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Kashmiri youths turning to floriculture

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

oneindia

The Department of Floriculture in Kashmir is using a Central Government sponsored-scheme to offer financial assistance to the state's unemployed youth to attract them to flower cultivation.

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Turkey's cut flower sector unaffected by ash clouds

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

hurriyetdailynews

Flower exporting countries like Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia have announced, one after another, that they are unable to send their shipments to Europe and Scandinavia.

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Volcanic ash halts S.Africa flower exports to Europe

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

in.reuters

South Africa has temporarily halted flower exports to Europe after a cloud of volcanic ash caused flight suspensions across much of Europe, an industry official said on Monday.

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The Walker Gardens Opens This Weekend

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

gantdaily

The Walker Gardens in Bigler offers a spring showing for the public to view thousands of tulips and other flowers in bloom as a display of tulip time in Clearfield County.

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New Botanical Garden Opens In Israel

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

elitetraveler

The recently opened Utopia Orchid Park features a unique 131,500-square-foot indoor botanical garden at Kibbutz Bahan in the Emek Hefer region north of Tel Aviv.

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African Flower Exports to Europe Halted by Icelandic Volcano

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

businessweek

African flower and vegetable exports to Europe have been halted by flight restrictions on the continent and are unlikely to resume before the end of the week, industry associations said.

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Gardenia Plant

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Lisa: I bought what looked like a very healthy Gardenia potted plant. There were dozens of nice size buds. Not one flower opened on this plant. What did I do wrong? I have had many of these plant in the past and always had flowers.

Answer By The Flower Expert: Your is a healthy gardenia plant. The bud drop is a common problem seen in gardenias.There are many common causes for bud drop in gardenias. They include low humidity, over-watering, under-watering, insufficient light high temperatures, rapid temperature fluctuations, cold drafts or repotting in another areas.Usually, If water stress occurs in a heavily budded plant, many buds will fall before opening. In the same way, if there more warmth than needed by the plant, they just bud drop.

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Hydrangeas Plant

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Jen: I would like to know how big petite hydrangeas get.

Answer By The Flower Expert: The height of the hydrangeas plant may be between 3 feet - 20 feet. The average head size of the hydrangea flowers may be between 4 - 16 inches in diameter.

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Latest from The Flower Expert

Dear bunga,

These are the latest entries on "theflowerexpert".
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Coffee Coloured Rose

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Kath Graham: I wonder if you could help me please. I'm looking for a 'coffee' coloured rose - is there such a variety available?

Answer By The Flower Expert: There would be no chocolate colored roses, but you can have a floribunda which is a warm chocolate orange bloom in clusters on a bushy healthy plant.

There can be flowers with chocolate colored shadings.

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Decorating Flowers

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Ann: Could you please tell me the types of flowers that are safe to use as decoration on a wedding cake, the wedding is in the fall, the month of October. The color scheme will be red, so roses definitely, but what other fall flowers could be used.

Answer By The Flower Expert: Some of the commonly used to decorate wedding cakes include:

* Rose

* Petunia

* Orchid

* Daisy

* Tiger lily

Some october wedding flowers are

* Anemone

* Astilbe

* Carnation

* Celosia

* Chrysanthemums

* Cockscomb

* Daisy

* Euphorbia

* Freesia

* Gerberas

* Hypericum

* Lily of the valley

* Orchid

* Rose

Edible Wedding Flowers for Cake Decoration

* Pansy

* Thyme

* Apple blossom

* Orange blossom

* Nasturtium

* Cornflower

* Oregano.

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Peace Plant

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Cindy: Your information is helpful. I usually water it 1-2 times a week with about 2 cups of water (bottled water, our tap water is high in chemicals). If the leaves start looking a little droopy, does this mean they need water? Where should I cut off the brown flower, at the top or bottom of the stem?

Answer By The Flower Expert: If your plant (Spathiphyllum Lynise)becomes severely wilted... place it in a bath tub or large sink and run plenty of water thru the soil to re-moisten the root ball.

When the flower becomes brown, then the flower stalk comes up right next to the leaf petiole. Remove the flower and the flower stalk as far down as possible without cutting the leaf off. Be sure to cut the stalk and do not try to rip or twist it out.

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Peace Plant

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Cindy: We have what is nicknamed a "peace plant". (It's characteristic is two long stem leaf type flowers coming up the middle. One of the flowers has turned very brown. WHAT'S WRONG? My guess is I over-watered. Would love to know how to properly care for it, as it was a gift after my mother-in-law's funeral.

Answer By The Flower Expert: Since you are telling that you have overwatered them, I feel that the plant can withstand that a little bit.

Usually after the flower blooms and then later turns brown and finally die.

Caring Peace lily: Spathiphyllum 'Lynise'

Give water 2 - 3 times per week.

