Aneka Tanaman Hias

Menanta Tanaman Bonsai

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:22:50 PST

Menata bonsai adalah ekspesi seni dan jiwa. Tanaman yang butuh kesabaran ini mebuat kita semakin penasaran akan tumbuh dan berkembangnya suapay tercipta bentuk yang asri dan unik.
Kesulitannya terletak pada arogansi dalam menata bonsai. klik...., begitu ranting dipotong, rasa menyesal tidak ada arti lagi.
Penggemar bonsai kian marak dan mulai bereksperimen terhadap jenis tanaman yang langka dan jarang ditemui. Tapi keberhasilannya mengundang penilaian dari semua kalangan pihak terutama pencita tanaman bonsai.
Kadang disaat jenuh, menata tanaman ini dan cukup memandangnya membuat kita mendapat inspirasi untuk menjalankan sesuatu.

Contoh Taman Jepang

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:29:31 PST

Untuk gambaran apa yang dimaksud dengan taman Jepang, seperti apa bentuknya?
Bro/ sista bisa cek langsung ke blog lain saya disini :

Design Taman Jepang

Merawat tanaman Bonsai

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:25:03 PST

Bonsai merupakan tanaman yang cukup berkembang dengan baik di negara Jepang. Berkembang baik, bukan secara alami, tapi berkembang dengan rekayasa dan tehink-teknik pemangkasan dan pengobatan yang khusus.
Bukan hanya itu, tanaman yang dibuat bonsai perlu perawatan, pergantain pot yang rutin, penyiraman yang teratur, pemotongan dahan dan daun serta pembentukan tanaman.
Membonsai seperti memahat dengan objek benda hidup yang selalu tumbuh dan dapat berimajinasi dengan bentuk akhir tanaman bonsai yang diharapkan.
Cukup rumit dan tidak tidak semudah kata orang. Maka dari itu memang benar kuncinya adalah kesabaran. Orang yang tidak sabar kerap kali memotong dahan dengan ceroboh dan tergesa-gesa, dan akhirnya bentuk tanaman semakin enggak karuan (pengalaman pribadi juga niy...)
Untuk membonsai tidak bisa digunakan system menghemat waktu, makan potongan hari ini diperbanyak.. Melainkan pelan-pelan tapi pasti!!

Tanaman Untuk Orang diabetes

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:42:59 PDT

Haruslah diketahui, diabetes mellitus atau kencing manis adalah suatu penyakit yang amat serius, yang bahkan seringkali berakibat dengan kematian. Diabetes bukan penyakit baru. Sejak 1552 SM penyakit yang ditandai dengan seringnya buang air kecil dalam jumlah banyak serta penurunan berat badan yang drastis ini, sudah dikenal dan disebut dengan istilah Poliuria. Tahun 400 SM, seorang penulis India Sushratha menamainya "penyakit kencing madu". Nama diabetes mellitus (diabetes = mengalir terus, mellitus = manis) akhirnya diberikan oleh Aretaeus sekitar 200 tahun sebelum Masehi. Untungnya, sebenarnya diabetes termasuk golongan penyakit yang dapat dikontrol. Namun sayangnya, justru kebanyakan para penderita diabetes tidak tahu tentang hal ini sehingga akibatnya menjadi sangat fatal. Selama ini wabah kencing manis ( lebih dari 90% kasus) banyak terjadi pada kelompok usia baya dan tua. Namun , sekarang kencing manis juga banyak menimpa anak, remaja dan warga kurang mampu. Penyebabnya bisa jadi antara lain karena kurang gerak dan menu kebaratan-baratan. Kendati tidak bisa disembuhkan , penderita diabetes sebenarnya bisa hidup normal . Caranya adalah mengontrol penyakit ini dengan melakukan kontrol kadar gula darah disertai diet dan olahraga yang teratur.

