Identifying Healthy Plants for Purchase in Your Garden Center

A trip to your local gardening center can be exciting and overwhelming all at once. There are so many beautiful plants, trees, and shrubs from which to choose. Make sure all of the plants you pick out are strong enough to survive in your garden and your Landscape Design. Here are the things you should …

Benefits of Plant-Based Proteins Versus Animal-Based

Today we look at the major differences of animal based versus plant-based protein shakes, as well as offer a bonus selection of natural smoothie recipes in which your chosen protein can be incorporated. Diet Restrictions & Allergies A plant-based protein shake is the better option for most people with restrictive diets or food allergies. The …

Growing Indigo Plants – How to Grow and Car For an Indigo Plant

The best way to grow an Indigo Plant: The Indigo plant is relatively easy to grow from seed. Keep it in a warm, bright location will ensure it success. As far as indoors plants are concerned, you can’t go wrong adding the indigo to your houseplant collection. The history: The indigo plant has been used …

Why Plant Heirloom Seeds?

There are many reasons as to why plant heirloom seeds, and many research sites are available as well as those types of sites that can allow you to order heirloom plant seed online. You’ll find a wide assortment of heirloom seed, after all, many of the varieties in fruits and vegetables today were cultivated from …

Spider Plant Care For the Beginning Houseplant Enthusiast

Spider plants are an essential part of any household or office plant collection. Its long leaves grow from the center of the plant and are usually green at the edges with a creamy white stripe down the middle. Spider plants are one of the most common houseplants, and are extremely easy to grow and propagate. …

Why You Should Eat a Plant-Focused Diet

Plant-focused diets range from eating plants only to diets that include some animal meats and products. Here are a few of the many you can follow: Vegan… is at the extreme plants-only end of the spectrum. Vegans eat vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, bean and whole grains. But they exclude all foods of animal origin from …

How to Recognize Poison Ivy – The Plant and the Rash

If you live in North America and venture beyond your front porch, you’re at risk of contracting poison ivy. Thankfully, by learning to recognize this dangerous plant, you can limit the likelihood of developing a nasty rash. Staying out of parks and forests does not guarantee your safety. Although poison ivy grows in wooded areas …

How And When To Transplant A Plant

Let’s just say you notice that your landscape is not quite as it should be. After you get done with all your planting (of course AFTER you plant,) you notice that some of your trees, for example, simply do not belong where they are. You realize that, to be perfect, they should be moved a …

The Seven Best Live Plants For Your Freshwater Aquarium

There are several benefits to having plants in your freshwater aquarium. Plants add oxygen to your fish tank and also act as biological supplementary filters that assist in keeping your aquarium clean. In turn, fish provide carbon dioxide and nutrients to the plants. Live aquatic plants are good for you too – they look great …

Popular Rabbiteye Blueberry Plant Characteristics

Introduction Rabbiteye varieties (Vaccinium ashei), are resident to the southeastern United States. Florida is inhabited with at least 8 wild blueberry species. Rabbiteye plants are more vigorous, easier to be cared for and live longer, than the majority of southern variety. . They can handle drought superior to highbush blueberries. They can grow adequately in …