Anawalt Gardening & Tool Tips
Most tropical plants do fine indoors and will even take some abuse. If properly maintained, they’ll live to a ripe old age, bringing you much enjoyment.
Here, we’re discussing their general care and maintenance. With patience and dedication, even a beginning gardener can develop a green thumb quickly.
Cyclamen are tuberous-rooted perennials grown for their beautiful flowers that resemble shooting stars.
They’re native to the Middle East, Cypress, and Crete. They have a common name of “Sow Bread” because pigs eat the big roots. Their tubers contain “cyclamin,” which is harmless to pigs but can cause gastritis and nervous tension when ingested by humans.
Whether grown indoors or out, all orchids require roughly the same care. Of the many species and hybrid orchids, the most familiar types are cattleya, cymbidium, and paphiopedilum, which are the corsage types.
Southern California has the blessing of warm weather most of the year. Winters are mild, too. These conditions allow for many tropical blooming plants in our landscapes. One such plant is Ixora, of which jungle geranium is the most common variety.
Perennials are versatile plants with various creative uses in the garden, offering infinite exciting combinations. They add color, form, and texture, often for many years and with minimal maintenance. Looking at some landscape possibilities should stimulate ideas for your yard or garden.
The hibiscus is an elegant blooming plant whose popularity is growing, whether container cultivated around decks, porches, and patios or used in landscape settings as annual color.
While individual flowers may last only a day or so, especially in the hot summer, many new buds form daily for a spectacular flower show from spring through fall.
Bromeliads are ideally suited for home decoration. They can be displayed in pots, hanging baskets, dish gardens, or on bark or driftwood.
They’re relatively easy to care for, and don’t need to be in large pots or containers.
To understand fertilizer and what it does, you must know the roles plant nutrients play in a plant’s growth and development.
Each nutrient has a specific function essential for plant health and productivity. In this blog, we’ve included a list of primary and secondary nutrients most plants require.
The best kept secret for lawn care is to adjust the height up to the highest setting and leave the clippings.
The lawn has been the foundation of suburban landscapes in the USA. However, many gardeners complain that a lawn wastes water, fertilizers, chemicals and time that could be spent with more enjoyable activities.
Hot peppers are used worldwide more than any other spice. Salsa is now consumed more than ketchup, and peppers are one of the main ingredients in it. They’re favored for many ethnic dishes. In the USA, they’re increasingly popular in Cajun, Creole, and Southwestern cuisines.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. And if you wait a thousand years, a little acorn might drop in the precise location where you’d like an oak tree in your yard.
But if you want that oak tree sooner, you might have to take matters into your own hands. There’s an art to planting trees for health and vigorous growth.
Citrus makes a beautiful tree with fragrant flowers that appear over a period of several months. Most citrus will grow in Southern California; however, Anawalt Garden Center recommends those varieties that show mature fruit faster, tolerate cold weather better, and adapt to most types of soil.
A long-time favorite for interior foliage, ficus comes in many varieties, from large specimens to accent plants available in various sizes.
The ficus genus contains 800 species of tropical and subtropical plants. Growth habits vary significantly between varieties.
From weeping, small-leaved trees to large-leaved, erect bushes, we list below the ficus varieties we consider best for indoor use.
Plants and shrubs are vulnerable to attack by insects and diseases (primarily fungi). When the symptoms are similar, such as damage to leaves, bark, or other parts of the plant, it can be hard to diagnose the problem. Guessing wrong can make the problem worse. Improper treatments fail to help the plant, and by the […]
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