Indoor Gardening With Foliage Plants
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Article by: Gwen Stewart Plants grown primarily for their leaf characteristics and utilized for interior , Types Of Palm Trees decoration or landscape , Pine Furniture Care Guide purposes are called foliage plants. , Types of Water Gardens As our society becomes more urban, living plants , Types Of Palm Trees as part of the interior landscape , Super Foods from Home Vegetable Gardens increases. The use of live foliage plants , Garden Delights For Midsummer brings individuals closer to an outdoor , Gardening Tools - An Overview type of environment, , Gardening Tools - An Overview and the large variety of plants , Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques gives us the opportunity to select species that will serve as attractive additions to interior decor. , Garden Delights For Midsummer Foliage plants , Backyard Landscaping Ideas are excellent for indoor , Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques culture since they are able to survive environmental , Discover the Art of Topiary conditions unfavourable to many other plants. , Koi Pond Aeration Most avid gardeners continue to grow plants , Ecological Landscape Design and Organic Lawn Care year-round. We start seeds , Types of Water Gardens in the living room, , Stone Garden Benches grow , Landscaping, An American Pass Time ferns in the bathroom, , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond bring in begonias from the outdoor garden , ing Tools - An Overview year after year, and have pots , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond of herbs , You Can Grow Your Own Garden - Part 5 in the kitchen. , Small Garden Bridges You'll Love To Cross! Today there are so many interesting plants , Injury to Trees and Shrubs that can be grown indoors , Gardening Tools - An Overview that there's simply no reason for a gardener not to be surrounded by plants , May Gardening Tips for the Southwest all year-round. Everyone can grow , Frame Your Garden With Edging foliage plants , Orchid Myths -The Truth indoors with little effort if the right plant , Backyard Landscaping Ideas is used in the right location. , Why Do Flowers Inspire Me So Much? Large-leaved species such as rubber plants , The Basics of Growing Roses (Ficus elastica), Monstera deliciosa, dumb-cane (Dieffenbachia amoena), and Philodendron are especially suited to commercial building interiors. , Hummingbirds … Attracting Those Little Flying Powerhouses They provide the size required to make them focal points in interior landscaping. , Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques These large leaved-plants as well as the smaller specimens such as ferns, vines, and ivies can serve a similar purpose in the home , How To Waterproof a Canvas or apartment. , Landscaping, An American Pass Time Practical Steps To Buying House , How To Waterproof a Canvas Plants Indoor plants , Stone Garden Benches are raised in glass greenhouses , Landscaping, An American Pass Time in which the air , Super Foods from Home Vegetable Gardens is warm and humid. When brought into the average home, , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 5 they need to withstand more adverse conditions than the average outdoor plant. , Garden Delights For Midsummer Challenging conditions such as minimum light, , Toxic Pollutants & Their Effect on Fish Health inadequate ventilation, warmer temperatures, , Want to Stamp Your Patio? drafts, and dry air , Back Yard Landscaping contribute to stressful conditions for plants. , Discover the Art of Topiary Considering the following points will help in the selection of house plants , Flower Bulbs in Dry Climate that will complement your interior , Winter Injury to Trees décor and live for many years to come. 1. Strong and vigorous. Give the plant , Outdoor Entertaining a quick shake. A plant , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond that's unsteady in its pot , Super Foods from Home Vegetable Gardens may not be well-rooted. Shaking the plant , Fiberglass Pond Liners also tells you whether the plant , Buying a Lawn Mower has whiteflies that will scattered in every direction if the plant , Mow A Better Lawn, The Easy Way is infested. 2. Evergreen - Since it will be seen everyday of the year, plants , Caring For Your Juniper Bonsai need to be evergreen. 