Nonpoisonous Plants for Animals

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To prevent your furry friends from becoming sick, bring only nonpoisonous plants to your home.Janie Airey/Lifesize/Getty ImagesBefore you bring a new plant to your home, you should know if it is poisonous to your animals. Many common indoor and outdoor plants can cause problems for a pet...

How to Plant Texas Red Buckeye From Seed

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The Texas red buckeye is a large shrub that produces clusters of red blooms. It grows naturally in Texas and other southern states. The shrub is capable of reaching a height of up to 40 feet, but generally stays under 10 feet tall. The blooms produce seeds that look like chestnuts and germinate easi

How to Care for Grandiflora Roses

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Grandiflora roses grow up to 6-feet tall, forming upright bushes covered in large flowers on single stems. These roses combine the best qualities of hybrid tea and floribunda roses providing your garden with attractive, fragrant flowers. The roses provide your landscape with a continuous display of

Queen Palm Care & Maintenance

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Queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) is a lush, fast-growing palm with few problems when grown in the right conditions. It looks best in groups of three or more and makes an excellent street tree that isn't bothered by reflected heat from the pavement.

Proper Spacing for Planting Pachysandra

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The evergreen pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis) forms a creeping ground cover. Space the plants 12 inches apart when planting. Pachysandra plants will generally take two to three years to fill completely in and form a dense cover, according to Michigan State University Extension.

The Care of Ginseng Ficus Bonsai Plants

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Ginseng ficus bonsai plants are small plants with a leafy top and a willow-like root system that comes out of the ground. The leaves are green and have various-shaped leaves depending on the species. The leaves can be teardrop-shaped or evergreen needles. The ginseng ficus bonsai tree comes planted

If You Have Moist Acidic Soil, Try a Pipestem Shrub

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If you have an area with moist acidic soil in the shade, try the pipestem shrub (Agarista populifolia) since it thrives under these conditions.

Can I Grow an Aloe Plant From a Cutting?

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Many people enjoy the aloe plant for its healing properties and aesthetically pleasing look. To get the full benefit of the aloe plant, you need to be able to grow it. You can do so easily from a cutting. Aloe plants grow best from cuttings because they grow from a a branch that already has been sta

Differences Between Evergreen and Deciduous Forests

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If you are interested in spending more time outdoors, consider studying the area of field natural history as a way to increase your enjoyment and knowledge about the world around you. One of the basic aspects of field natural history is the difference between forest environments and ecosystems, such

The Effects of AC Unit Refrigeration & Global Warming

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Refrigerants present in air conditioning units are notorious for destroying the ozone layer; even worse, these refrigerants also contribute to global warming because they are greenhouse gases. In addition, the operation of air conditioners requires energy, energy typically produced from the burning

Spots on a Japanese Maple Tree

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Spots on a Japanese maple tree come in a variety of colors, and fungi are a common cause of Japanese maple tree spots.

Types of Sunflower Seeds to Sprout

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Sunflower seed sprouts contain enzymes, essential fatty acids, and are delicious!Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty ImagesSunflower sprouts are a delicious and healthy addition to salads. Sprouting sunflower seeds increases enzyme levels. Fats contained in the seed change to essential fatty...

How to Kill Weeds in Floratam Grass

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Floratam is a cultivar of St. Augustine grass. Floratam lawns feature dense, coarse, green blades in ideal circumstances, but the grass has its share of disadvantages when circumstances are less than ideal. Floratam grass suffers in cold and dry conditions, is susceptible to diseases and has a long

How to Grow Tomatoes in Containers With Stakes

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Texas Cooperative Extension says most tomatoes are adaptable to container culture. But if you grow indeterminate seedlings, which develop as vines, you need to install stakes in the pots to support your tomato plants. The soil in containers also dries more quickly than the ground outside. As tomatoe

The Care of Repotted and Flasked Vanda Orchids

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Orchids are spectacular exotic flowering plants that can be a bit temperamental. They require the right lighting, humidity level, planting medium, heat and water to produce their unusual blooms. Orchids can be propagated a number of ways, but flasking is a common method. It is done in a sterile labo

Flower Care Guide for a Boston Fern in South Dakota

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The easy-to-grow Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) is grown as a houseplant in South Dakota. Native to the tropics, this fern produces long, narrow, pale-green leaves in great masses. Gardeners who grow them indoors need to give the plants optimal growing conditions.

Creeping Jenny in Vegetable Gardens

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Creeping Jenny (Glechoma hederacea), also known commonly as creeping Charlie, ground ivy or gill-over-the-ground, is a widely found perennial that easily invades lawns, landscape beds and flower or vegetable gardens. Creeping Jenny may prove difficult to control in vegetable gardens, as chemical con

What the Colors of Flowers Symbolize

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Flowers evoke feelings of love, awe and wistfulness. When giving flowers to someone, it is always helpful to know just what the colors of the flowers stand for. This adds more depth and heartfelt meaning to the gift.

Care of Redwoods

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Redwood trees are some of the largest-growing varieties in the world and can live for 2,000 years. The California redwood can reach massive heights of 365 feet and have a trunk diameter of 22 feet across. Like the name implies, the inner wood of the trunk is a red color and very hard. If you have a

Types of Buildings Found in Communities

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A community is a place where people live, work and play. To house or shelter these activities, there are four distinct classes of building types -- residential, commercial, industrial and institutional. Each class has a special purpose and every community requires each of the four classes, otherwise