Diabetes tergolong penyakit menahun, bahkan tidak jarang pasien penderita kencing manis bergantung obat sepanjang hidupnya. Padahal obat sendiri membawa dampak ekonomi selain efek samping tentunya. Oleh karena itu tidak heran banyak penderita diabetes melirik penggunaan tanaman obat untuk mengontrol kadar gula dalam darahnya. Beberapa tanaman obat antidiabetes yang selain telah digunakan secara tradisional juga telah diteliti secara ilmiah diantaranya adalah :
1. Buah Pare ( Momordica charantia)
Buah pare ini telah lama dipakai sebagai obat di Cina sejak tahun 1578. Selain secara tradisional sebagai tonikum, obat batuk, obat antimalaria, penambah nafsu makan dan penyembuh luka, ratusan riset telah dilakukan diberbagai negara untuk mengetahui efek buah pahit ini terhadap kadar gula darah. Hasil riset yang telah dilakukan di berbagai negara tersebut ternyata mempertegas khasiat buah pare sebagai antidiabetes. Buah pare yang belum masak banyak mengandung saponin, flavonoid dan polifenol (antioksidan kuat) serta glikosida kukurbitasin, momordisin dan karantin. Pada hewan coba, dapat diketahui bahwa efek pare dalam menurunkan kadar gula darah adalah dengan cara mencegah usus menyerap gula yang dimakan. Selain itu pare juga diduga mempunyai senyawa yang mirip sulfonylurea (obat antidiabetes yang palin tua dan banyak dipakai). Obat jenis ini menstimulir sel beta pancreas tubuh untuk memproduksi insulin lebih banyak. Efek pare dalam menurunkan gula darah pada kelinci diperkirakan juga serupa dengan mekanisme insulin.

Dosis yang sering dipakai untuk mengatasi diabetes adalah dengan mengkonsumsi 50-60 ml jus buah pare sehari. Penggunaan dosis yang lebih tinggi dari buah pare ini dapat mengakibatkan sakit perut dan diare. Juga perlu dipertimbangkan apabila penggunaanya digabung dengan obat antidiabetes dari dokter. Sedangkan bagi para ibu hamil, anak-anak dan orang-orang yang kadar gulanya cenderung rendah, tidak dianjurkan karena bisa membahayakan.

2. Bawang Merah dan Bawang Putih(Allium cepa dan Allium sativum)
Bawang merah dan bawang putih yang biasa dikenal sebagai bahan bumbu dapur ternyata mempunyai khasiat dapat menurunkan kadar gula dalam darah. Senyawa dalam bawang yang dipercaya mempunyai khasiat itu adalah allyl propil disulphide (APDS) dan diallyl disulphide oxide (Allicin), meskipun tentunya senyawa lain seperti flavonoid juga ikut berperan. Dari percobaan dilaboratorium didapatkan hasil bahwa APDS menurunkan kadar gula dalam darah dengan cara berkompetisi di liver, sehingga dapat meningkatkan jumlah insulin bebas. Ekstrak bawang merah diketahui dapat menurunkan kadar gula dalam darah, baik bila dikonsumsi secara oral maupun bila diberikan secara injeksi intraperitonial. Dari pengamatan dapat diketahui bahwa bawang sudah dapat memberikan efek yang menguntungkan bagi penderita diabetes apabila dikonsumsi setiap hari sekitar 25 – 200 mg. Hasil penelitian bahkan memberikan efek yang sama apabila bawang tersebut dikonsumsi dalam bentuk mentah ataupun dimasak. Selain itu, mengkonsumsi bawang merah dan bawang putih juga memberikan efek yang bagus terhadap system kardiovaskular, diantaranya adalah dapat menurunkan kadar lemak serta dapat berkhasiat antihipertensi. Jadi mengkonsumsi bawang merah ataupun bawang putih sangatlah dianjurkan bagi para penderita diabetes.

3. Jamblang/juwet ( Syzygium cuminii)
Anda pasti tidak menyangka bukan bahwa tanaman juwet atau jamblang atau dalas, plum jawa, anggur sepet mempunyai setumpuk manfaat yang berguna bagi kesehatan manusia. Tanaman ini mempunyai bermacam-macam varietas. Varietas yang sudah dibudidayakan mempunyai buah yang lebih besar, biasanya sebesar biji rambutan, warnanya biru keunguan. Umum dikenal dengan nama jamblang biasa atau jamblang ireng. Diasamping yang berwarna hitam dan biru, ada pula varietas yang buahnya ungu atau putih.

