An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Houseplants: How to Enjoy Year-round Color in Your Home, Featuring 150 PlantsIllustrated descriptions of each plant include clear instructions for growing, tips for encouraging blooms, and codes indicating ideal temperature, difficulty, and willingness to bloom. |
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... yellow flowers in summer- as many as 5 or 6 fragrant blooms per plant . This very handsome orchid is easy to bring into bloom indoors . Grow the yellow tulip orchid at a bright window - bright light is needed but no sun . Use clay pots ...
... yellow flowers in summer- as many as 5 or 6 fragrant blooms per plant . This very handsome orchid is easy to bring into bloom indoors . Grow the yellow tulip orchid at a bright window - bright light is needed but no sun . Use clay pots ...
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... yellow flowers appear in autumn . Unusual . For a good display grow several plants together . There are many species and varieties . These plants need the sunniest window you have . Grow in equal parts of sand , soil and gravel . Water ...
... yellow flowers appear in autumn . Unusual . For a good display grow several plants together . There are many species and varieties . These plants need the sunniest window you have . Grow in equal parts of sand , soil and gravel . Water ...
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... yellow flowers in summer . It makes a very suitable indoor subject and lives for years with minimum care . Grow this cactus at a sunny window . Pot in equal parts of sand and soil , and dress the surface with chipped gravel . Water ...
... yellow flowers in summer . It makes a very suitable indoor subject and lives for years with minimum care . Grow this cactus at a sunny window . Pot in equal parts of sand and soil , and dress the surface with chipped gravel . Water ...
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Abutilon hybrids | 8 |
Aechmea fasciata | 17 |
Anthurium andreanum | 23 |
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2in 5cm Aechmea chantinii autumn beginners Easy begonia bothered by insects bracts bright window bromeliad bulbs cactus challenge Difficult clay pots color conditions For beginners Cool conditions cuttings in spring dark green leaves Difficult to bloom drains readily early spring Easy to bloom easy to grow encourage bloom flowers flowers in summer foliage fragrant fresh soil gesneriad Give plenty Grow new plants handsome Hoya australis Hoya bella indoor garden Intermediate conditions Kalanchoe pumila Kohleria lily lime-free water mature plants medium-grade fir bark Miltonia Mist mix of equal orchid pink flowers plant grows plants bloom plants from cuttings plants from seed plants from suppliers potting mix Propagate Rarely bothered Rebutia red flowers rhizomes seed in spring Smithiantha soil and humus soil evenly moist soil that drains standard houseplant soil stem cuttings sunny window sure drainage tall tepid water tubers Warm conditions warm months Water freely weeks white flowers winter rest yellow flowers