Aspidistra, the Cast Iron Plant for Indoor Garden
BY WIKILAWN | OCTOBER 26TH, 2011 | DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS, EVERGREEN, FOLIAGE PLANT, ZONE 10A, ZONE 10B, ZONE 11, ZONE 7A, ZONE 7B, ZONE 8A, ZONE 8B, ZONE 9A, ZONE 9B

Aspidistra or Cast-iron Plant is one of the easiest and carefree houseplants to grow. It grows a bit slow but offers lovely evergreen foliage for indoor plantation. Native to Asia, Aspidistra has a large number of hybrid varieties offering variegated and multicolor foliage. In a good soil mix with regular watering, Aspidistra would produce rich, […]

Lovely, Tropical Shrub for Landscapes: Lollipop Plant
BY WIKILAWN | OCTOBER 25TH, 2011 | EVERGREEN, FLOWERS, PERENNIALS, ZONE 10A, ZONE 10B, ZONE 11, ZONE 9A, ZONE 9B

Pachystachys is a genus of evergreen shrubs from tropical parts of South America, West Indies and parts of Africa and the US. These prolific bloomers produce attractive bracts and flowers almost throughout warm months and make decent accent plants in gardens as well as good indoor plants. From about 12 species in the genus, Pachystachys […]

Evergreen, Ornamental Plant for Beginners: Baby’s Tears
BY WIKILAWN | OCTOBER 24TH, 2011 | CREEPERS, EVERGREEN, FOLIAGE PLANT, GROUND COVER, INDOOR, OUTDOOR, PERENNIALS, ZONE 10A, ZONE 10B, ZONE 11

Baby’s Tears or Soleirolia Soleirolii is an evergreen and low growing ground cover known for its round cascading leaves. A good candidate for a beginner’s must-have list, Baby’s Tears can be grown as a maintenance-free hanging basket or pot plant. When confined in containers or hanging baskets, this vigorous grower would soon outgrow its container […]

Easy to Grow Ferns for Hanging Baskets: Pellaea
BY WIKILAWN | OCTOBER 22ND, 2011 | EVERGREEN, FERNS, FOLIAGE PLANT, ZONE 10A, ZONE 10B, ZONE 7B, ZONE 8A, ZONE 8B, ZONE 9A, ZONE 9B

Ferns are my all-time favorite plants for their delicate, fresh and decent foliage. They are quite compromising plants that would grow almost anywhere in homes, offices, gardens, greenhouses, window gardens and hanging baskets. There are a number of popular ferns grown and commercially as successful ornamental plants. Pellaea is perhaps one of the less known […]

Evergreen, Fragrant Flowering Bush: Cheiranthus, Wallflower
BY WIKILAWN | OCTOBER 10TH, 2011 | ANNUALS, EVERGREEN, FLOWERS, HERBACEOUS, PERENNIALS, ZONE 10A, ZONE 10B, ZONE 5A, ZONE 5B, ZONE 6A, ZONE 6B, ZONE 7A, ZONE 7B, ZONE 8A, ZONE 8B, ZONE 9A, ZONE 9B

Cheiranthus are flowering perennial and annual plants of wide spread origin. Usually grown as free-flowering plants, Cheiranthus can be found in Europe, Asia, the Americas and parts of Mediterranean regions. Known for their sweet scented flowers of yellow, orange, pink, blue or purple shades, Cheiranthus are good flowering plants for growing under sun or partial […]

Evergreen Shrub with Lovely Fragrant Flowers: Pimelea
BY WIKILAWN | OCTOBER 5TH, 2011 | EVERGREEN, FLOWERS, HERBACEOUS, OUTDOOR, PERENNIALS, SHRUBS AND BUSHES, ZONE 10B, ZONE 11

Pimelea is a genus of evergreen flowering shrubs from New Zealand and Australia. These herbaceous perennials are grown for their fragrant and very showy flowers. Flowers of Pimelea grow in clusters and resembles clustered flowers of Ixora. Pink Rice Flower or Pimelea Ferruginea is among popular shrubs from this genus. It grows as small (up […]

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