Monthly Archives: May 2020

Tulips are a timeless symbol of joy and rebirth because they bloom in the spring. Tulip flowers have been used to symbolize the coming of warmer days and the end of the long and cold winter season. Today, you can send a tulip in the spring or summer time as a way to celebrate any event of the season! From Easter season to May graduations and June weddings to new jobs in August, tulip bouquets are the perfect flowers to spread smiles.

Origin 

The flower originates from Turkey, where Ottoman sultans wore a tulip on their turban. The first shipment of tulip bulbs arrived in Antwerp in 1562, marking the start of Dutch bulb growing. New shapes and colors quickly developed and filled the fields of Holland.

Range and assortment

Nowadays over 3000 cultivars of tulip bulbs are grown

Keep Your Plants Alive

If you want to improve the quality of the air you breathe, house plants are the perfect way to spruce up your home/office without going all-in on an interior overhaul. If you keep killing your houseplants find below few care tips for maintaining a vibrant and healthy houseplant:

1. Pick the Right Houseplant

Make sure the plant that you’re buying is the kind that can live in your space. Always make sure that you know your conditions at home. Things like access to light, temperature and humidity are things to take into consideration. The next thing you should ask yourself is, how much attention are you willing to give to your plant? Choose plants whose natural habitat matches your space. The varieties of plants you have to choose from are limitless, and each has evolved in a u

Zamia as a houseplant

Zamioculcas – Zamia plant is a tropical perennial plant native to Eastern Africa, Mexico and Central and South America’s tropical areas. It is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae and it is also known as Zanzibar gem, ZZ plant, Eternity plant or Emerald palm. Although not a palm tree, its growth habit is similar to a palm, therefore it is commonly known as cardboard palm or cardboard cycad. They should be fed with palm food.

Zamia is grown as an ornamental plant mainly for its attractive glossy foliage and is a very easy to care plant and requires low maintenance. 

The leaves are long, shiny and dark green. The stems of these pinnate leaves are thickly thickened at the bottom. The flowers are produced in a small bright yellow to brown spadix 5-7 cm long, partly hidden among the leaf bases. Flowering is from mid summer to early autumn.

Zamia

Beautiful Sansevieria plant

Sansevieria plant is native to Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia and it is also known as mother-in-law’s tongue, snake plant and snake tongue. Sansevieria plants are characterized by stiff, upright sword-like leaves. It is an easy-care houseplant that remains popular because of its adaptability to a wide range of growing conditions. 

Sansevieria Care tips:

Soil

Plant the Sansevieria in a good, rich, organic soil that drains quickly. Choose a potting soil that is low in peat. The most recommended soil is an all-purpose cactus potting mix. Every time your plant grows 2-3 cm make sure to add half inch potting soil to provide adequate support to the leaves. I

Flowers and more specifically - roses are the most popular gifts for people, men and women, all around the world. Especially women love to receive flowers as a gift, from those who mean something to them.

Did you receive a bouquet of gorgeous roses for your birthday, for your celebration, for your anniversary or just for Valentine’s Day? Did someone send you a bouquet of fresh roses at home or in the office as a surprise? Did you count them? How many flowers did the bouquet have? You may think this does not matter, as the gesture is what counts, but it seems that the number of flowers contains a hidden message.

So what does the number of roses you received mean? What does the sender wants to tell you? In the list below you can find out how the different numbers of r