5 Reasons why you need to clean your houseplants foliage.

1: Dirt and dust on leaves limit the amount of light the plant receives. The dirt and dust act create a layer reducing the amount of light the plant needs for growth and nutrients.

2. Dirty surfaces on the leaves allow for disease to easily spread throughout the plant. Disease can easily spread through a dirty plant by having a untouched environment to grow in or can be hidden from plain sight due to dirty leaves.

3. Clean surfaces on the foliage to help prevent pests, the most common pest we find with houseplants are Aphids. The best way to control insects and related pests on houseplants is through prevention, as it is almost always easier to prevent a pest infestation than to eliminate one. Having a clean houseplant significantly lowers the risk of pests.

4. Cleaning leaves will reduce stress and lead to healthier larger plants. Just like heavy snow on a tree limb, build up of dirt and dust can cause a lot of stress on the common houseplant, the plant will send more energy to the dirty limbs to compensate for the heavier foliage resulting in less nutrients and overall health of the plant.

5. The most obvious is appearance, a healthy well cared for house plant will have a natural glow if taking care of, no one wants a dirty plant!

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Get ready for Thanksgiving with our new Thanksgiving floral collection! Our talented team of designers have worked round-the-clock on our new arrangements that will highlight festivities this year, no matter how small the dinner party!

See our bouquets featuring exquisite Vanda Orchids, a variety of colorful hydrangea, seasonal fruit, calla lilies, and roses. Our Thanksgiving collection bursts with seasonal tones of oranges, reds, greens and purples, perfect colors to accent your favorite Thanksgiving dishes! We have the great choices for every mood: bright & warm, simple & neutral, cool & elegant, a little something for everyone.

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Weekly Plant Care Tip: Watering

This week we’re talking about watering. Watering is a tricky weekly chore to find the perfect routine, as some plants dry out faster than others.

The best way to tell if your plant needs water is to poke your finger in the topsoil and check for moisture. If it’s dry, it’s time to water!

Most household plants respond well to once a week watering schedules. Reserve a Saturday or Sunday to spend some time caring for your plants!

Tip: To make your schedule easier, group plants together according to their watering needs!

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Preparing Your Garden Beds For Fall And Spring Perennials & Annuals

The fall is an excellent time to prepare fall garden beds for planting now or in the spring. The cooler temperatures, weaker sunlight and shorter days of fall mean less energy goes into top growth and more into establishing a strong root system. Planting in this area can usually continue through October.

After choosing the proper plants for your location-taking into account plant hardiness and the amount of available light-the most important thing you can do to insure success is to properly prepare your soil.

After marking off the area, you need to rid it of perennial weeds. Rototilling will only increase your weed crop, so you will need to carefully pull all underground stems and roots. Be sure to also remove any additional roots you find when you turn the soil over.

The soil you’re aiming to create should hold moisture, but also be well drained. If it doesn’t drain well now, it probably has high clay content. The actual soil particles are very small and pack together very closely, suffocating and drowning plant roots. Adding gypsum to clay soil can help break it up.

If your soil drains very quickly and you need to water frequently, it is probably sandy. Soil particles are relatively large and fit together loosely. Plants rarely drown in sandy soil unless the area is low-lying or the water line is high. In this instance it would be best to make a raised bed.

The solution, both for maintaining good drainage, and moisture retention, is generous amounts of organic matter. It separates clay particles, creating air space, and holds water and nutrients in sand. Good sources of organic matter are finished compost, well-decomposed manure, leaf mold and damp peat moss. These should be incorporated into the soil when it is turned over to a depth of 12″ or more. At this time you can also remove any sizable rocks, roots or other debris.

Most perennials grow best in a soil that is slightly acid to almost neutral-a pH of about 5.5-6.5. Most soils in this area are probably very acid and will need to have lime added every 2-3 years.

If you prefer to estimate your fertilizer needs, there are a few things to keep in mind. Phosphorous, and some of the trace elements, even when present in the soil in sufficient quantities, are only available to plants within a fairly narrow pH range. Keeping your soil pH at 5.5-6.5 should be adequate for most plants.

Fertilizers can either be natural, or you can use dry or granular fertilizers that are either quick or slow release. You can use either type if you are going to plant now. If you are going to delay planting until spring, wait and add the fertilizer then unless you are using natural fertilizers which break down slowly and will not leach out readily.

Natural fertilizers should be incorporated into the soil when you turn it over, especially phosphorous (bone meal, rock phosphate), as it doesn’t move readily through the soil. Dry or granular fertilizers can be sprinkled on the surface and raked into the top few inches of soil.