House Plants

Reseda x odorata: Mignonette

Posted in House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Another plant selected for this brief survey is the well-known but often neglected reseda. Reaching the peak of its popularity some 100 years ago when catalogues listed more than 30 sorts, it has since fallen into oblivion. This plant was always grown mainly for its fragrance, and that is something cities lack more now than a century ago. Furthermore, limiting of the assortment Read more ...

Anemone X coronaria: Poppy Anemone

Posted in Featured Articles, House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Up to now this website has dealt with house plants, in other words ones that are grown for interior decoration. But what is an interior? Many people live in houses where the living area is directly linked with a patio by sliding glass doors. City dwellers often have a balcony or terrace adjoining their flat, and, of course, practically everyone has a window-sill. These are Read more ...

Plants for the Window Box

Posted in House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Chrysanthemum x carinatum: Painted Lady Rludbeckia X hirta: Black-eyed Susan Phlox x drummondii If you have a sunny balcony or similar spot a combination of annual plants arranged in a large earthenware urn would make an attractive display. If you do not have much time to care for the plants in the way of watering and feeding, then make sure that you select your plants from Read more ...

Dianthus X caryophyllus: Carnation

Posted in House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Carnations are definitely among the most popular flowers, both for garden use and as cut flowers. The genus Dianthus embraces some 300 species distributed in Europe, Asia and very occasion; also in Africa. Many of the type species can grown in window-boxes arranged as miniature rock gardens. They look best if combined with small, lime-loving alpines found growing together Read more ...

Sarracenia purpurea: Northern Pitcher Plant

Posted in Featured Articles, House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
This section on carnivorous plants is concluded by a North American genus of nine species usually growing on the wet shores of forest lakes, in bogs and in swamps. This indicates that they are plants requiring a very moist compost (as well as high atmospheric moisture) and at the same time relatively cool conditions, which makes them suitable for growing in a conservatory as Read more ...

Pistia stratiotes: Water Lettuce

Posted in Featured Articles, House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
An attractive paludarium must include plants that float on the water’s surface. Mention has already been made of Eichhornia crassipes, but the selection is much larger, as you will find by going to a specialist supplier. If you are setting up a small paludarium in a warm, well-lit to sunny spot, then you should not fail to include the small floating aquatic Pistia stratiotes, Read more ...

Xanthosoma nigrum

Posted in Featured Articles, House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Picture the South American tropics: A small forest stream flows through the Ecuador lowlands near the town of San Domingo de los Colorados. The forest giants and lianas form a tunnel that arches above its shimmering surface. Its banks are covered with a dense growth of philodendrons, anthuriums and tree-ferns, with here and there the crowns of palms rising majestically above Read more ...

Dionaea muscipula: Venus’s Fly-trap

Posted in Featured Articles, House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Those who like the odd and unusual will surely add this Garnivorous plant to their collection, and will not regret having done so. Though in older books dionaea is generally described as a very sensitive plant, this is not true. It can be grown in a room for many years if its basic requirements are met. Dionaea is indigenous to North America, more precisely to the swamplands Read more ...

Drosera binata: Sundew

Posted in Featured Articles, House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Dionaea, is not the only insectivorous plant that can be grown at home. Best known, and just as attractive, is the genus Drosera, which includes some 85 species, three of them being native to Europe’s peat bogs. Their distribution, however, is chiefly centered in Australia and New Zealand, home to more than 50 species. This plant is from southeastern Australia and New Zealand Read more ...

Drosera spathulata

Posted in Featured Articles, House Plants on November 15th, 2011 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
The drosera is one of the commonest species. It is native to the same regions as the preceding one but its range also extends into tropical south-east Asia. The reddish leaves, arranged in a dense rosette, are covered with red trichomes; the flowers are white. This plant, the same as many other species of the genus, generally lasts only two seasons (if overwintered in the proper, Read more ...
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