Jamblang yang berbuah putih (jamblang bawang) inilah yang merupakan obat tradisional yang mujarab untuk melawan penyakit kencing manis. Biji jamblang dipercaya mampu mempercepat penyembuhan luka pada penderita diabetes. Hal ini diduga karena adanya zat glukosida phytomellin dalam biji jamblang yang mampu mengurangi kerapuhan pembuluh darah kapiler. Berkat kandungan phytomelin biji juwet/jamblang ini , maka kerapuhan tubuh dapat diatasi dan luka yang ada bisa cepat sembuh. Kandungan alpha phytosterol dari biji jamblang juga mampu melibas gejala yang sering dialami oleh penderita diabetes seperti rasa cepat capai dan kekurangan tenaga. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa biji juwet mempunyai efek hipoglikemia yang signifikan. Hal ini akan dapat menurunkan kadar gula dalam darah, selain itu biji jamblang juga diketahui dapat menurunkan kadar gula dalam air seni.

Secara tradisional untuk mengatasi diabetes, anda dapat mengkonsumsinya dengan aturan pakai : 7 biji jamblang bawang segar, tumbuklah hingga halus dan kemudian rebus dengan 2 gelas air. Air rebusan ini dapat anda bagi untuk mengkonsumsinya menjadi 3 kali sehari. Pemberian ramuan ini biasanya berlangsung antara 2-3 hari, apabila badan sudah merasa segar, tidak lesu dan kekurangan tenaga lagi atau dalam artian kadar gula anda stabil/normal anda bisa menghentikan pengobatan.

4. Biji Klabet ( Trigonella foenum-graecum)
Meskipun biji klabet ini secara tradisional banyak dipakai untuk mengatasi berbagai macam penyakit, tetapi umumnya penelitian terhadap tanaman ini lebih difokuskan terhadap khasiatnya sebagai antidiabetes ataupun untuk menurunkan kolesterol. Dari hasil penelitian awal memperlihatkan bahwa terhadap penderita diabetes tipe 2 ( tidak tergantung insulin), biji klabet dapat menurunkan kadar gula serta memperbaiki segala problem yang berhubungan dengan tingginya kadar gula dalam darah. Problem itu diantaranya meliputi seringnya kencing, rasa haus pada malam hari, sakit pada saraf serta infeksi kulit. Hanya satu penelitian yang melaporkan bahwa biji klabet ini juga dapat memperbaiki kadar gula bagi para penderita diabetes tipe 1 (tergantung insulin). Senyawa aktif yang bertanggung jawab untuk mengatasi diabetes dari biji tanaman ini diduga adalah trigonelline alkaloid, asam nikotinat serta kumarin.

Pemakaian biji klabet secara tradisional, dianjurkan agar tidak lebih dari 12 minggu. Selain takut timbul efek yang tidak diinginkan, hal ini juga karena penelitian tentang mengkonsumsi biji klabet untuk jangka panjang belum selesai dilakukan. Dosis yang biasa dipakai untuk penderita diabetes tipe 1 (tergantung insulin) usia diatas 18 th adalah 50 gr biji klabet, 2 kali sehari yang dikonsumsi secara oral. Sedang bagi penderita diabetes tipe 2 (tidak tergantung insulin) adalah 2,5 gram serbuk biji klabet, dua kali sehari secara oral. Bagi penderita diabetes yang usianya dibawah 18 th serta bagi para ibu hamil dan menyusui, tidak dianjurkan untuk mengkonsumsi ramuan ini, karena dosis dan keamanannya belum diteliti.

Kehati-hatian harus diperhatikan terutama bagi yang mempunyai alergi terhadap biji klabet. Beberapa efek samping pernah dilaporkan akibat pemakaian biji klabet ini , misalnya terjadi diare, rasa malas dan mengantuk, muka bengkak dll, walau sebenarnya hal ini jarang terjadi.

