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How to Grow a Dwarf Banana Tree

Houseplants — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:16:52 +0000

A banana Tree as a house plant, some would think this was a crazy idea but they are very commonly used on an office desk or window sill or even in a corner decoration. They are not really trees either but they are a large [...]

Peace Lily

Houseplants — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:15:00 +0000

[adsense_id="1"] Common Name: Peace Lily, White Flag, White Sails, Spath Flower Latin Name: Spathiphyllum Family: Aroid Plant Type: Perennial Origin: Central and South America Blooming Time: Year round Humidity: High humidity Temperature: 60-85°F Height: 5′ H 4′ W Color: Dark green foliage, white flowers Insects [...]

Flamingo Flower

Houseplants — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:13:26 +0000

[adsense_id="1"] Common Name: Flamingo Flower, Heart Flower, Lady Jane, Pigtail Plant, Painted Tongue Latin Name: Anthurium Family: Araceae Plant Type: Perennial Origin: Colombia Blooming Time: Year round Humidity: High Temperature: 60 – 85*F Height: 20″ Color: Green foliage, white, lavender, red, pink, orange or green [...]

Purple Passion Vine

Houseplants — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:43:55 +0000

Common Names: Purple Passion Vine, Purple Passion Flower, Passionflower, Holy Trinity Flower, Apricot Vine, May Pops Latin Name: Passiflora incarnata Family: Passifloraceae Plant Type: Perennial Vine Origin: America Blooming Time: June to September Temperature: *F Height: 25′ Color: Green leaves, white, violet, purple, lavender blooms [...]

Purple Velvet Plant

Houseplants — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:57:16 +0000

Common Name: Purple Passion Vine, Purple Velvet Plant Latin Name: Gynura sarmentosa Family: Asteraceae Plant Type: Tropical Perennial Origin: Indonesia Blooming Time: Spring, early summer Humidity: High Temperature: 65 – 85*F Height: 9′ or more Color: Green, purple Insects and Diseases: Aphids, mealy bugs Description: [...]

Prayer Plant

Houseplants — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:37:28 +0000

Common Name: Prayer Plant, Ten Commandments Latin Name: Maranta leuconeura Family: Marantaceae Plant Type: Perennial Origin: Brazil Humidity: High Temperature: 60 – 85*F Height: 12″ Color: Green, light green, shades of red Insects and Diseases: Mealy bugs, spider mites, aphids Description: The Prayer Plant has [...]

Wandering Jew

Houseplants — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:24:30 +0000

Description: The Wandering Jew is a beautiful vining house plant that has green heart shaped leaves with purple stripes and a silvery sheen. Depending on the variety, the leaves can be solid or variegated. Blooms are small with three petals and can be violet or [...]

Caring for African Violets

Houseplants — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:03:39 +0000

Description:African Violets are very popular among plant enthusiasts. They’re low growing plants that produce small, dainty flowers year round with the right lighting, water and temperature requirements. They have soft, furry feeling leaves that are thick and arranged in a rosette and are either green [...]

Dumbcane

Houseplants — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:05:25 +0000

Description:There are several varieties of Dumbcane with different veining and verigation in the leaves. The leaves can range from dark green to a lighter green with white, off-white and sometimes even yellowish verigations on the leaves. The plants leaves are ovate with pointed tips and [...]

India Rubber Plant

Houseplants — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:46:29 +0000

Description: The India Rubber Plant is a very popular house plant that has large, dark green oval shaped leaves. Some varieties will often have a burgandy tint to parts of the leaf. The leaves are shiny and feel thick and almost pulpy and can reach [...]