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Chirita a Houseplant with a Future

Chirita are Houseplants with a future as long as the name changers do not get too involved. Most of the species have been discovered recently and in the future cross breeding is likely to produce new varieties.

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Did You Get Flowers For Mother’s Day

Keep your mothers day flowers fresh as long as possible and if you didn’t get flowers for mothers day get your own

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Red Spider Mite Control and Prevention

There are a lot of things to go wrong with plants in the greenhouse but a red spider mite infestation is one of the most frustrating. This tomato plant in India has had its day. Basic Information on Red Spider Mite Plants such as tomatoes, cucumbers and strawberries grown indoors in poly-tunnels or greenhouses are [...]

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Grow Colourful Gloxinia as Houseplants

If you want showy house and greenhouse plants in a range of bright colours try Gloxinia they are so easy to grow from corms even the kids will do well

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Indoor Primula Tips

Indoor plants that are in full flower in January include the strongly coloured Primula Obconica shown above. They look good in traditional blues, pinks and white with the new Twilly series including a strong red. There are plenty of long lasting blooms particularly if you pick off dead flowers. The hairs on the back of [...]

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Olympic Torch Floral Arrangement

Encouraging others to go above and beyond our normal floral horizons has given birth to this post to create an Olympic Torch Floral arrangement with flowers originating in every continent.

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Thinking About Sunflowers for Cutting

Think about growing Sunflowers for use as cut flowers and with these tips you will get a lot more flowers per plant and not use too much space in your garden.

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Top Ten Tips For Coleus

  An astonishing range of brilliant foliage colours and forms are available from Coleus plants. The red leaved ‘Scarlet Poncho’ has a thin green outer edge or there is the Fiery Red of ‘Molten Lava’. Textured leaves are an added attraction. Top Ten Tips for Great Coleus Sow from seed annually and plant outside when [...]

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Datura, Brugmansia or Angels Trumpets

Angels trumpets are wonderfully scented with large pastel coloured flowers

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Grow Mandevilla Jasmines

There are over 100 species of Mandevilla but the best to grow are often sold under the name Dipladenia splendens. I rate these climbers from Central America as the type of plant you can expect to see in far greater numbers in the coming years. Mandevilla generally have waxy, fragrant, showy, trumpet-shaped flowers during the [...]

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