Whether you’re in a north-facing apartment or your home just has more than its fair share of dark corners, you can still fill your home with exotic houseplants! There is a surprising number of houseplants that will live happily in lower-light rooms. Several of these can even manage to survive in offices with only artificial […]
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Is there anything more fun than looking for new ideas for how to style your backyard patio? We love checking out all the latest design styles that will be taking over gardens and patios across the country this year. Here are some of our favorite outdoor patio trends for 2020! Modern & Refined With sleek
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Even though we don’t always notice, our potted plants grow more and more every year. Eventually, they’ll outgrow their current container, and will be more comfortable and healthy if you repot them into a new planter. However, out-growing is not the only reason to repot your plants; maybe you want to put them in a
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Well-styled hanging baskets elevate the indoor and outdoor spaces of your home. Better yet, those colorful planters are not as difficult to achieve as you might think. Here are 5 tips for styling your own stunning hanging baskets to wow your neighbors. Choose the right hanging planter. The basic outdoor 10” plastic hanging planters you
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Having a tiny yard doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy your share of ornamental trees! Plenty of trees can be contained in a small yard with good pruning habits, and there are also plenty of trees that stay on the small side throughout their lives. Plus, adding a tree to your tiny yard space will draw
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When you hear the word trellis, or lattice, or arbor, the first thing that comes to mind is probably a wooden or plastic frame with diamond or square holes. Trellises are far more dynamic than that, they aren’t just for cottage-style gardens. There are many different unique ways to incorporate trellises into your garden design.
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Whether it’s a striking or unusual color combination, a unique shape, or just larger than anything around it, there are plenty of plants out there with a bold personality. Many plants with unique foliage are tropicals, so we’re lucky to be able to grow most of them here in Florida. Here are 15 of our
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The daily work grind often has us dreaming of packing up for a tropical destination with exotic flowering plants around every corner. Instead of yearning for a trek across the world, why not bring that exotic island-paradise vibe to your own backyard? Having your own outdoor home retreat, complete with vibrant tropical blossoms in a
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As the icon of exotic getaways, palm trees are about as tropical as a plant can get. For our readers in the South, they’re an easy, native addition to your landscape that you can bring inside to add a beachy vibe to any room. To our northern readers convinced that palms just won’t survive in
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Plants bring so much color and life to our homes and gardens, and we work so hard to keep them healthy and beautiful that it kind of feels like somewhat of a personal attack when they aren’t outright flourishing. But sometimes their less-than-lively appearance isn’t due to our lack of loving care, but because they’re
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