Fertiliser of Organic

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:43:35 PDT

Needed you tau! Fertiliser of Organic “Agrobost” that now the TIENS GOLDEN HARVEST make, Tiens will invest US$57 million this became the attraction of the Indonesian Government, why the President we supported Tianshi because of this project to answer the problem of Indonesian food (read the Production of National Rice), Grand Lounching will be declared by the President, mentri-mentri tgl on August 24 2008 in Istora Senayan will be attended more than 100 rb the person, the use of fertiliser in Indonesia 400 trillion/th if Tianshi controlled 1% already 400 billion definitely will control more than 1% because Mr SBY has recommended this fertiliser in JUKLAK the Indonesian Program of Food Endurance.

when the world without plant

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:00:51 PST

Could be imagined not, the world without plant…? Definitely sumpek really and the creature like us as well as animals in the world must die because of running out of oxygen. Yup, the crop was living creatures that had the value very important in our earth ecosystem that was increasingly hot this. And the world of plants had multitudinous the kind and the uniqueness that were not imagined by us beforehand. Did not believe? Pay attention to the fact along with this:
1. Did Anda know the flower with the biggest measurement in the world? If you answered Rafflesia arnoldii, then your answer was not wrong. This crop could indeed grow in a wide manner through to semeter and heavy could reach 11 kg. This crop only emerged in the Sumatran forest and Kalimantan. But, knew you that Amorphophallus titanum or was known by the name of The Titan Arum could reach high semeter high through to 3 metre, as well as could reach heavy 80 kg or around 170 pound! If wanting to know the form of the flower, saw to the note 500 rupiah ancient, yup so the snake plant that had been found in the Sumatran countryside.

2. If having the biggest flower in the world, must have the flower with the measurement was smallest in the world. The smallest flower record-holder in the world fell for plants for the Wolffia genus kind, a kind of crop without the root that was very small in the family's kind duckweed (Lemnaceae) that lived in the calm water current and the pond. These plants were also regarded as plants with the smallest measurement in the world. Gotten two species in the Wolffia genus, that is Wolffia augusta, the Australian species, and Wolffia globosa, the tropical species. On average this crop kind only had the measurement not more than 1 mm, seriously average only 150 mikrogram!

3. Hampir semua tumbuhan berasal dari benih (seed). Tahukah Anda, bahwa benih yang memiliki ukuran paling besar dan berat di dunia adalah Coco-de-Mer Palm(Lodoicea maldivica) yang berasal dari Kepulauan Seychelles di Samudra Hindia. Panjangnya bisa mencapai 12 inchi dengan berat bisa mencapai 40 pound. Sedangkan benih yang memiliki ukuran paling kecil di dunia adalah yang berasal dari keluarga anggrek (Orchidaceae). Satu benih beratnya hanya mencapai 1/35.000.000 ounce!

4. Previously beforehand, the tree with the record was highest in the world fell for the tree in the Redwood National Park that was named Stratosphere Giant. The height reached 113 metre. However was suspected the record was broken by the discovery of three trees in the same National Park. Expected, high the tree that was named Hyperion could reach 115,2 metre. Until this was still waiting for confirmation to appoint Hyperion to become the highest tree in the world.

earth continue to take place

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:57:40 PST

One of the three living creatures in this world were the crop. The crop was believed as the young coconut the future living creatures in this earth that emerged millions last year. Started from a crop cell in the evolving earth formed various kinds that decorated the earth and contributed various profit sorts for other living creatures. Without the existence of the crop, was not possible humankind and the animal could continue to live in this earth. Various new crop kinds were continually found by the experts plantologi, but quite a few crop kinds that began to be extinct because humankind did not make an effort to conserve him.
The use of the so big crop could maintain the balance of nature. The extinction of the crop will also cause the extinction of available living creatures. The introduction to various crop kinds but also tips-tips around treated the crop could be read by you in the site tanaman.org this. Only did not discuss around decorative plants, we discussed all the matters that were linked with the crop, including the myth and the newest news about the good crop in the world of agriculture or in the scientific world. Increasingly you knew matters that were linked with the crop, increasingly you loved the crop. And if you increasingly loved the crop, then the life could in our earth continue to take place.

