Charming Flowers

The bright green foliage forms a tight growing, mat that covers itself in early to mid-spring with a carpet of bright pink flowers. The ice plant can be propagated by division, cuttings, or seeds. If propagating by division, it is best to divide the plants in the spring. Cuttings can be taken anytime in the spring, summer, or fall. When…

These yellow bulb flowers will add a pop of color to any garden. Their bright yellow color is hard to miss, and they make any garden look bright and happy. A classic early flower of spring, uses for daffodils extend well beyond providing cheerful color after the winter months. These pretty spring flowers can enrich your garden, improve pollination, and…

Hyacinth is a popular fall planted bulb for cheerful, fragrant spring blooms. These flowers help to drive away winter glooms. The inedible bulbs contain oxalic acid and can cause skin irritation. The intensely fragrant flowers are usually blue but may be pink, white, or other colours in cultivated varieties. Hyacinthus is a small genus of bulbous, spring-blooming perennials.They are fragrant flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily…

A large genus of useful evergreen perennials. Ericas vary in growth habit, from low spreading and ground-cover to taller more bushy plants. A wide range of flower colours are available, from white through to all shades of pink and red to mauve. With careful selection heathers can be used to provide long-lasting colour in the garden, from spring to late…

Trendy, comfortable to grow, excellent cut flower, very efficient as carpet & edging plants. A garden favorite for their brightly-colored flowers, French marigolds are also easy to grow and care for. These heat-loving annuals last the entire growing season, blooming away until frost. Along with their ornamental attributes, French marigolds are also edible and can be used to make a…

Growing hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) in the garden is a goal of many gardeners who remember these impressive flowers from their youth. Hollyhocks add drama and height, making an impressive backdrop to shorter perennials. Alcea is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks.  They are native to Asia and…

Here’s another fuss free houseplant to clear the air of your house of pollutants such as xylene and toluene. The plant has huge value attached to it because it successfully weathers every kind of condition well : low light, bright light and even neglect! Warnecki Dracaena (Dracaena deremensis) is a popular small house and office plant that produces dark gray-green…

Dracaena is a popular houseplant because it is easy to grow and very forgiving of novice gardeners. It’s also a top pick because there are so many varieties with different sizes, leaf shape, and color. A variegated dracaena plant, like the Song of India dracaena, for instance, gives you beautiful, multicolored foliage. The song of India plant is a species…

Ivy can make a wonderful, bright light houseplant. It can grow long and lush and bring a bit of the outdoors inside. Growing ivy indoors is easy as long as you know what makes an ivy plant happy. This evergreen plant climbs up the side of trees and buildings, adding color wherever it goes. Hedera, commonly called ivy (plural ivies),…

The tree can grow up to 15 meters. It is evergreen and has compound medium green leaves in clusters of seven. This tree depends for mechanical support on other rainforest trees. The tree is multi-trunked and flowers bloom at the treetop. The umbrella plant is a multi trunk tree that can grows over 15 metres tall outdoors and has to be…

European fan palms are frequently used to add tropical flair to temperate landscapes. They also grow well as houseplants, adapting easily to indoor conditions. These palms can grow both as a shrub with multiple trunks or as a small tree with a single trunk. The light blue-green to silver-green, fan-shaped fronds stretch roughly 2 feet long and wide and feature…

The Nephrolepis, or Lemon Button Fern, is one of the most pleasant small ferns an Indoor Gardener can grow. Once it finds its place in your home, and you establish its care cycle, its pretty much care-free. A small fern that grows to about a foot high and not much more across, it boasts tiny arching stems. The plant usually…