What do you do with a sad little pencil stub, other than throw it out? You can plant it and watch herbs or flowers grow! Plant the Sprout Pencil nubs, you’ll have edible herbs, marigold and calendula plants, or a wildflower bouquet. Each kit comes with eight high-quality, sustainably...
I have them planted in a large plastic box terrarium placed on a very bright greenhouse bench. The box is covered with cheese cloth to protect from too much light. In a few months I will begin cutting holes in the cheese cloth to let more light through. ...
TheT. xerographicais a stunning, stemless plant with a mix of broad and slender ribbon-like gray-green leaves that unfurl and intertwine from the center like an unruly fountain. The name translates from Greek meaning “dry writing,” which is apt as these parchment-like leaves will look th...
This cousin to the string of hearts plantdoesn't need very much waterand can flourish in medium to low light. Thehoya obovotavariety is particularly beautiful because of its large, circular leaves, which can hold plenty of water. This makes the plant even more self-sufficient than other vari...
By partnering with fungi, tree roots form large mycorrhizal networks with one another. © idizimage | Getty Images Sight While other animals rely largely on smell to navigate their environment, the most important human sense is arguably sight. Plants don’t “see” in a way that is recognis...
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As a plant grows, trim the lower leaves from the bottom 12 inches of the stem. Check outthis post for even more tomato tips. Photo by Ozgurdonmaz/Getty Images Types The first job is deciding what to grow, and with at least 10,000 different varieties of tomato, there’s certainly plent...
were once roasted and used to make a beverage. The plant is toxic, however. Ingestion of any part can cause vomiting and diarrhea. The flowers were once used to make a yellow dye, and the rhizomes were used to make a black one. Contact with the leaves or rhizomes can irritate the ...
Images were taken with an Olympus BX51 optical microscope, and the thicknesses of the leaves, upper and lower epidermis, palisade tissue, and sponge tissue were measured with a micrometre. The process for each sample was repeated six times. Leaf cuticular wax load and component analysis The ...
Especially since their dense growth and large leaves make them an excellent ground cover. The color of the blooms depends upon the acidity (blue) or alkalinity (pink) of the soil. Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Pistachio' I particularly like Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Pistachio’ because it is a dwarf pla...