plant lovers

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:12:08 PST

You the lover of decorative plants? Come to Trubus Agro Expo 2008 in parked Timur Senayan Jakarta that took place 8 s/d on November 23 2008. You would baffled was made by him. Because, apart from being 130 more the stand of participants in the exhibition that served various supreme decorative plants and various product means and crop accessories, TRUBUS as the committee's side also in an ekslusif manner provided the special stand that contained almost around 100 crops with a value of Rp. 2milyar from various kinds like Zamia, Kaktus, Philodendron, Sikas, Enchepalartos, Nephentes, Euphorbia, Pachypodium, Tillandsia, Ficus, Adenium, Palem, Alcantrea, Polypodium, Vriesea, Yucca, Beauecarnea, Anthurium, Puring, Sansevieria and Aglaonema. The price of the revolving crop began Rp. 10jt like Adenium Obesum as far as Rp. 280jt for Puring Diana and Rp. 300jt for Aglaonema Bidadari! Take note his photographs.

adenum

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:11:02 PST

Adenium or was known with the Japanese frangipani term. Adenium attracted the lovers of decorative plants because the colour variation of his flower was rich and beautiful. Increased again by the form of his root that grew when being old. This that made his noose become unique and be similar bonsai.

Kecantikan untuk Melihat

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:00:16 PST

Tepi laut goldenrod bisa bertambah sampai 8 kaki tinggi dan berkembang bunga kuning yang menggemukkan di atas tangkai dan daun hijau gelap. Tepi laut goldenrod tidak bersalah kesalahan tidak pada tempatnya karena menyebabkan alergi -- yang sebetulnya disebabkan di samping rumput rag yang berkembang kira-kira musim sama. Adalah seorang sumber nektar baik untuk banyak serangga, khususnya karena berkembang nanti pada musim daripada banyak lain asli goldenrod spesies.

The snake plant grew Wild in Ternate

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:33:30 PDT

The snake plant was one of the rare flowers in the world that only could be found in the area of the wet rainforest, like in the Bogor Botanic Garden. However later this flower often grew in the place that not selazim him. Like that happened by the property house of a resident in the district of Dufa-dufa, the subdistrict Ternate Utara, Ternate, the North Moluccas. This flower grew illegally by the wall of the owner of the house, Muhammad Salasa. The flower be as high as 60 Cm that, was found by 3 students SMU at the same time the scout's member the Wanabakti Heritage, Aulia, Riski, and the Blessing. Unintentionally they menemuka him in the last two days, when carrying out the practice around the house of Muhammad Salasa that was neighbouring with SMPN 2 Ternate.

The decorative plants illness

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:55:20 PDT

The illness that attacks decorative plants generally was caused by two main causes that is the fungus and the bacteria. The fungus attack more often was encountered than the bacterial attack. The fungus bred and received food from the crop. They found it easy to increase themselves with miselium and spores. The prevention of the illness attack could be carried out by maintaining the cleanliness of the environment grew the crop, the media planted that was sterile with the exact PH, kept away the crop that was attacked by the illness from the crop that was healthy as well as spraying of the fungicide/bakterisida in a bekala manner.

ZAMIO CULCAS VARIGATA

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:54:32 PDT

Zamio Culcas or normally was known by us by the name of “Pohon Dollar” at this time has had many deviations/the mutation. Indeed this deviation was valid to all the crops but the deviation to Zamio very rare happened. The deviation to Zamio thus has taken place old in a sense not the new thing but because of the scarcity of the Zamio tree that bermutasi made Zamio Culcas the mutation was often pursued by the person.

Jual Aneka Tanaman Hias

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:15:04 PST

Jual Jenis-jenis tanaman, dibawah :

