Floral

There should be a take a PLANT to work day. Really! And while youre at it keep one on your desk, or better yet, have two or more in your office and for every room in your home – for cleaner, fresher air. …

Easy, fast growing and ideal for brightening the indoors this winter are amaryllis and paperwhite narcissus. Few plants can compare with the ease, vibrancy and sheer flower-power of these bulbs. Forcing them to bloom during the winter is not difficult, and the results are beautiful. …

Over the past years the producers of ornamentals again and again have had to cope with diseases like the bacteriosis Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. Poinsettiicola and pathogens like the whitefly Trialeurodes and Bemisi. …

Paclobutrazol pre-plant bulb dips can produce compact, commercially acceptable plants. …

Taiwans reputation as an orchid kingdom has continued to expand abroad, with the countrys orchid exports showing a marked increase this year, the Council of Agriculture said Nov. 30. …