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Plants at Home
If you like the plants you’re in luck because it is proven that, apart from the obvious aesthetic function, plants have many positive effects for people and environments: Increasing the humidity in addition to reducing the levels of carbon dioxide and other gases. Decrease the amount of dust in the home. Relax any environment by [...]
Strobilanthes
The Strobilanthes is a plant whose foliage is Burmese origin of intense color, with metallic violet tints. It is best grown in a greenhouse, but can be inside for limited periods. It is advisable to grow it next to other plants. Often leaves may reach about 20 inches long, and feature exotic brands. In the [...]
Organic Gardening (III)
7. Pests and Diseases How to prevent pests and diseases? • Insects, fungi, bacteria and viruses preferentially attack weak plants. Therefore, to prevent, nothing better than to keep them strong and vigorous. • Buy quality plants, well grown, lush and roots are not crowded. • inspect it and if they bring disease, pest or wound. [...]
Creating a Home Garden
The garden has become a more of the house and as such should be designed. To create a garden in our home we must first make a plan, defining the use that we would like, what functions must meet according to family habits. This summary should be inclusive of all family members, including pets, must [...]
Timber Supplies (I)
It is a fact: having spaces where wood reign in our garden, we really love it. Is that the combination wood / garden is one of those couples that we really enjoyed. Wood is the oldest materials to be used at all times by the man used it to build their houses, to build transportation [...]
Geranium Endressii: Another Variant of The Classic Geranium
The endressii Geranium is native to South Africa and belongs to the family Geraniaceae, and it is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial, forming clumps that occurs 45 cm high and 60 centimeters in diameter. With pink flowers that are dark in normal and white variety in the typology Album, this kind of geranium presents the usual [...]
Ariocarpus
- Scientific or Latin name: Ariocarpus spp. – Common name or vulgar: Ariocarpus. – Source: South Texas and Mexico. – Surprising spineless cactus. – The Ariocarpus have the same shape and texture of rock, and blend very well with the soil in its habitat. – They have thorns, and the texture of their skin allows [...]
Pests and Diseases
How to prevent pests and diseases? • Insects, fungi, bacteria and viruses preferentially attack the plants weak. Therefore, to prevent, there is nothing better than making them stronger and stronger. • Buy quality, manners, fertile and the roots are not crowded. • check if they carry diseases, pests or injury. • Language species are more [...]
Exotic Flowers
carnea Justice, exotic flowers that are ideal for growing in warmer climates, because due to tropical origin – coming from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador – are evergreen plants that can not stand the frost or low temperature. carnea Justice, shrub can reach a height of five meters, preferring temperatures of 15 ° C. For this [...]
Fresh Bouquets Spring Wedding
A few weeks before the beginning of spring may be useful to analyze what is natural to do when you design a wedding bouquet. To take advantage of the beautiful flowers and colorful that characterize this season we can think of a beautiful bouquet of flowers to match perfectly with the wedding dress. Winter flowers [...]