Aglao Black Lipstick

Caladium

Aglo Venus

Aglo Donna Carmen

Aglonema Pride Of Sumatera

Caladium

Nephentes

mailto : adenium.anggrek@gmail.com

Orchid Flowers

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:58:09 PDT

The ethnic group's member tended to have the organs that sukulen or "plump": thick with the content of high water.
Therefore he could live in the condition for the availability of low water.
Water was received from rain, the drop, dew, or steam in air.
Nevertheless, the orchid was not found in the area of the desert because perakaran him was not intensive.
The orchid liked the sunlight but indirectly so as he is normally found in the wild as floor plants of the forest or under the auspices of.
As decorative plants, the orchid kept in space.
The fibre root, not in.
Epiphyte kinds that is developing the root sukulen and adhered to his place tree trunk grew, but did not damage the foster-mother's tree.
There were also those who grew geofitis, with the other term terrestria meaning that growing in the land with roots in the land.
There is also that was saprofit, grew to the dry media and rotten woods of the leaves that rotted to humus.
To the surface of the root often was found the root fungus (mikoriza) that bersimbiosis with the orchid.
The stick of the orchid beruas-part.
The orchid that lived in the land (the land orchid) his stick was short and tended to resemble the roots.
In the meantime, his orchid of the stick epiphyte grew good, often thickened and protected the layer of the candle to prevent evaporation being abundant.
The growth of the stick could be "memanjang" (monopodial) or "widened" (simpodial), depended his genus.
The orchid leaves are usually oval memanjang with leaves bones memanjang also, typical the leaves monokotil.
The leaves could also thicken and function as penyimpan water.
The orchid have the shape of typical and to penciri that distinguished him from the ethnic group's other member.
Orchids were compiled compound, emerged from the stem of the flower that memanjang, emerged from the leaves armpit.
His flower bilateral symmetry.
The sheet of the flower Sheath (sepal) usually coloured resembled the flower crown (so as to be mentioned tepal).
One sheet of the flower crown was modified formed a kind of "tongue" that protected a structure of accessories that brought the stamen and putik.
The stamen had the stem was very short with two heads of the main point had the shape of the small disc (was mentioned "pollinia") and most protected by the small structure that must be opened by insects penyerbuk.

Anthurium Plant

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:56:41 PDT

Anthurium including the crop from the Araceae family.
The crop had beautiful leaves this was still allied with several popular decorative plants a kind aglaonema, philodendron, the taro decorated, and alokasia.
In the family araceae, anthurium was the genus with the number of types of most.
Estimated had approximately 1000 kinds of the clan member anthurium.
This crop including the crop kind evergreen or did not know the dormancy period.
In the wild, usually this crop lives in a manner the epiphyte by clinging to the tree trunk.
Also could live in a terestrial manner in the foundation of the forest.
The main attraction from anthurium was the form of his leaves that were beautiful, unique, and varied.
The leaves generally are dark green with the vein and big and prominent leaves bones.
So as to make this crop noose appear solid but continue to broadcast elegance when mature.
Not surprised when this crop had the luxurious and exclusive impression.
Dimasa then, anthurium often became the garden decoration and the palace of kingdoms in Java.
It seems, was worshipped as the crop of the kings.
Generally anthurium was distinguished to two that is the kind anthurium the leaves and the kind anthurium the flower.
Anthurium the leaves had the attraction especially from his DAU forms that were special.
Whereas anthurium the flower more featured the diversity of the good flower results hibrid and the species.
Usually the kind anthurium the flower was made for the piece flower.

Fast growing

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:10:57 PDT

These are lovely, and so fragrant. Are you putting this outside, or
keeping it in a pot? I have a link for you. The woman who writes the
article, had one in a pot for years, saying she only fertilized it 2x
per year. The fertilizer label #s refer to amounts of each
element.N-P- K. The higher middle # - for potassium, is what you want,
to promote bloom, and fruit.

Follow the directions, if you choose to buy a prepared chemical
fertilizer, for correct amount to mix with water. You might run into
problems if the water is too cold, in winter, or if your tap water is
too acid or alkaline, depending on the plant's needs. Some plants do
better on filtered water, or water which has stood overnight, to get
to room temp, and to let some of the chlorine gas out. Try to find an
organic feed, though. There are many on the market now, and the growth
will be much healthier.Ask an organic grower which is best. Maybe a
seaweed fertilizer, or just good compost added in spring, right on
top, will be enough.

Osmocote is a safe, easy, no mix, slow release pellet, so I use it on
my house plants in spring. It feeds gradually. You add based upon size
of the plant's pot. You don't want to overfeed it, so, find out if it
has already been fed, before giving it more.

If you want to pot it into a bigger pot, with some gravel at the very
bottom, for drainage, mix some aged compost& manure with a store
bought soil-less mix, or purchased rich loam. I think it would want to
be acidic, and might like to be kept evenly moist, but I don't know
for sure. If so, you might add sphagnum moss to the mix, and don't let
it get dry below the top 2" or so.

Keep it near sunlight in winter, or provide grow lights. It will like
to go out in summer, if you can manage it. Do give it time to
gradually build up to the sun, in 15 min. increments at a time, in
dappled sun, ideally, for it's first exposure, or permanently. If it's
kept in a pot, it may not be able to take full sun all day unless you
water it a lot, which will help if you use the gradual releasing
pellet, so it always gets some food with each watering.

