How do you keep fresh flowers from dying? Fresh flowers need to be in clean water to prevent them from wilting and eventually dying. But you can also extend their life by trimming their stems when you get them home. Adding a bit of plant food to the vase can also help your cut flower...
Gardenias (Gardenia jasminoides), with their fragrant, waxy blossoms, rank among the queens of the flower garden. Unfortunately, they’re a bit tricky to grow – and that’s if you live in a warm climate. They won’t grow outdoors at all north of USDA plant hardiness zone 8 (but you ...
The gardenia is a tender evergreen shrub with amazingly fragrant flowers and shiny, dark-green leaves. A native of the tropics, it tends to need a bit of extra care to grow its best. Here’s how to plant, grow, and care for gardenias in your garden or home! About Gardenias The main...
‘Mystique’ is a multi-stemmed, variegated type that flowers in January to March. Common or poet’s jasmine,J. officinale, is a deciduous climber that features clusters of intensely fragrant, rosy-pink buds that open to white flowers. This is the species most widely used in the perfume ind...
Gardenia makes an excellent evergreen house plant Image:Gardenia ‘Snowball’from T&M Although they look magical at Christmas, gardenias also make lovely, all year round, house plants. Through the winter, position them in bright, indirect sunlight near a window. In summer, you’ll need to prote...
There was a time when cooking with flowers was common. Tiger Lilies are edible. The bulbs taste a bit like a turnip. Wrap them up and roast them like a potato. But don’t stop there. Add some fresh petals to a salad, or use the plant shoots in stir fry. Both the flowers and sho...
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Buy silk flowers that look the most like traditional Hawaiian flowers, such as plumeria, hibiscus, gardenia, orchids, jasmine, bougainvillea, and orange flowers. You will need about one and a half flowers per inch of lei. For a 50 inch lei, you will need approximately 75 flowers. ...
it in so many ways. Like you can make a Mason Jar Photo frame or You can simply Paint it up and fill it in with handmade felt or paper flowers. Then you can also put in small messages in it to make the 365 days messages in a jar gift. Below are some more ideas about the same...