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These lights bring fun into the home Lights featuring animal designs are not only popular with children. They bring a positive mood and sometimes even the style of distant worlds into your home. For example, a beautifully decorated elephant in an exotic style with a warm lampshade makes you long …

1. Twister Rex Begonia Botanical Identify: Begonia rex ‘Twister’ This unique selection gives darkish inexperienced foliage textured in bronze, silver, and deep purple spots making it one the best-looking begonia. 2. Norfolk Friendship Plant Botanical Identify: Pilea spruceana ‘Norfolk’ Also referred to as angel wings, this gorgeous houseplant options oval …

Lily of the valley is a low-growing, spreading plant that comes up year after year in late spring. The genus Convallaria includes a single species, C. majalis, which is among the most useful ground covers for shade. Warning: Lily of the valley is known to be a very aggressive spreader. …

Pansy seed propagation indoors is relatively easy. Start with a high quality seed starting mix. Fill the plant trays with growing medium. Then surface-sow the pansy seeds in the tray and make sure that the seed comes into good contact with the soil. AD Place the tray in a black …

The flowering varieties are distinctive for their colorful, heart-shaped waxy spades and red or yellow tail-like flower spikes. Other varieties have large-leaved, deeply veined foliage. Many anthuriums are climbers and all need high humidity and heat to thrive. Anthuriums usually live about 5 years indoors with proper care, but by …

Soil type: Alliums are best planted in well-drained soil but are quite tolerant of a range of conditions, provided the soil is not waterlogged. If you have heavy clay soil, add gravel to the planting holes. Aspect & position: Choose a position in full sun for alliums, and if you …

Everything you need to know Before you start Choosing an iris Border irises need a sunny position, but apart from this the choice is wide in terms of color and height. There are two main types of border iris: The most famous border iris is Iris germanica, sometimes known as …

Popular succulents include sedums, sempervivums, agaves, aeoniums and pearl ribbons. All are grown for their foliage rather than their flowers. Succulents are also good houseplants. Succulents fall into many different genera and come from many parts of the world. What unites them is their ability to withstand long periods without …

With more than 550 species and cultivars of oxalis, there truly is a plant for any gardener’s climate and interests. Iron Cross Oxalis Oxalis tetraphylla Oxalis tetraphylla ‘Iron Cross’ offers leaves divided into four leaflets. Each center is decorated with a purple blotch that looks great against the pink flowers. …

The flowers are very rich in nectar and are like magnets for bees and butterflies. Most foxgloves are biennials, blooming in their second year from seed, or short-lived perennials. Most are more or less evergreen so their rosettes of green leaves remain all winter. Just be aware that foxgloves contain …