents. Step 1: Prep the container for plants Build a reservoir in the bottom of the container, unless you have a pot that has sufficient drainage (even then a reservoir will help with the...
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Selecting the Right Plants for the Light in Your Space
Growing plants indoors successfully means imitating their natural habitats as closely as possible. Find a plant suited to your space, rather than the other way around. Assess your space first, and have an idea of your environment before buying a plant.
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Feeding Your Indoor Garden
Not all houseplants require fertilizer. But plant food can help them grow faster, stronger, and healthier by replenishing the nutrients in their soil. And it’s easy!
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Easy to Grow Houseplants
Looking for plants that are easy to take care of? Plants that are hard to kill? Watson’s has you covered. Here is a list—with care instructions—of plants for those of use who don’t have the greenest thumb.
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Winter Interest
After the leaves have fallen and the temperature has cooled, your garden can begin to look a little sad. Fortunately there are many different plants that will create interest in your garden and containers through the colder months!
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May Garden Guide
May, the gardening month! Everything is growing or ready to grow, flowering or ready to flower, fruiting or ready to fruit …. You get the picture. Now is the time to purchase that gorgeous hanging basket for mom or for your own house, plant dahlias and glads and all the glorious summer annuals such as geraniums, marigolds, begonias, impatiens and...
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