This new line indoor and garden décor, Leaf Lamps by Eangee are hand made from real cocoa and alibangbang leaves.  A Fair Trade product.  Photos and descriptions of the 5 styles listed here. Outdoor Indoor Lamps Leaflet – Natural and elegant, the Leaflet Lamp derives its gentle shape from the cocoa leaf. With subtle twists and curves, […]

The 6th driest November since 1890 tells us just one thing….we need to get the water hoses out now and water our landscapes. Newly planted trees, shrubs, perennials, and bulbs are especially susceptible to damage if they are not watered thoroughly now.  They may not have leaves, but root systems of these plants are actively […]

The beauties that graced our gardens and planters this summer will need to be dug up unless one is willing to risk the life of these summer bulbs. Summer bulbs are classified as the less hardy corms, bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes that flourish and thrive during the summer months, such as dahlias, cannas, caladiums, elephant ear, tuberous begonias, tuberoses, gladiolus, and […]

As temperatures drop, the inevitable needs to happen….moving non-hardy plants inside for the winter. Tropical plants, such as houseplants, orchids, ferns, hibiscus, or any plant you intend to keep over the winter, should be moved inside before night temperatures reach 40 degrees.  The colder the temperature that plants are exposed to, the more stress they […]

As long as perennial plants are green, they are producing carbohydrates (food) to be stored in the crown and roots for winter.  Once the foliage turns yellow, and then brown, it is safe to cut off stems and leaves. Each perennial plant goes dormant on its own schedule, so clean-up is not usually done in […]