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GAINESVILLE, Fla – Some new treats are available for the holidays, but don’t look for them in the candy aisle or bakery – try the florist instead.

These indulgences are eye candy, with names like Christmas Cookie, Santa Claus Candy, Peppermint, Champagne and Plum Pudding. The food-themed names belong to several new varieties of poinsettia developed this year.

University of Florida environmental horticulturist James Barrett said companies in California and Germany that developed the roughly two dozen new strains of poinsettias for this year are responsible for naming the new varieties.

All the Christmas names related to food are fairly interesting and new for poinsettias because we haven’t had those types of names before, said Barrett, a professor with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. [ read more ]

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The sixth China International Garden & Flower Exposition will open on the Zhongzhou Island of Jimei, Xiamen from September 23, 2007 to March 2008. The sixth China International Garden & Flower Exposition will open on the Zhongzhou Island of Jimei, Xiamen from September 23, 2007 to March 2008.

Construction on the venue, the Xiamen International Garden & Flower Expo Park, is close to completion. With an area of 6.76 square kilometers, it is expected to become the world’s largest park on the sea. Altogether 24 cities from abroad and 44 Chinese cities will show their gardens and flowers. [ read more ]

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Did you know that the aromatic Lavender flower is also a remedy? What a pity it is less known than other medicinal and useful plants. We’re presenting you some of the most used lavender home made products.

Lavender powder plant

Grind the lavender plant till you’ll obtain a lavender powder then introduce it in a tight closed glass jar. Put the lavender powder jar in a cool dark place. Take one spoon of lavender powder thrice a day, by keeping it under the tongue for 10-15 minutes and then swallow with water. We want to warn you that the lavender powder is kind a bitter in spite of its sweet scent. That’s why it’s preferred the lavender tincture as a treatment. Read the rest of this entry »

Lavender is a real treasure in the kitchen too. Besides its medicinal benefits, Lavender is used as a spice. Lavender spice is a loosing weight natural remedy, by reducing the appetite, because the lavender helps the digestive system. Mix the lavender with thyme in a 1/5 proportion and you’ll obtain a special spice for the most delicious and most refined meals. Read the rest of this entry »

Unique in its way, the botanical garden situated in Bucharest opened its gates in 1860 on the initiative of Doctor Carol Davila, near by the faculty of medicine.
Situated in the west part of the city, on the right bank of Dambovitza river the garden of 7 ha was arranged by Ulrich Hoffman – the botanist that later on, would also become the first director of the institution. Six years later the leadership of the botanical garden was taken by the well known botanist Dimitrie Grecescu which developed the plants collections and increased the exchanges with the European gardens. Under his lead was published the first catalogue containing 3700 indoor and outdoor species of plants. In 1870 the development of the botanical garden was interrupted, the location serving now as a park for the royal family. In 1874 the botanical garden was moved in the center of the town, near Sutu Palace, close to the University. Read the rest of this entry »

If you ask us, the roses have to be planted in autumn, not spring, because they have to remake their root water supply during winter.
But if you choose to plant the roses in spring, mulch them. Roses absolutely need to be covered with mulch (organic mulch) to keep high the humidity and moisture level, meaning to add over the roses roots system about 2-3 inches of mulch. This wet coating will protect the rose sprigs from drying and then dieing, by conserving the moisture and keeping down the soil temperature level. Read the rest of this entry »

For a Christmas blooming of your Amaryllis plant, follow through these steps:

• After the flowering period, cut the floral stems, keeping the leaves living by watering the soil (the soil has to be always moist).

• Stop fertilizing it since August. Read the rest of this entry »

You’ll need one mature bulb (having some roots) and a pot so bigger than the bulb, so that remains about 5 cm between it and the borders of the pot, purchased sandy-loam soil mix (or homemade soil mix: one part leaf mold, one part coarse sand and one part loam) and a stick as a pylon for the floral stem. Read the rest of this entry »

There are some particular methods of preserving flowers, buds or leaves: drying, pressing and preserving with glycerin.The flowers drying process consist of eliminate the water from all the flower or plant cells.

• So you can naturally dry the full-blown flowers, leaves or buds, by making small bouquets (from 3-5 stems, because the many they are, the higher risk of mould) which have to be tied with the head downwards on a pendent wire. The secrets is to put the flowers to dry in a shady, but well ventilated space, with a 20-30 degrees temperature, which accelerates the drying, so that the flowers will maintain better the original color. The stems of the dried flowers become usually fragile and could change their shape. To avoid that, you can stick in the stem thin wire.

This procedure lasts 3-4 weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

You have to take care of your pot flowers and plants in spring. There are some practices for you to follow in this period.

• Spring cut. It consists of chopping from the insertion point the small branches or springs of which position or vigor you don’t like. This is a procedure for shrub plants as Hibiscus, Ficus, Dracaena, Codiaeum, Yucca etc. Read the rest of this entry »

The Moon is a very important factor in the natural process of growing flowers and plants. There is a reference calendar for sowing and particular ages of vegetation process. Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know that:

• When you have to leave your loving pot flowers for a long time, you have 2 possibilities to keep them living. Firstly, put exactly near the pot a bottle full of water. Introduce a flexible tube in the bottle and the end of it in the soil pot, at 2-3 cm depth. Thus the water will slowly pass through the tube, letting the flower to be always well hydrated. Secondly, fill a bottle with water and stick it directly in the soil pot with the mouth downwards. Thus the water will slowly flow. Read the rest of this entry »

The aphis is one of the most pernicious for the plants. You can get rid of it if follow our steps. Youll need 2 packets of cigarette without filter and 1/2 l of water. Put only the tobacco in water, let it to macerate for a couple of days then percolate it. Put 10-15 drops of this solution on the plants base then water it without touching the flowers or leaves. Repeat the practice after 2-3 days. If the aphis is still there, you have to change the soil, clean the pot and then to treat again the plant.

Did you know that:

• The water from the flowers‘ vase will no longer be debased, if you put in it a copper coin. Ulterior the water has not to be changed, but completed off and on.

• The wild flowers will resist more in water if you put in it some salt.

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