Flower of the Month – The Amaryllis

A famous winter bloom is the Amaryllis. Their lush and large flowers bring color and life into any home. The vibrant red varieties are often used for Christmas decorations, bouquets, and arrangements together with conifer twigs, berries, and baubles. To enjoy Amaryllis flowers for some time, there are but a few things to take care of.

Keeping Poinsettias for Next Christmas

When we buy Poinsettia plants for Christmas, we treat them like annual plants that last for but one season to bloom and then die. But Poinsettias are shrubs and therefore perennial; you could keep yours for years if you wanted to. All it takes is some care and a whiff of gardening knowledge. This blog article will tell you what to do after Easter and how to make your Poinsettia bloom for Christmas next year. How to keep the Poinsettia alive to last until Easter is told here.

Breitling Bankruptcy Imminent?

World famous watchmaker Breitling seems to be in trouble. This is not an in-depth financial analysis. Taking a good look at something can convey pertinent facts long before painstaking research will confirm an eye-sight impression. A company aspiring to sell highest quality watches should express this visually, too. Breitling is a total fail when it comes to its Christmas decoration.

 

 

  

Why Beech Trees Lose Their Leaves in Winter But Beech Hedges Don’t

Plants need water to produce leaves. In trees, this process is looked after by an extended system of waterways depending on how high the plant is growing. Keeping all this going needs a lot of energy. So energy conservation is key to what is going on.

 

Plants to Clear The Air

Plants are decorative and clean and purify the air inside your home. They act as anti-pollutants, too. Houseplants reduce all kinds of components of indoor air pollution. These components include volatile organic compounds like benzene, formaldehyde, toluene, and xylene. Plants also reduce airborne microbes and increase air humidity.
 

How to Make Poinsettias Last Longer

Poinsettia plants are part of Christmas as much as mistletoe, pudding, trees and turkey. While they are a colorful addition to any Christmas decoration, no one said you aren’t allowed to enjoy them for longer. With just a bit of care, you could still have them at Easter and still as colorful as when you bought them.

 

How to Keep Your Flowers For Longer

Would you like your flower bouquet to retain its beautiful look for longer when putting into a vase? Would you like cut flowers at home to remain fresh for more than just a few days? We have collected a few tips for you that will extend the life of your flowers considerably.
 

 

Flowers Are a Lovely Christmas Surprise

Christmas gifts can be a pain if you try to find something for someone special who keeps reminding you that ‘they have everything they need and want’. But arriving empty handed doesn’t seem an option on Christmas, and the struggle begins. A gift of flowers, on the other hand, can take you out of the quandary.

 

Cyclamen: Perfect Winter Companion

Winter is the time when you see colorful flowering cyclamen for sale. The rich colors of their flowers combine with the deep green of their leaves to decorate and enliven your home. People complain quite often that their cyclamen die after a short time. Treated correctly, though, cyclamen will stay with you and continue flowering into March.

 

Christmas Tree Evolution

Christians love to put up a Christmas tree before the 25th of December. Many think of it as traditional. Depending on how narrow minded you are, the tradition is either not very old, or rather older than you had imagined. The Christmas tree has a history. It was promoted, demoted, forbidden and it developed to its modern form through many stages. Some of its Christian symbolism has even been completely lost.

 

How to Keep Your Christmas Tree Fresh Over the Holiday Season

The early buyer gets the best Christmas tree, any child and specially your own children will tell you. They are right. To get to enjoy your dream Christmas tree, you need more than just cash to buy it. If you know how to look after your Christmas tree, it will stay fresh well into January. We are able to present to you the findings of the University of Dresden, debunking some guesses and myths on the way. Students at the German university did an in-depth study to research Christmas tree lore.
 

 

Hydrangea – The Flowering Chameleon

The hydrangea, also called hortensia, had a time when it was laughed at as grandmother’s favorite garden plant. Today, it is not only trendy but is ideal to accentuate any kind of interior design from stylish to ubercool. The lush, ball-shaped flower heads in gorgeous shades from light pink to violet, white to bright intense blue, or green combined with a palette of colors represent a growing trend.

The First Christmas Trees in History

Evergreen trees have played a part in human beliefs over millennia since prehistoric days. The Christmas tree as we know it, though, is a recent invention. The Honorable Guild of Bakers in Freiburg in Germany is credited with setting one up the first in 1419. At the time, Freiburg was a free imperial city and part of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1419, it was part of the Margravate of Baden; that in turn became the Grand Duchy of Baden after Napoleon; in the modern terms it is in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg.

Blue Roses Made at Home

Sometimes, you might see blue roses in a florist's shop, but every time you really want to buy one they don't have them. Roses don't come in the color blue naturally; they are artificially stained blue in a simple process. It is so simple, you can do it at home on your own anytime. You don't have to rely on your local florist anymore to get blue roses for you. You can make them yourself anytime and for any occasion.

 



 

Hydrangea Arrangement

Despite being in a hurry and having a dinner party tonight, you wouldn't want to present your table without some flowers to embellish it. You could order table center flower arrangements from your local florists and they would deliver them to your door. Or you can do them yourself. It will take you about five minutes to get it sorted using some stunning hydrangeas. This might sound like a slap-dash solution but hydrangea arrangements are elegant and versatile; this choice of flowers lets you decide if you want to go for a stylish and designed presentation, or for a wild and countrified bunch.

The Tea Cup Arrangement

Have you ever noticed that you never break all the tea cups of one service, but that there is always one remaining? Some people collect these survivors, some bring them to the boot sale. I want you to make use of them in charming arrangements that you can easily make on your own and make them look like coming from the best florist shop in town. A pretty vessel helps make pretty flower decorations.

 

 

Bottled Flowers: Easy Decoration Tips

Make your table look more inviting by adding some color to it. It doesn't matter if your table is situated in your dining room or in your kitchen, flowers are the perfect way to bring nature, life and color to your meals. If you have a garden, you will be able to collect some colorful blooms from it in spring, summer and autumn. If you don't have a garden and in winter you may buy a flowers at your local florist's shop. Getting some flowers onto your table is as easy as one two three. All you need to get going is small bottles and colorful flowers.

 

Hyacinths for Christmas Decoration

Hyacinths make a colorful decoration on your Christmas table or in any room you will use for the holidays. You can get them as cut flowers from your florists at the time; or you can grow them as plants from their bulbs with just a little bit of planning and preparation. Here is how you do it.

The True Name of the Amaryllis

All of us have bought amaryllis either as a flower in a bouquet or as a plant to grow at home at one time or another. Truth is: None of us has ever bought an amaryllis when we did that. What we really buy are Hippeastrum or knights’ stars. The genus name of Amaryllis is reserved for its South African cousin Amaryllis belladonna, the belladonna lily. This is the story of a botanical mess.



How to Make Rainbow Roses

Rainbow roses are not a natural phenomenon. There are people out there selling rainbow rose plants or even seeds. Whatever it is, it won't produce rainbow roses. Yet still you can buy them at your local florist's shop. They are expensive. Make your own; it is cheaper; and once you have made them, you will appreciate better why they are expensive. This is a step-by-step how-to guide to make your own rainbow rose.