You can actually grow a banana tree inside, but most people don’t realize what it takes to get a banana tree to fruit. The key is that a male and female plant must be present in order for the male plant’s pollen to fertilize the female plant’s flowers. So you’ll need both male and female …
Do Bananas Have Seeds? If you’ve ever wondered about the answer to this question, you’re not alone. It seems like a lot of people out there are curious too! And it’s easy to see why who can resist peeling back the skin on an overripe banana and wondering if there are any little surprises waiting …
The Peace lily is an evergreen herbaceous perennial plant, belonging to a genus of about 40 species of monocotyledon flowering plants in the family Araceae that grows in tropical regions of the Americas and Southern Asia. It is not a true lily plant and contains calcium oxalate crystals. Peace lily has large leaves about 12 …
Hibiscus is a flowering plant that falls under the mallow family. This family has large, showy, trumpet-shaped, conspicuous flowers with five or more petals. Its colors vary from white to pink, orange, peach, yellow or purple and its fruit is a dry five-lobed capsule with several seeds with red and white colors. It is known …
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Garden lizards, a.k.a. Green Iguanas, Iguana Geckos, and Little Green Monsters are small, green lizards that live in a variety of habitats around the world. Garden lizards are small green lizards with long tails that can grow up to 22 inches in order to help them balance. They usually have one row of eyelids and …
If you are planning to have a natural caring and beautiful houseplant, I would like to suggest you grow an Oxalis triangularis also known as the False Shamrock plant, a popular ornamental plant. What is the Oxalis triangularis? Background The scientific name of the False Shamrock plant is Oxalis triangularis, which belongs to the family …
The peace lily is also called the Spathiphyllum, and it comes from the rain forests of Central America. It has been used by many cultures for hundreds of years – the ancient Mayans, for example, used it as a treatment for snake bites. The peace lily was introduced to Europe in the 1700s and is …
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The African Violet plant, scientifically named Saintpaulia, belongs to the Gesneriaceae family. It is a flower of the tropical and warm climates, having been discovered in Tanzania by Scottish botanist Dr. John Scott in 1893 African Violets are not native of Africa but are named after their continent due to the violet-like colors of their …
The Aloe Vera plant is one of the most popular houseplants. It is an incredible succulent that grows well in almost any indoor environment. There are over 400 species of Aloe Vera and they all have different features, but they all have one thing in common; their sap or juice is used as a medical …
Kitchen gardens have been around for a very long time, so long that their history is not known. From the records that remain kitchen gardens have been mentioned in literature as early as the second century BC. Only vegetables typically used in cooking were planted. The plants were not grown randomly but were carefully arranged …
