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Schefflera: A Taste of the Tropics for Your Home’s Decor
Add elegance to your home decor with Schefflera, a tall, long-lived tropical plant known for its glossy, palmate leaves and minimal care needs. These undemanding plants thrive indoors and can even be summered outdoors in our area under the right conditions. Learn more about several stunning varieties perfect for your home, but beware. It is poisonous.
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Year-Round Privacy and Beauty with Mixed Screens
Transform your landscape with a stunning, functional mixed border of trees and shrubs. Combining evergreens and deciduous plants offers privacy, blocks noise and adds seasonal interest. This diverse planting approach also minimizes the risk of pests and disease and creates a layered, visually appealing design that thrives year-round.
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Keep Your Holiday Cactus Disease-Free
Brighten your home with a blooming holiday cactus this season. These colorful succulents thrive in bright, indirect light and moist, well-drained soil. Learn how to prevent common issues like root rot, botrytis blight, and necrotic spot virus by avoiding overwatering and ensuring proper air circulation. With the right care, your holiday cactus will continue to bloom beautifully for years.
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Chamaecyparis: Bold Texture and Year-Round Color
Transform your garden with Chamaecyparis, a versatile evergreen from Japan and Taiwan. With vibrant green, gold, and silvery-blue foliage, these striking trees and shrubs add year-round appeal. Perfect for focal points or hedges, they thrive in well-drained soil and bring bold textures to any landscape.
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Build a Healthy Ecosystem with Ground Covers
Transform your landscape with native ground covers that prevent erosion, conserve water, and enhance beauty. These low-maintenance plants offer year-round texture and promote a healthy ecosystem. Reduce turfgrass and cover bare soil to protect land and create thriving green spaces with these sustainable options.
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Attend an Event to Plan for Spring
It’s time to begin thinking about the vegetable garden. Spend time dreaming about spring, or attend a garden talk about planning your garden or planting containers for the upcoming season. Maybe consider signing up for an excursion to the Philadelphia Flower Show. They’re all in the Events calendar.
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