 Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle.
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Keep Gift Plants Thriving
Everyone appreciates the festive blooms of poinsettias, amaryllis, azaleas, and Christmas cactus during the holiday season, and many of us keep our gift plants long after the holidays. Providing the right conditions will keep them at peak performance all winter long. |  |
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How to Grow and Care for Elephant Ears (Colocasia)
As their name implies, elephant ears are prized for their large stature and huge leaves, making them impressive additions to container gardens and in-ground plantings. Available in a range of foliage colors from brilliant chartreuse to deep purple, they're dramatic accent plants and create a dynamic backdrop for perennials, annuals, and bulbs. |  |
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Winter Salad Bowl
You can have fresh salad greens from the garden all winter long, even in the North. It seems an impossible task in cold-winter regions, where snow and frigid temperatures are common. But no matter where you live, a cold frame or tunnel greenhouse can put just-picked salads on the table through the coldest months. |  |
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Greening for the Holidays
Greening encompasses many aspects of life, not just exercising our green thumbs. Reducing energy use, emissions, and toxic pollutants helps the environment and improves our health, so here are some steps we can take toward making this a greener holiday season. |  |
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What's Bugging Your Houseplants?
In the warmth of your heated home, houseplant pests can be a problem. Often these trouble-makers have hitchhiked in on plants that spent the summer outdoors. But they can also come in on newly purchased plants. At this time of year, when many of us are purchasing plants for holiday decorating or receiving them as gifts, it's easy to bring in some unwanted visitors as well. |  |
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A Colorful Winter Landscape
So often we concentrate only on a flash of spring flowers or fleeting fall color, but winter has incredible color as well. Walking in or even gazing out the window at a bright, colorful winter landscape elevates the spirits and prevents the doldrums of short days and cold weather from taking hold. |  |
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Decorations from the Garden
For me, the winter holidays have always been completely intertwined with the garden. Decorations throughout the house can be made from natural materials from all around the garden that gives the season a natural touch. Pine trees and other conifers, for example, offer a windbreak, year-round green color, and an unending supply of fragrant holiday decorations and cones. |  |
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Purple Heart (Tradescantia pallida)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade
Plant Height: Trailing, spreading 3 to 4 feet or more
Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Evergreen, Other
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Late summer or early fall, Fall
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Groundcover, Will Naturalize, Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots, Suitable for hanging baskets
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Mini Monstera (Rhaphidophora tetrasperma)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: Trails or climbs to 16 feet (5 m)
Leaves: Evergreen, Other
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years, Suitable for hanging baskets
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Devil's Ivy (Epipremnum pinnatum 'Cebu Blue')
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb, Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: Trails or climbs 8 to 10 feet or more
Leaves: Unusual foliage color, Evergreen, Other
Flower Color: Other
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Suitable Locations: Houseplant, Terrariums
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots, Suitable for hanging baskets
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Satin Pothos (Scindapsus pictus 'Argyraeus')
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb, Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade, Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: 6 inches to 20 feet
Plant Spread: 5 feet and up
Leaves: Evergreen, Variegated
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon, Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots, Suitable for hanging baskets
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
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"A third-generation clone of the original 'Sanderae' and a mutant 4n with a poor flower count!"
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