Winter 1997
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GreenhouseIPMCompostingReviewsHorticulture LinksUSDA ZonesWeather ReportsFAQsRegisterMeConsulting ServiceAdvertisingEmploymentVisitorsJohn's JournalContact Usstorms and cold, and all color seems to have vanished, color become all-the-more-important in maintaining our perspective on our place in the world.
Sometimes we can't remember what the other seasons are like due to the severity of the one we're currently in, yet they all balance out.
Stop by our greenhouses for an eye-and- noseful over this Winter; we've got lots of color and scents galore to perk up your dreary Winter days.
Forced Narcissus (paperwhites) and Hyacinths can be had all Winter long if you put them in some in dishes in a cool, dark place; then simply bring them into a warm room and they bloom (call us for exact forcing instructions). Then throw them into the compost bin afterwards; they'll make great compost in the Spring, since they won't rebloom. Likewise for tulips that are forced, they're spent and also good compost material.
Amaryllis, on the other hand, lives gracefully for many years and get better with each passing year. To cause blooming, keep in a dark cellar, water and fertilize, then bring into a warm room. After blooming, allow the leaves to stay and ripen off, cut off the flower stalks, summer over outside in direct sun, water and fertilize and start the simple procedure all over again. So easy. And so worth it during the Winter when color and fragrance is at a premium.
NASA's Fresh Air Houseplants Checklist
According to The National Aeronautical & Space Administration (NASA) in Houston, the following plants actually clean the airspace we live in better than any others, based on their closed environment research chamber tests:
1. Spider or Airplane Plant
2. Diffenbachia
3. Wandering Jew
4. Ferns
5. Pothos
6. Ivy
7. Ficus Benjamina
8. Dracena Warneckii
9. Chrysanthemum
10. Spathiphyllum
11. Philodendron
Planning The Spring Gardens
After you've read all the pretty catalogs that arrive this Winter, call us and we'll help you plan your Gardens in an orderly and cost efficient way; in Phases. That way, whether it's adding to an existing Garden or planning something totally new, you'll have sound advice and a cost-sensitive estimate that accommodates your financial situation and accomplishes what you want.
For those who want a framable, 2- dimensional final plan on paper, we have a more...
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Garden Center Is Available For Meetings, Tours & Events
How To Care For Your Cacti and Succulents
Page2:Lifetime Quality Gardening Tools
Easy Care Houseplants For Winter
Winter Color and Fragrance
Page3:NASA's Fresh Air Houseplants Checklist
Planning The Spring Gardens
Page4:Buyers Beware: Gardening Catalogs Start Arriving
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Page6:Wildflowers - Do It This Spring.
1998 Workshops Schedule
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