They are merely practical hints on the placing, tending and training of plants which can enable the housewife or home owner to display his or her talents and personality and at the same time obtain greater value and reward from the plants in the home.
For example, certain plants can be employed in the most practical manner to make a room appear to be longer or shorter, taller or squatter, lighter or darker. Plants can be used to bring out and highlight the beauties of a picture on the wall or to disguise a dreary view or a shabby piece of furniture. They can be so placed and trained that they act as a living screen or frame.
Too often an elegant, upright sansevieria or even aspidistra over years of careful tending becomes a bush or a forest of spears and loses its identity. Divide these crowded plants so that they retain their basic shapes.
Some of our easiest and most tolerant plants are climbers.
To train plants up a wall use canes, string, cotton, attractive plastic trellis or wrought iron. To cover a wide area separate the growing trails and tic or clip them gently to their supports, keeping the growing tips always pointing in the direction in which you wish them to travel. As these growing tips sometimes die off because of the lack of humidity in their solo space, give them an occasional gentle spray with clean, tepid water. If this is clone with discretion and care no harm will come to the wall behind or to soft furnishings in the area, for only the smallest quantities of moisture are required.
Remember that warm air travels upwards and the area immediately under the ceiling is likely to be both warmer and drier than at foot level, so where plants are to grow tall or be placed high, increase the relative humidity of the room slightly for their benefit.
For example, certain plants can be employed in the most practical manner to make a room appear to be longer or shorter, taller or squatter, lighter or darker. Plants can be used to bring out and highlight the beauties of a picture on the wall or to disguise a dreary view or a shabby piece of furniture. They can be so placed and trained that they act as a living screen or frame.
Too often an elegant, upright sansevieria or even aspidistra over years of careful tending becomes a bush or a forest of spears and loses its identity. Divide these crowded plants so that they retain their basic shapes.
Some of our easiest and most tolerant plants are climbers.
To train plants up a wall use canes, string, cotton, attractive plastic trellis or wrought iron. To cover a wide area separate the growing trails and tic or clip them gently to their supports, keeping the growing tips always pointing in the direction in which you wish them to travel. As these growing tips sometimes die off because of the lack of humidity in their solo space, give them an occasional gentle spray with clean, tepid water. If this is clone with discretion and care no harm will come to the wall behind or to soft furnishings in the area, for only the smallest quantities of moisture are required.
Remember that warm air travels upwards and the area immediately under the ceiling is likely to be both warmer and drier than at foot level, so where plants are to grow tall or be placed high, increase the relative humidity of the room slightly for their benefit.
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An indoor gardening tip is to always keep your houseplants moist, plunge pot and keep them out of droughts.
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