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Posts tagged “plants”

Halloween Themed Plants for the Garden
The Houston Chronicle

Halloween decorations are often thrown out after the day has passed, or at best are simply used for a couple weeks each year. Why not decorate with something that will last by planting some plants f...

13 Green Plants That Love Gray Water
Los Angeles Times

Did you know that some low-water plants survive better when irrigated by reclaimed water than others? It's true. So, if you're planning to rig a gray water system for your garden, you might want to pl...

Green Idea: Offer Your Plant-Sitting Services

Just last night, our landlords returned from a two-week trip through Spain. They garden in the small space behind our apartment. Right now about eight tomato plants, two eggplants, and two snap peas,...

Upcycled Succulent Planter Inspiration
Living Arrangements

It’s no secret that Apartment Therapy and its readers are big fans of succulents – we in fact started pruning and clipping ours last weekend to get them ready for the spring. Once the clippings st...

Good Question: Help Me Identify This Plant?

(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: green(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com) This question comes from Aust...

Hot or Not? Grassland Orb

We saw this at an art gallery over the weekend and can’t decide. The Grassland Orb is real grass ball that hangs suspended from the ceiling. The grass is grown using only light and water, and is the...

Functional Landscapes: Planting for Purpose & Function

Choosing plants for more than how they look can add function to an already beautiful landscape or garden deck - and what's more green than something that has multiple functions! For example, did you k...

Grobal Self-Watering Planter by Treg Bradley and Karim Rashid

Grobal is a self-watering "techno-organic" base for growing plants in the "digital age"......