3. Attractive - Some of the foliage plants , Some Practical Ideas For Designing Your Own Landscape will flower , Easy Lawn Care - Use Clover - Ditch the Pesticide from time to time, but the primary reason for purchasing is the plant's foliage and how the plants , Outdoor Entertaining grow. The leaves may be selected for their colour , Want to Stamp Your Patio? or form, or both and the growth habit should be attractive and require minimum maintenance. 4. Slow-growing - Select plants , Koi Pond Aeration that are slow-growing without a lot of pruning , Koi Pond Aeration or training. They will perform better over a longer period of time. 5. Crowded roots , Injury to Trees and Shrubs - Check the bottom of the plant , Ideas On How To Use Container Gardening To Decorate Your House And Garden for roots , Why Do Flowers Inspire Me So Much? coming out of the drainage hole. Roots , Orchid Myths -The Truth emerging from holes in the pot , Gardening - What are Annuals and Biennials? don't necessarily mean that the plant , Small Garden Bridges You'll Love To Cross! is under-potted, but it's frequently a first symptom. Root , Frame Your Garden With Edging bound plants , An Autumn Garden for Halloween will require transplanting when you get the plant home. , Injury to Trees and Shrubs 6. Unhealthy roots , Small Garden Bridges You'll Love To Cross! - If you can, have the clerk take the plant , You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 5 out of the pot , Want to Stamp Your Patio? to check for crowded roots. , Outdoor Entertaining Roots , Caring For Your Juniper Bonsai come in all shapes, sizes, and colours. , Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques They should always feel firm and not squishy. Squishy roots , Injury to Trees and Shrubs are a sign of root , How To Ensure Early Bulbs Bloom, Year After Year rot. 7. Stem or root , Winter Injury to Trees rot - Sniff the potting mix. Signs of rot smell like the sickly sweet smell of a rotting potato. Don't buy this plant, , Gardening - What are Annuals and Biennials? as it likely has a bad case of stem rot or root , Caring For Your Juniper Bonsai rot. 8. Leaf spots, yellowed leaves, or abundant leaf loss - Leaf spots can be a sign of disease , Ornamental Aluminum Fences or caused by the jostling of the plants , Koi Pond Aeration in a garden , Hummingbirds … Attracting Those Little Flying Powerhouses centre. A yellow leaf or two at the base of the plant , Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques is nothing to worry about. If you see many yellow or fallen leaves, however, the plant's probably stressed and therefore not a good choice. Damaged leaves never recover. Ask yourself , Outdoor Entertaining whether you are willing to wait for the plant , Landscaping, An American Pass Time to produce new leaves or would you rather purchase a healthier looking specimen. 9. Leggy plants , Garden Delights For Midsummer or brown leaf tips , Ecological Landscape Design and Organic Lawn Care - These conditions are signs of a plant , Like Fall Flowers - A Tip To Care For Your Winter Garden Pond that has not received adequate care over a period of time. Spindly plants , Super Foods from Home Vegetable Gardens indicate a lack of adequate light. , Hummingbirds … Attracting Those Little Flying Powerhouses 10. Signs of insects or disease , Backyard Landscaping Ideas - Look under the leaves and at the leaf axils (the place , Why Do Flowers Inspire Me So Much? where the leaf attaches to the stem) where most often pests , The Basics of Growing Roses hang out. Do not purchase this plant, , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond as not only will you have a problem with it, but you may also infest the other plants , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond in your home. , Easy Lawn Care - Use Clover - Ditch the Pesticide Gwen Nyhus Stewart, B.S.W., M.G., H.T., is an educator, freelance writer, garden , Koi Pond Aeration consultant, and author of the book The Healing Garden: A Place , Why Do Flowers Inspire Me So Much? Of Peace - Gardening , Fiberglass Pond Liners For The Soil, , Easy Lawn Care - Use Clover - Ditch the Pesticide Gardening , Outdoor Entertaining For The Soul and booklet Non-toxic Alternatives For Everyday Cleaning And Gardening , Orchid Myths -The Truth Chores. She owns the website Gwen's Healing Garden , May ing Tips for the Southwest where you will find lots of free information , Backyard Landscaping Ideas about gardening , An Autumn Garden for Halloween for the soil , Koi Pond Aeration and gardening , Types of Water Gardens for the soul. To find out more about the book and subscribe to her free Newsletter visit http://www.gwenshealinggarden.ca Gwen Nyhus Stewart © 2004 - 2006. All rights reserved. |
  
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