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.