Nina Melillo
How To Care For Indoor Plants – A Little Goes a Long Way
Indoor plants bring such joy. There is something about nature inside your home that makes you feel serene and healthy at the same time....
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Nina Melillo
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What Flower Bulbs to Plant in the Fall – Spring Beauty
The temperatures are cooling, the days are getting shorter and your flower garden is looking a little tired. Now is not the time to give...
Nina Melillo
- 6 min
How to Take Care of a Poinsettia – Holidays and Beyond
Seeing poinsettias in your local garden and grocery stores is a sure sign that the holidays are right around the corner. Poinsettias...
Nina Melillo
- 5 min
How to Care for an Amaryllis
Nothing is more distinctive than the statuesque beauty of an amaryllis bloom. Its tall, slender, hollow stem leads to a gorgeous...
Nina Melillo
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How to Make a Christmas Cactus Bloom – Easy Peasy
It’s that time of year when you see beautiful Christmas cacti in bloom at big box stores, grocery stores, and nurseries. You have this...
Nina Melillo
- 6 min
How to Take Care of a Christmas Cactus – It’s Not Difficult
A Christmas cactus, (Schlumbergera), is a small cactus that is native to Brazil. It is considered an epiphyte. An epiphyte is a plant...
Nina Melillo
- 5 min
Common Uses of Lavender – Culinary, Crafts, Medicinal
Lavender has been around for 2500 years. It is in the mint family and is known for its beauty, sweet smelling aroma, and its multiple...
Nina Melillo
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What Is A Rhizome? Is It a Root, Stem, Leaf?
You have this lovely area in your backyard and you want to plant a garden. You’ve been exploring various flowers and shrubs that pique...
Nina Melillo
- 5 min
How to Care For an Orchid – Indoor Tips
Orchids are one of the most popular houseplant gifts. They date back to 500 BC in Greece, Rome, and China. When explorers in the early...
Nina Melillo
- 6 min
How to Grow Lavender Plants – Indoors
Fields of lavender can be found in many places in the world. They are a beautiful sight to behold. Not only is lavender a visual beauty,...
Nina Melillo
- 5 min
Kinds of Hydrangeas - Five Main Types
Hydrangeas are one of my favorite summer blossoms. Their bold, colorful blooms bring a touch of old-fashioned, cozy ambiance to any yard...
Nina Melillo
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How to Care for Ornamental Grass – Fall or Spring Cutting?
Ornamental grasses have grown in popularity in the last decade. They bring beauty and movement to a landscape. They are relatively easy...
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What is Spanish Moss? A Glimmering Ghostly Growth
When I was a child my family and I would drive to Miami twice a year to see my mom's sister and her family. In those days route 95 was in...
Nina Melillo
- 5 min
Climbing Flowering Vines – How to Choose Vines
Flowering vines are used for many purposes. They create privacy, help shield from the wind, hide unsightly objects (a/k/a eyesores), and...
Nina Melillo
- 6 min
All About Indoor Plants – Info for Beginners and Pet Lovers
Due to Covid many of us began working from home. We tried to cope as best we could through the isolation and inactivity. A couple of ways...
Nina Melillo
- 5 min
What Flowers Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies
Nothing is more calming than to witness hummingbirds fluttering next to a beautiful flower or see butterflies floating through the...
Nina Melillo
- 7 min
Epiphytic Plants – Display a Bromeliad on Driftwood
An epiphyte is a plant that grows on the surface of something for support. Certain bromeliads are epiphytes and are relatively easy to...
Nina Melillo
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Flowering Bushes That Bloom All Summer – Things to Consider
Shrubs add another dimension to your garden. They not only enhance and complement what you already have, but they add form, beauty,...
Nina Melillo
- 7 min
Landscaping With Ornamental Grasses-Best Gardening Ideas
There is nothing more graceful and calming than beholding the soft sways of tall ornamental grasses free-flowing in the wind. It awakens...
Nina Melillo
- 4 min
How To Learn From Plants – Social Harmony
Many people plant flowers to add fragrance and beauty to their gardens. Others may plant gardens to reap the benefits from the harvest....
How To Care For Indoor Plants – A Little Goes a Long Way
Indoor plants bring such joy. There is something about nature inside your home that makes you feel serene and healthy at the same time....
What Flower Bulbs to Plant in the Fall – Spring Beauty
The temperatures are cooling, the days are getting shorter and your flower garden is looking a little tired. Now is not the time to give...
How to Take Care of a Poinsettia – Holidays and Beyond
Seeing poinsettias in your local garden and grocery stores is a sure sign that the holidays are right around the corner. Poinsettias...
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