These are great all-around Eco-Friendly gardening glovesideal for pruning, cleaning and planting. Machine wash and air dry (made of fast-drying Micro Suede).
Tulips and Iris: Say “I love you” with this flower bouquet full of red tulips and blue iris. A perfect flower gift for that special someone. From RedEnvelope.
I bought several Ikea plants and I want them to last as long as possible, how do I take care of them?
The plants are as follows:
1) Ivy
2) Cactus (Two..one tiny round and one large with lots of "arms")
3) Tall palm-tree like tropical floor plant (three in one pot).
4) Tree-like plant has three thick stems that intertwine to make one "trunk".
4) Unidentifiable generic house plant #1
5) Unidentifiable generic house plant #2
6) Unidentifiable generic house plant #3
7) Unidentifiable generic house plant #2
If you can help with any of these I would be greatful, I have photos of them. Does Ikea have a plant guide or anything?
Thank you.
In general, except for the cacti, keep them in strong light, but not in direct sunlight (you can put the cacti there!); feed with a balanced fertilizer such as Miracle Gro for foliage plants. Keep the soil moist, but not wet; NEVER let your plants sit in water for more than an hour. Make sure that there’s plenty of humidity in the air, especially around the palm; if you see the tips of leaves turning brown, the humidity is almost certainly too low. Conversely, if you see the stems or leaves going yellow, they’re getting too much water.
For the cactus, warm and dry is the important thing. Don’t water very often, and NEVER let it stand in water.
The plant with the intertwined trunks sounds a lot like a ficus benjamina ("fiddle-leaf fig"); it’s not a fig at all, of course. They are VERY picky about how much light they need; they may also lose a lot of leaves when they’re moved. Give them as MUCH light as possible without putting them in direct sunlight.
They should all do well at the same temperatures that you like. The ivy in particular, if it’s a pothos variety, will be very forgiving. Many varieties of pothos can be grown in water alone, but that’s not necessary, of course. The directions above should work nicely.
Good luck, and enjoy 
Posted by admin | Posted in Gardening | Posted on 05-01-2010
I’m wanting to do some gardening crafts this spring and the only thing i can think of to do is some stepping stones (i know how to do these). I don’t have a lot of money to spend, but i’m wanting cute,easy and cheap ideas to help spruce up my yard.
thanks for your input!
little homemade signs made out of scrap lumber are really cool that say things like Please dont eat the daisey’s or Welcome friends or You can find me in the garden or peck peck here peck peck there my feathered friends are everywhere or rise and shine it’s flower time oh there are so many I make a few homade clay pots to they are cheep and they last for a few years you would be surprised what you can do with a few bottles of craft paint and a old tooth brush or even a sponge you just have to play and have FUN-OH and I like bird houses too!
Posted by admin | Posted in Flowers | Posted on 05-01-2010
I have a flower bed up against the back of my house and which is completely covered by the overhead deck. I want to plant some plants there, but don’t know which flowers grow best in very shaded areas? Also there is a large rabbit population in my neighborhood and would like to plant flowers that the rabbits wouldn’t be so eager to eat.
Thank you in advance.
If cat hair works, would dog hair do????
Itsmyopinion – haha what a smart@$$ remark – I like it, sounds like something I would say. 
Wow!!!
Thanks for the ideas, keep them coming.
I am in Zone 5 and have these in my shady areas: Astilbe is has a wonderful wispy bloom, blooms in July-August. Azaleas & rhododendrens bloom in May, and the rhodos might also enjoy the protection that the upper deck provides. Rhodos need alot of water as their roots do not grow deep. I also like hostas for shaded areas – they will grow & spread just about anywhere and bloom in June, July, August here. Lily of the valley does well in shade and will spread as well – and they are beginning to bloom now.
I have never had rabbits eat any of these plants – hope this helps.
Give a pretty Cyclamen plant in bloom, in a galvanized bucket planter. Perfect for almost any occasion. Bucket may be substituted based on availability.
Posted by admin | Posted in Gardening | Posted on 03-01-2010
Garden Weasel 38in Garden Claw Cultivator With 14″ long Handle is especially useful early in the gardening season to turn the first soil of the year.
Roses and Pincones: This unique flower arrangement full of roses and pinecones make great holiday flowers. Send flowers online for any special occasion. From ProFlowers
Posted by admin | Posted in Plants | Posted on 01-01-2010
I would like to plants some flowers or pretty plants around my house. We recently ripped everything out. However, I am allergic to bees and incredibly afraid of them. What plants/flowers would not attract them. I have heard red flowers are good…any certain type? At this point, my house is going to be surrounded my lots of hostas unless I think of other plants.
Plastic ones! No watering, fertilizing, or pests…..
And they look good all year!
Posted by admin | Posted in Gardening | Posted on 01-01-2010
I just bought a house with great gardening beds. The only issue is I’m new to gardening and would like to get rid all the plants currently growing there to add new ones. I’d like to pot the rosemary instead of having it on the bed because it seems so invasive. The tomato plants seem to be done for the season. Do I pull them? There are also strawberries, thyme, and others I have no idea what they are.
Hi:
Yes, you can do a make over bed. How big is the Rosemary, and any idea how old it is? If the Rosemary is large and leggy, it may not transplant well. If it is smaller, you shouldn’t have any problems transferring it into a pot.
You can take out the plants you don’t want and rework the soil. Prepare the soil like you would a new bed. If it is a large area you can til the soil over and work the ground. If it isn’t too large of an area, turn the soil over with a shovel and rake it out. Add some organic mushroom compost to the soil as this acts as a year fertilizer.
If the tomatoes are done, you can go ahead and take them. Pot the thyme and strawberries. This will give you more space to plant some things you might enjoy year around. Consider some evergreen shrubs for color as well as perennial flowers for accents.
Take a look at my website landscape solutions as there are many articles as well as tips and techniques on preparing and placing shrubs and flowers in a garden. There are also different pictures of trees, shrubs, flowers, and herbs for you to look at. I will take you to my site map page and browse through the differernt topics. I hope this has helped some and if you need some further help, please feel free to contact me. Good luck to you!
Kimberly
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