Topic: South America
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters Life!) - Forget potted plants and privet hedges; a group of Buenos Aires artists want to make the Argentine capital a free-for-all kitchen garden, turning neglected parks and verges into verdant vegetable patches.Following in the footsteps of "guerrilla gardeners" ...
Brugmansia is a flowering plant, native to South America. Identify the pest. If it looks like a small green worm, it may be the cabbage worm. Microscopic red to brown spiders are spider mites. If in doubt, spray one leaf and wait ...
The air in homes and offices often contains harmful allergens like benzene and formaldehyde that can cause allergic reactions as well as long-term health problems. Typically used as a hanging plant, the golden pothos features dark green oval leaves with yellow and ...
The ornamental pepper plant, Capsicum annuum is available now in your local garden center. Once the Christmas season arrives, they can be placed as colorful statements on a buffet table or added to a gift basket. These plants will thrive into the ...
Cassiopeia is Brazil's pioneer in the development of natural cleaning products. With a mission that states they "provide natural products that offer well-being to people without harming nature", Cassiopeia has come up with a series of eco-friendly cleaning products that go further ...
A world without flowering plants wouldn't just be drab, it would be hotter and drier, particularly in parts of the tropics, a new study concludes. Because flowering plants account for almost all vegetation on Earth, paleontologist C. Kevin Boyce and climate modeler ...
Among culinary herbs, the flavor of dill (Anethum graveolens) is quite recognizable and popular. Native to Asia Minor and the Mediterranean region, dill now grows wild in North and South America and Europe. Whatever the material, the pot must have a drainage ...
The Baby Rubber Plant is a short stemmed, creeping plant that originates from Venezuela. The Baby Rubber plant enjoys a medium humidity area. You should always use warm water on your plants. Baby Rubber plants are known to get mealy bugs, thrips ...
Amaryllis are often planted in the long days of winter to brighten a room with their huge flowers and the bulbs are frequently given as Christmas gifts. Recently there has been renewed interest in the flower, and many new cultivars have arrived ...
Mandevillas, with their delicate, tropical beauty, (Mandevilla sanderi), have been appreciated by southern gardeners for some time but recently the mandevilla is catching on in popularity among northern gardeners. The mandevilla is a woody, tropical vine with large trumpet shaped flowers, native ...
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