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With so many colors and varieties it is no wonder that mums are the most popular fall flower. You can dress up your yard or the inside of your home with matching flowers that will enhance your décor. There beauty and longevity will attract all kinds of attention and make the neighbors envious. Fall is the season for holidays, and picking a mum to color coordinate with each season is always fun.
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When tending to a garden, proper care and upkeep is necessary for a healthy and beautiful gathering of plants and flowers. Roses are one of the most popular and stunning flowering plants available. However, to ensure plant owners get the most out of these flowering beauties, proper upkeep, regular pruning and deadheading is necessary. Faded flowers can be displeasing to see in a garden and can give the impression a flowering plant is unhealthy.
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Many people love the way flowers dress up their yards, but feel hopeless to do so because their yards are pretty heavily shaded. Without looking into their options, they opt for a colorless, bland, shaded yard. We have great news, though, for all you who find your homes under the shade of many trees – there are some beautiful, extremely colorful flowers that thrive in the shade! Astilbe If you’re itching for some bold, feminine colors and plants that feather, try the Astilbe.
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We plant certain flowers in our gardens and around our yards to experience their glorious beauty. But one of the most enjoyable aspects of many flowers is the sweet aroma they provide. Here are five fragrant garden flowers, aromatic jewels to be enjoyed both in your garden, and cut and placed in vases to enjoy indoors as well. Lilac The Lilac, a spring-flowering shrub, is easily one of the most intensely fragrant flowers on the planet.
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It’s time to plant your bulbs! Now that fall is coming in, bulbs need to be planted in the ground so they can pop up in the spring with their beautiful colors. However, they still have to survive the fall and winter in the ground, and sometimes, that can cause problems. Bulbs can die during the cold winter, or be taken away and eaten by wildlife. How can you save them?
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Deadheading–or trimming off faded blossoms–prolongs flowering by initiating a second flush of smaller and less numerous blooms. This helps to keep a garden attractive by keeping plants neat and tidy and ensuring maximum bloom time. How and when you remove spent flowers depends on the plant and the type of growth it produces. The following list provides guidelines for typical types of growth… Long flower stalks Plants that produce one flower head at the end of a stalk, such as pelargoniums, should have the fading flower removed, along with the stalk – snapping it off cleanly from the stem.
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Blue Enchantment Convolvuluses are beautiful dwarf morning glories that are indigenous to the Mediterranean. They love the sun and warm climates. Their deep blues and yellow centers draw in butterflies and hummingbirds galore. They do perfectly well in pots, in hanging baskets or in your flower bed. Whichever way you choose to display them, they are sure to add beauty and elegance. In the warmer climates of the U.S. such as southern California, the Blue Convolvulus is considered a perennial, but elsewhere they are generally used as annuals.
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Many gardeners, both the experienced and the beginner, have watched their flowers, plants, shrubs and trees die soon after transplanting. This is due to “transplant shock,” and it is a common occurrence when the proper transplanting techniques are not followed. Plants experience some degree of trauma when moved, caused by damage to the roots during the transplant. When a plant or flower is transplanted, the most important part of the roots can be destroyed by either being cut, from drying out, or by being jostled around during the move.
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Do you love the way your home is full of fresh-looking flowers during these summer months? Don’t you wish your house could stay like this even in the winter? Well, technically it can. All you have to do is drying your favorite flowers. It’s easy too. Here are five steps to drying flowers 1. Pick out your flowers Of course you can dry just about any kind of flower, but why not choose your favorite type?
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When it comes to growing orchids indoors, it’s so important that you follow the golden rule, which is you must mirror the plant’s natural conditions in your home. Besides this, remember that orchids tend to grow onto other objects, even if it’s just bark or stone. Once this is fully understood, you’re well on your way to successfully harvesting orchids indoors. So, you’re probably wondering what exact conditions do these plants thrive in?
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