How to Preserve Roses With Hairspray

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You've invested a lot of hard work in your rose garden, only to see the blooms fade at the end of the season. Preserve your roses with air drying and a touch of hair spray so you may enjoy the vibrant colors all year long. After your roses are fully dried and preserved, handle them with care. They w

What Kind of Seeds Grow on Pine Cone Trees?

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Trees that grow pine cones are in a family called conifers, which grow needle-leaves and tubular cones to hold seeds. Pine trees are also part of another group of trees called gymnosperms. These "naked" seed-bearing plants do not require pollination and fertilization the same way flowers and other a

Fuzzy White Things That Grow on Oak Leaves

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Squirrels and humans alike love the acorn nut, the fruit of the oak tree (Quercus). What lacks in popularity are oak trees with leaves that are covered with unsightly blisters and fuzzy white or gray patches. This is the sign of a fungal disease that, although unseemly, rarely causes significant har

How to Grow Vegetables Using a Planter

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Planters can be used to grow more than just small tress, foliage or flowers. Use planters to grow vegetables like tomatoes or bell peppers. Planters allow gardeners who lack space to plant a full bed of vegetables in a small area indoors or outdoors. Plants grown in planters also have less risk of s

How to Plant Poinsettia Outdoors

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Poinsettia are plants that are popular around the winter holidays. But figuring out what to do with poinsettia plants after the holidays when the blooms have disappeared puzzles many people. Poinsettia can be planted outdoors and will re-bloom to be enjoyed months after the holidays have passed.

Butterfly Bush Growth

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Butterfly bushes are bushes with vibrantly colored flowers. Butterfly bushes grow to differing sizes, depending on the species. Flowers vary from dark purple to pure white; like the plant itself, butterfly bush flowers also grow to different sizes, depending on the species.

Thundercloud Plum Tree Is Going Into Shock - What Can I Do to Help It?

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The Thundercloud plum tree is known for its deep purple foliage and pink spring blooms. Pests and climate conditions may strike these trees, but with the turn of the season, a healthy tree will survive and prosper. Over-fertilizing, over- or under-watering and pests are the major culprits that creat

Fertilizer for Petunias

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Fertilizing petunias enhances their quality and abundance, as fertilizers contain nutrients essential for flowering, strong root growth, and rich-green stems and leaves. Without the right nutrients, petunias may be slow to grow, fail to bloom or produce pale or discolored leaves. Petunias--one of th

How to Care for Flowers in a Vase

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Having a cheerful bouquet of flowers in your home can brighten a room and freshen up your living space by bringing in a taste of the outdoors. Flowers kept in a vase indoors require only minimal initial preparation and simple upkeep to maintain lively blooms and healthy greenery.

List of Bent Grasses

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Bent grasses grow well in the humid climates of New England, the Pacific Northwest and the Mid-Atlantic coast. Bent grasses produce leaf blades with a fine texture and low profile, but only a few species perform well as turf. Bent grasses function more as golf course grasses than residential grasses

What Kind of Weather Does a Kangaroo Paw Plant Like?

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Kangaroo paw plants belong to the Anigozanthos genus of flowering plants and have about 12 species native to Southwest Australia. Known for their red and green flowers, kangaroo paws flourish in dry climates, and gardeners in Australia and the United States plant them as ornamentals. Kangaroo paw pl

How to Harvest Diamond Willow

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There are few woods that are more beautiful to work with than diamond willow. Diamond willow is not a specific species of willow, but rather it is the look willow gets when affected by a certain fungus. The fungus causes red diamond shaped spots to form on the willow. This fungus can affect almost a

How to Plant Butter Beans

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Butter beans, also known as lima beans, come in wide varieties. They come as bush beans, such as Eastland, Fordhook, Henderson and Thorogreen, while others are pole climbers that need a support on which to grow. Common pole-climber varieties include Christmas, Yellow and Florida beans. Fresh butter

How Many Tomato Plants Can Grow in a 5 Gallon Bucket?

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A 5-gallon container filled with fertile soil is a good substitute for a traditional gardening space. You can grow a healthy crop of tomatoes with a single plant that is set into a recycled food or new hardware store bucket. You can plant up to three seedlings in a 5-gallon container, but one plant

Information on Hardy Hibiscus

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Like their tropical counterparts, hardy hibiscus are herbaceous perennials that produce lush foliage throughout the growing season and large, brightly colored flowers in summer. Depending on the variety, hibiscus can grow from 2 to 6 feet tall with leaves of 4 to 10 inches and flowers up to 10 inch

How to Grow Campsis From Cuttings

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The campsis vine is a climbing plant that clings to what it is climbing and can reach heights of 30 feet. This vine is easy to multiply by taking cuttings from the stem sections while the wood of the stem is still soft from spring thaw. While it is not difficult to start a new vine from a cutting, i

How to Keep Summer Bedding Plants Attractive

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Summer bedding plants may look beautiful for a while after you plant them; many things can happen, however, that cause bedding plants to look less attractive as the summer goes on. What were once pretty, tidy plants may soon appear disheveled, limp, brown and ugly. If you take the right measures, yo

Children's Directions for Growing a Sweet Potato Vine

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Instead of throwing away a sweet potato that has too many eyes, you can sprout it at home to conduct a science experiment with your child. Sprouting a sweet potato vine does not require a lot of preparation, and most children can sprout the vine with a minimal amount of adult assistance. The sweet p

How to Grow Beach Strawberries

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The beach strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis, also known as the coast strawberry, or sand strawberry is a native perennial plant of the Pacific coast. Beach strawberries can grow in an area that has full sun, part shade or full shade. The plants look like a regular strawberry with white flowers that ha

How to Care for a Cactus With Yellow Flowers

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Cacti with yellow flowers are one of the easiest plants to grow. Many people grow yellow flowering cacti inside their homes. Although the cacti require very little care, they do need to have some specific conditions met so they can grow well and produce flowers. Cacti that bloom with yellow flowers