If the soil is good, and it has been fed, then, you won't feed it for
a while, and prune to keep the shape you want. You may want to get
some pruners, with a tapered tip - like for a Bonsai. Bonsai growers
or stores where they sell Bonsai tools will be a help, there. After
the flowers, don't prune, allow the berries to form, if you like them.

I found a description in an old catalog. It is also called Orange
Jessamine / Murraya paniculata - zones 9 - 10. Full sun(if planted, or
watched)to part sun /" Upright evergreen shrub. Glossy light green
foliage. Fragrant bell-shaped, pure white flowers in early summer.

Fast growing( that's where the pruning comes in),good quick filler.
NEEDS RICH SOIL, AMPLE WATER, FREQUENT FEEDINGS - good soil + a good
organic feed, then. mature size;6'high x 4' spread.You could prune it
from the sides, then trim back the top. It could be kept for many
years as a topiary in a pot, in a rounded side - wider at the bottom,
or flat sided, slightly wider at the bottom, in an obelisk form. You
might like to keep the height from 2' to 3.5 ', and allow the sides to
widen, and keep it in a rounded top dome shape - thinking of the
surface area of each design, covered with flowers, then berries, and
which shape you like the best.

I think you can grow plants from 3 - 5 " cuttings of Jasmine , but not
sure.Hope this helps. Now I'm thinking I'd like one too. There are
different types, so I'll be looking into the various types. Yours will
have tons of orange oval berries. Maybe you can try growing from seed,
if you let berries mature and age to a shrivel.

'Hope you enjoy this plant for many years. If you tire of pruning it
and re-potting it every few years, it would do well in a warm climate
garden, where it can grow a bit more, and still get pruned, but less
extremely.It would be a good focal point in a garden - espedially in
bloom. The blooms will stay longer if you take the plant out of the
sun, just as the blooms are opening, then back into the sun to produce
berries.

Iris or Dancing Iris

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:09:31 PDT

Neomerica gracilis is a tropical iris that is native from S.
Mexico to Brazil. When the Apostle Plant blooms it is an indicator that
spring has arrived in the greenhouse.
Blooming Time: Late Winter-Early Spring Flowers are up to 2 inches across, the outer perianth segment are white with yellow and brown markings, the inner segments are blue. The flower is lightly scented and lasts only one day.

Culture: Neomerica gracilis need intermediate temperatures and a
humid environment. They do best in part shade. I grow mine in 40% shade. A suitable compost consists of 2 parts peat moss to 1 part loam to 1 part sand. Keep the compost evenly moistened but not saturated. Fertilize weekly with a balanced fertilizer diluted to ½ the strength recommended on the label.

Propagation: Neomerica gracilis are propagated by division or by removal of plantlets that form after flowering

Growing Dahlias

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:11:54 PST

Dahlias originate in Mexico and they love sun and poorer soil. Excess moisture destroys the tubers, thus they should be planted in areas that drain well. Yours may not yet have bloomed owing to weather conditions. Summer began last week but in some parts of the country you would never know it owing to overcast days and rainfall. I would not expect blooms until late June, early July. Depending on the variety you planted they will be taller or shorter. Excess vegetation often means too much nitrogen in the soil. Unlike mums, they do not need to be pinched back.

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Completely Overgrown

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:10:22 PST

I'm sure I haven't found everything yet, I still haven't even been to
the back of my property - completely overgrown with a large section of
watery muck. It's a skinny long lot - 50' across by 432' long, the
interior of a block. Up near the house I've been tidying up. Found
that some of the 'weeds' I pulled last year are this year's lilies.
Still have to talk to the neighbors about the yew bushes on the property
line - overgrown and now home to a mulberry tree growing up inside the
hedge. Not a good situation.

I have found 3 large rosebushes - red, yellow and orange-yellow striped.
One miniature yellow rosebush, lots of day lilies, azaleas.

