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Hibiscus, bougainvilleas, philodendrons and so many of the tropical and subtropical plants that we can enjoy in our gardens can only survive through winter in greenhouses in most other climates in America. Many of our tropical houseplants though, seem to...
Read more Bob Souvestre, horticulturist with the LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA, and who writes a weekly gardening related column for the The Advocate, the local paper, has provided some great tips to use before you take some of those houseplants you...
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This humongous six inch wide tropical hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, looks like it might be from Hawaii or Florida, but was actually found in K and K Nursery and Landscape of Norman, just south of Oklahoma City, where winter nights...
Read more As the daylight begins to lengthen during mid- to late-winter, there are plenty of indoor gardening chores to do now that will reap benefits throughout coming year. So, while the snow is howling, and before those outside gardening...
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The aromas of holiday cooking still linger in our minds, maybe around our waists and possibly in the drapes too if we’ve burned anything! Not that I would know about that! But in case I did...
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The diminutive and indistinguishably dense flowers of Anthurium are surprisingly pathetic relative to the flashiness of the 'spathe and spadix' structures that accompany them. The spadix is the generally conical structure that supports and is covered with the...
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December 12 is National Poinsettia Day. The day was set in 2002 to honor Joel Poinsett, the first US ambassador to Mexico, who died on this date in 1851. Poinsett was an interesting man, trained as a...
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Some succulent plants and their friends do not mind being grown as houseplants. Ponytail palm, Beaucarnea recurvata, is one of those rare friends of succulents that actually prefers to be inside, at least during winter when they can be damaged...
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Around the holidays stores often feature Norfolk Island Pines for sale as they look like miniature Christmas trees. The Norfolk Island pine, (Araucaria heterophylla) however, is a houseplant, despite its name. It will continue to grow well indoors...
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What a weird tree! Fiddle leaf fig, Ficus lyrata, is an uncommon but familiar large scale houseplant that we might not welcome into our homes if we knew how it behaves where it grows wild in the lower rainforests of...
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