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Christmas Cactus Not Blooming? 7 Reasons And How To Fix Them
A Christmas cactus that won’t flower isn’t being stubborn. It’s waiting for a signal it hasn’t received. In its home in the coastal mountains of Brazil, this plant grows on tree branches in cool, shady forest, and it sets flower buds when fall brings long nights and cooler air. A warm living room with the…
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The Best Flowers For Window Boxes In Sun Or Shade
For a sunny window, petunias, calibrachoa, salvia, lantana and sweet potato vine; for a shady one, begonias, impatiens, ferns, caladiums and heuchera. Those are the best flowers for window boxes because they bloom or color up for months in a small amount of soil, and the shade ones look full without much sun. The rest…
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Plant These Fall Bulbs Now For A Yard Full Of Color In Spring
Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus and alliums go in the ground once the soil cools below about 60 °F, which in most gardens lands four to six weeks before the ground freezes. That’s how fall bulbs for spring blooms work: they need a long, cold winter underground before they’ll flower, so the planting happens months before…
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Not Sure What to Plant Where? Start With These Garden Planting Ideas
Two things decide what goes where in a garden: how much sun a spot gets, and how big a plant will be when it’s grown up. Get those two right and most garden planting ideas start working on their own. Get them wrong and even the prettiest plant from the garden center will sulk, flop…