In the back yard, I've made two 4'x4' raised beds, planted 4 tomatoes in
one and in the other 1 cherry tomato, 2 eggplants and 2 green bell
peppers. The 4 tomatoes are going great. Nothing is doing well in the
2nd bed. Tomorrow I'll take my sister's advice and check to see if
they're rootbound. I was in a rush and planted them in deep twilight,
so I might not have noticed at the time.

My lilyturf doubled in size since last year, one of the few plants that
survived the trip from my last house. One other transplant survived, a
succulent, and it's blooming like crazy! I have had these things for 10
years at least and this is the first time I've had them bloom! I'll
have to see if I can get a picture up.

New Gardener

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:09:59 PST

I'm pretty new here too & a very amateur gardener. You don't say where
you live but here in the midwest, maples just don't last long in the
strong summer storms we have. We've tried growing maples only to have
them split in two by high winds once they became reasonably big. We
have one left in the yard but it's surround by full grown oaks. I
think the oaks have protected it from the harsh winds that our other
trees endured. Another we transplanted from my inlaw's farm in MO we
planted in the woods but it's still small.

Bradford Pares seem to be the same here. They are very popular but you
never see a full grown one without a lot of storm damage unless it's
surrounded by full grown hardwood like oaks.

As far as planting under power lines - our power company has become
very strict about what can be planted under lines. We also have
damaging ice storms in the winter. Here, they don't just trim trees
under lines, they cut them down to the ground.

Maybe a narrow tree or a smaller flowering tree would fit better in
your yard? I have to say trees are one of my passions. We've
planted/transplante d well over 30 trees on our land since we moved
here in 1989 (although many of them have not survived - the maples
being some of them). We have about a dozen very old oaks throughout
our yard & my dh has shaped our trails through the woods to pass by
our largest trees. I can understand why you would miss yours so much.
We had to cut down a dieing hickory about 12 yrs ago that was right in
front of our house & made such a great shade. We replaced it with a
redbud tree from our woods a couple of years ago & it's growing very
well. It's not big enough to make much shade yet though.

My Garden

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:10:10 PST

Peach Angel's Trumpet

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:36:23 PDT

Well,my Angel trumpet is planted in a big pot. It lost some leaves,they were turning yellow. I hope now it has a good start. watered and fertilized it.Will let you know the progress.
I have White Datura growing all over my front garden.
If you want to grow in a pot or container, make sure the pot and plant are both well balanced so the wind cannot knock it over. The limbs of these plants break fairly easily, and although this will allow you to multiply your collection easily, the trick is to grow your Angel Trumpet into a large size tree for maximum blooms. Leave enough room at the top of the pot to thoroughly water it. They need a lot of water and can handle being watered daily in the hot summer months. Be sure to fertilize your plants with a good fertilizer at least every two to three weeks so your plant will produce a maximum amount of blooms. A commonly used fertilizer such as Miracle-Gro, Peters, or Andersons 17-17-17 is a good choice. If your plant is in the ground, a fertilizer of 15-5-10 can be used.

Garden Walk

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:34:56 PDT

Sunday, July 20, 2008 from Noon until 5:00pm over twenty Near North residents will open their private gardens to reveal spectacular landscaping, lily ponds, electric trains with landscaping to scale, gazebos, architectural artifacts and even a resident frog!

Hundreds travel from all over the country to take part in what has become one of the nation's oldest neighborhood garden walks. Sponsored by the North Dearborn Association, the garden walk offers visitors an opportunity to observe contemporary urban landscaping and Victorian gardens throughout Chicago's historic Near North neighborhood.

A Garden Variety Disease

reptiles_9@yahoo.com — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:12:43 PDT

In the wealthy suburbs of Palm Springs, a strange malady was striking
the gardeners on the large estates. They were becoming morose and
depressed, and had to be hospitalized. The first signs of the disease
were when they started complaining that the lawns were in terrible
shape.

A psychiatrist brought in to find out what was happening noticed that
there were some gardeners who still remained cheerful and never
developed the lawn-hating symptoms. The psychiatrist went over and
over this group, trying to find out why they were immune and what they
were doing differently.

Finally, he noticed that the healthy gardeners always had garden twine
in the wheelbarrow, whereas the sick gardeners carried the roll in
their pockets.

So then the cure was obvious: "Walk on, walk on, with rope in your
cart, and you'll never knock a lawn."