The Beautiful Bromeliad are a unique group of plants with amazingly colored and patterned foliage along with vividly colored flowers. Bromeliads have evolved in some of nature’s most challenging conditions, from desert to rainforest to cloud forest. Spanish moss is a Bromeliad. When you eat pineapple, you’re eating a Bromeliad. Air plants are bromeliads, too. In this episode, […]
A few years ago SDG&E came out to the nursery to talk to Tony about how we use natural gas. “To spread a bit more joy in the world by growing quality plants that may be appreciated.” That’s what motivates one family-run nursery in San Diego. Read Full Article: https://sdgenews.com/article/how-natural-gas-fuels-san-diego-greenhouses
With today’s high-tech and fast-paced lifestyle taking its daily toll on our lives, experts advise exercise and other personal lifestyle changes to relieve stress. According to behavioral research conducted at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, nature provides us with a simple way to improve emotional health – flowers. The presence of flowers triggers […]
By Amanda Temple Floral Management, October 2000 Would you spend months in detail-heavy preparation, thousands of dollars in promotion and countless hours scrubbing, painting and gussying up for your open house if you knew that your competition was doing the exact same thing… on the exact same day. Well, if you’re Janet Kister, you’d not […]
VIRGINIA – The list of plants that purify the air continues to grow. Orchids and bromeliads removed air-polluting chemicals from tightly sealed environments in experiments conducted by former NASA scientist Bill Wolverton The two flowering plants were shown to release oxygen and convert carbon dioxide to organic acids during the night when stomata were open, […]