If your plant becomes severely wilted... place it in a bath tub or large sink and run

plenty of water through the soil to re-moisten the root ball.

Repeated wilting will cause leaf spotting and brown leaf edges.

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Caring of Flowers

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Tara: I must know how to take care of my flowers! Bacca-Black beauty, Alstromeria, Lewisia cotuledon and urcuma-Oriental secrets.

Answer By The Flower Expert: We do not know about other plants but,

Caring Lewisia cotyledon:

They can be grown in moderately fertile, humus-rich, sharply drained soil and full sun to light shade.

Protect from winter moisture.

Remove offsets in early summer.

They should be protected from, Rust, stem rot, snails, slugs, aphids, and mealybugs.

Alstromeria:

Cut off old flower stems with bypass pruners.

Mulch around but not on top of the plants in early spring with 3 inches of organic compost.

Water well weekly until soil is completely moist especially summers when there is no rain.

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what do you know about paper flowers??

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:04:56 GMT

can you tell me about the paper flower like where it grows or how long it lives

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Window Boxes

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT

I have three window boxes and they receive FULL SUN... last year, my flowers died because of too much sun exposure. What would be the best flower for these boxes?

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1-800 Flowers discount for you!

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:18:18 GMT

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Valentine's Day Gift Guide

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:21:37 GMT

Valentine's Day is only days to go and I am glad to introduce the Valentine's Day Gift Guide for the help of valentines online.
I request you to add your inputs so that we enrich the Valentine's Day Gift Guide and make it the best guide online for Valentine's Day gifting.

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Valentine's Day Flowers

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:40:59 GMT

Valentine's Day is coming. Choose this year's best Valentine's Day Flower.

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care for forced hyacinths in january

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:55:40 GMT

What should I do with my fading bloom hyacinths that are in pots in my house right now, January?

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Maltese Cross

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:59:59 GMT

Most people consider a flower only for what it looks like. Then there are a few oddballs (like me!) who will grow a flower just because it has an interesting history behind it. Maltese cross is such a flower.

Bright red in color, Maltese cross flowers bear a resemblance to those symbols by the same name that you've seen on flags, badges and coats of arms. If you've read much history, you may know that there's a long history behind the Maltese cross symbol -- as well as its namesake plant.

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blue passion flower vine

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:21:27 GMT

Can I start a blue passion flower vine from a plant clipping?

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Floristry School Floral Design Courses

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:20:33 GMT

Floral Art School of Australia and International Floral Design School Learn to create beautiful floral designs including corsages, bowl and basket arrangements, posies tributes, bridal bouquets and wedding designs the professional way. Floristry Diploma Courses Classes and Correspondece Home Study Courses www.floral-art-school.com.au

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How To Fertilize Water Lily?

By Brett Fogle

Unfortunately, sunlight is not enough.

Your water lilies will grow, thrive, and bloom much better if you
get in the habit of fertilizing them regularly.

The good news is -- It's Easy!

you can either remove your water lily from the pond to fertilize
them, your sometimes you can even do it with the plants still in
the pond...

I prefer to remove them so I can inspect to see if they are
becoming overgrown, and possibly need dividing. This is really
the best way, and a good time to kill two birds with one stone.

So, first - remove the pot from the pond. Then drain out any
excess water, so you can see the surface of the soil and
Rhiozome..

Next, here's a trick I use to fertilize my lilies quickly and
easily...

Have a fairly wide tipped flathead screwdriver nearby, and then
use it to punch a clear path into the soil and through the
existing roots. Then give it a good twisting to hollow our your
hole.

You'd be surprised how hard it can be to push a fertilizer tab
down into a dense root pack - so try this next time and tell me
if it isn't 100% easier.

Now that you have your 'holes' dug - take 3-4 water lily
fertilizer tabs out (we like the Tetra Pond fertilizer tabs), and
push them down into the holes with your index finger..

That's it -- you're done!

Then just cover up the holes and top off the plant with some
fresh dirt, as we discussed in our last article - and you're
ready to move onto the next one.

Once you've fertilized all your lilies, just slowly lower them
back into the pond..

Here's another trick I use - Don't just drop the pot back into
the pond, as trapped air bubbles can sometimes uproot the lily or
some soil..

This is espcecially true new pottings, as the soil has not been
properly 'set'. Here's what I do:

Lower the pot into the water, just enough to fill it with water,
then raise back up out of the water until you see all the air
bubbles disappear.

Do this a few more times, until you think you're removed all the
air bubbles from the pot - then slowly lower it down into the
pond.

There's nothing more frustrating than having a newly potted lily
(or any plant) suddenly lift up out of the pot, dumping dirt all
over the pond, and having to be repotted.. I'ts happened to me
more than once..

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