Cacti
Cacti are a group of plants that are not only easy to grow but offer a variety of shapes, color and form. They can be grown in any sunny, well-drained area and require little maintenance.

Christmas Plants
A bright, colorful azalea, Christmas begonia, chrysanthemum or a gaily decorated poinsettia, Kalanchoe, or Christmas cactus added to the other decorations in the home give the holiday season a festive air.

The Versatile Begonia
There are several different types of begonias. Each is suited for a different landscape or home use.

How to Buy Plants
Before rushing out to a nursery to buy plants, study your planting site and try to match the growing requirements of the plants you buy with the growing conditions that exist on your site.

Drying Flowers
As summer ends and winter approaches, it is fun to take long walks and look for dried materials to place into permanent flower arrangements.

Espalier
Espalier originated with the Romans and the technique was refined through the years by the Europeans.

Creating a Bonsai
These miniature trees have all the characteristics of larger, mature trees, but never seem to grow.

Topiary
Topiary is the practice of pruning trees or shrubs into a defined shape.

The Colorful Callas
Callas have been developed in many flower colors and shades such as light pink, yellow, red, purple and numerous shades in between.

The Versatile Crape Myrtle
The crape myrtle is one of the most rewarding small trees or large shrubs for the landscape.

Chrysanthemums
The chrysanthemum is one of the most colorful of all fall flowering perennials. A wide selection of varieties is available in white, pink, yellow, lavender, bronze, salmon, orange, or red.

Geraniums
Geraniums are popular for their continuous flowering throughout the summer and early fall in most of continental United States and Canada.

Hanging Baskets
For many years a wire hanging basket was the most common container and often the only one available. Now you can find everything from hollow logs to hanging elephants to place your plants in.

Interior Lighting of Plants
The environment in our houses dictates which plants will grow well and which ones will suffer. No other factor is more important in growing good plants than adequate light.

Ligustrum - A Versatile Landscape Plant
They are widely used as landscape shrubs, hedges, and specimen trees. Many species and cultivars are available with a diversity of leaf colors, leaf forms, and growth habits.

Producing New Plants from Bulbs
Not all bulbous plants produce true bulbs, other specialized underground storage organs include corms, tubers, tuberous roots and rhizomes. These enlarged storage organs are very often used in producing new plants.

Selecting Plants for Indoors
Interior use of plants brings us closer to nature and satisfies that innate desire most of us have to live in an environment filled with living, green plants.

Staghorn Fern
Ferns, of which there are over 10,000 species, are non-flowering perennials which offer versatile usage in home and in the landscape.

Terrariums
The major factors contributing to the popularity of terrariums are more leisure time and a growing awareness and concern for what live plants mean in our environment.