Best Fake Plants For Home

Regardless of your garden style, there is a perfect daylily for your landscape.From their humble origins many centuries ago, the genus has been refined and thousands of hybrids created, so there are an almost unlimited number of choices available.

One of which was by John Lennon:"Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow."I then attached these cards to bamboo sticks and placed one in each violet pot.Probably the most comical part of the story is...

Remember that southern and western exposures are warm because of sunlight, while eastern and northern are moderate or cool. That sometimes helps. Without it, the plant will die.Make sure to have the proper soil mix for each plant as well.

Mix well and store in tightly sealed jars. Twist the ends shut and refrigerate. Wrap your seeds in some tissue paper and hand write a few notes about the characteristics of the plant and growing directions.

The thin graceful leaves grow in clusters as they do on its cousin, the common Schefflera umbrella tree. The foliage and stems are well proportioned on this plant, so it has a tree like form at any size.

Ugh, tax time! Are you wishing that you had a magic money tree? A minor point but one that some readers may find importantMoney Tree art at left by the incomparable "Inky" Used here with permission, Thank you! Inky Art not to be used elsewhere without...

Pull the knot cords snug to the carrier cords. This will include the tassel on the end and about 6" extra for good measure. The clothesline was chosen for the contrast against the dark background for photography purposes.

Planters with many stems are proportionally more expensive. Remember, you usually "get what you pay for". This botanical bearer of good fortune is a tabletop plant having jointed green bamboo-like stems with a few slender leaves at the top.

I had been making grapevine wreaths for years, so making a grapevine tree shouldn't be an insurmountable task.At any rate, one of the most challenging activities that creative folks encounter is figuring out the ways and means to bring our ideas to fruition.

Word gets around pretty quickly on Dave's Garden, and my shivering was no secret. They were hot after about 2 minutes.I decided to use my internet skills and learn what I could about buckwheat, so I sat down at my computer with a cozy draped around my...

I'm not sure; I have only just begun to browse through the many apps available on my smart phone. He felt sure that my next phone upgrade should be to a "smart phone," a tool that could give me some of the functions of our computer and more.

I bought a large hanging pot of Fuschia 'Blue Eyes' to further entice the little flying jewels and hung that on the same pole. As I surfed the web looking at the various feeders available and asking questions of, I decided to purchase a HummZinger by...

Wish your loved one good health with a yellow blooming plant. All the kits I've seen offer a choice of three colors (cultivars):(pink). Or forego the cactus and take this ABC concept full circle; choose a 'Zombie' amaryllis!

Fennel or anise provides the distinctive flavor in Italian sausages and in other savory dishes, such as pork or tomato sauces. Once rooted, it should not be relocated. Mama's favorite way to enjoy anise biscotti is to dunk them in her coffee!

To protect yourself be sure that your tetanus shot is up to date. Wait a day or two and try again. To keep long-stemmed herbs such as basil, parsley, and dill as fresh as possible store them in a tall container of water in the refrigerator.To keep stored...

It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity We dream of discovering blue tulips when the rest of the world dreams of winning the lottery. Well, they're cute if you like country style.

The rest will bleach to a much lighter shade.Prepare plant material for the back side, and have it ready by your second plastic piece. I just like denim personally.First of all, wear something so old that you don't care if you get bleach on it.

Find some old window screen and staple it tightly to the bottom of the frame. To the pulp mixture in the tub, OR these can be sprinkled quickly to the deckle as you bring it up from the water BEFORE you add the top screen that's used to squeeze out water.

Sculpey IIItm and FIMOtm are popular brands. Seal extra clay with plastic wrap and put into a zip-top bag for airtight storage.I'm sure you can imagine all sorts of critters to create.

A glass or vase of three inch diameter will hold one bulb. Three bulbs will be displayed nicely in a six inch diameter bowl or medium rose vase. Most growers discard their bloomed-out paperwhites, but if you have a warm garden you may plant them outside.

One of the most reliable sources for information is theDo not confuse steam canners with steam pressure canning. Canned food can also be safe or unsafe, depending on how it is processed.

This lovely foliage plant has purple shoots and white-edged leaves. For an extra touch, this plant produces pink or purple blooms. From yellows, golds, reds and oranges to silver, creams, purples and various shades of green, there's a foliage plant that...

Try cleaning the window, dusting the leaves and turning the plant periodically to provide more uniform sunshine. The soil may also be dry and hard in the pot. Repot the plant in the same pot with fresh compost and water lightly to get it to settle in.

My darling husband, while he appreciates a nice plant, much prefers one that flowers to one that is 'plain green.' I do grow some African violets and orchids. So I find it difficult to have ALL flowering plants in the house.

We're all desperate for a bit of green and fortunately for us, there's Home and Garden shows to help us endure the last dregs of a winter that seems to keep hanging on. The offerings were a wide range of tools, services, landscape material, decorative...

A lovely juice that we'll make into jelly and the applesauce that I froze in 1 cup measures. There's a special tube attached to this section that allows the cook to draw the juice off as the container fills.I filled the bottom section with water and adjusted...

Low light exposure will cause these plants to revert to green, losing the veins vibrant splashes of color.Growing nerve plants should be placed in a warm area, avoiding drafts which will shock the plant just as water that is too cold or hot.