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  • Alocasia Plant, The 3 Things You Need for a Successful Alocasia, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2022/02/03/alocasia, #alocasia, #plants, #houseplants, #indirectlight
    Plants & Gardening

    The 3 Things You Need for a Successful Alocasia

    Alocasia x amazonica, or Elephant’s Ears, makes a bold statement in a houseplant collection. It grows rubbery-looking, blackish green pointed leaves with white veination, creating an unusual, tropical look. I love Alocasias because, ironically, they’re so artificial looking. Their appearance goes against the idea that leaves are soft and papery.…

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  • Houseplants, A Little Playtime with a Houseplant Brings Big Rewards, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2021/11/16/playtime-with-a-houseplant, #houseplants, #plants, #happiness, #stress, #destressing, #stressrelief, #mentalhealth, #play
    Plants & Happiness

    A Little Playtime with a Houseplant Brings Big Rewards

    If you’re struggling through a stressful workweek, you may feel like you have no time to lower your stress. You’re juggling multiple tasks while your attention springs from one event to another. This is typical as we try to get through the avalanche of work that piles up. By Friday,…

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  • Peace Lily in Bloom, The Four Surprising Physical Benefits of House Plants, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2021/12/14/physical-benefits-houseplants/(opens in a new tab), #peacelily, #houseplants, #benefits, #cleanair, #mentalhealth, #stressrelief, #stress, #happiness, #indoor, #plants
    Plants & Happiness

    The Four Surprising Physical Benefits of House Plants

    It’s January and we’re spending lots of time indoors. That means artificial heat, little daylight, and more inhalation of polluted air that contains volatile organic compounds. The first two conditions lead to drier skin and lowered immunity against diseases like colds and the flu. The third, inhalation of VOCs, can…

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  • Mandevilla Flower, How to Make a Mandevilla Thrive Indoors, https://karenhugg.com/2021/12/27/mandevilla-indoors/, Karen Hugg, #mandevilla, #pinkmandevilla, #howto, #houseplants, #indoors, #plants
    Plants & Gardening

    How to Make a Mandevilla Thrive Indoors

    One morning this last fall, my friend Angela called to say she had some orphaned plants she wanted me to have because they needed a good home. You may remember Angela’s a dear friend who’s a container designer and regularly switches out arrangements for clients. In this particular instance, she’d…

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  • London Street with Plants, 10 Quick Little Ways to Lower Stress Through Plants, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2021/11/16/quick-ways-lower-stress-plants, #plants, #destressing, #stressrelief, #lowerstress, #houseplants, #happiness, #mentalhealth
    Plants & Happiness

    10 Quick Little Ways to Lower Stress Through Plants

    In my article about why plants make us happier, I talked about how we’re innately connected to them through our evolutionary history as well as physiological make up. But though our minds and bodies work in concert with plants, we often forget about how powerful they are in lowering our…

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  • Variegated African Violet, 5 Tips for Growing a Successful Variegated African Violet, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2021/10/18/variegated-african-violet, #AfricanViolet #VariegatedAfricanViolet #houseplants #plants #plantcare #variegated #tips #growing
    Plants & Gardening

    5 Tips for Growing a Successful Variegated African Violet

    If you’ve followed this blog at all, you probably know that I’m charmed by African Violets (Saintpaulia). I mean, I did write a whole novel about a magical one! That’s because I adore everything about these little guys. I love their fuzzy leaves. I love how they grow in almost…

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  • Man With Houseplants, How to Relax With a Saturday Morning Plant Ritual, Daily Stress ReLeaf, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2021/02/18/morning-plant-ritual/, #dailystressreleaf #houseplants #relaxation #Saturdaymorning #ritual #plants #destressing #stress #mentalhealth #MarieKondo #houseplantcare
    Daily Stress ReLeaf,  Plants & Happiness

    #7 How to Relax With a Saturday Morning Plant Ritual

    If you like houseplants, you may have a particular day you like to care for them. I’ve found it’s easiest for me to relax with a morning plant ritual every Saturday. After I wake up, I eat a light breakfast and, if I’ve slept well, ride my exercise bike. Then,…

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  • Tommy Tonsberg, How to Grow Amazing Houseplants and an Outstanding Garden in Norway, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2020/02/05/how-to-grow-amazing-houseplants-and-an-outstanding-garden-in-norway/ #Norway #gardening #plants #garden #houseplants #Zone7
    Plants & Gardening

    How to Grow Amazing Houseplants and an Outstanding Garden in Norway

    Tommy Tønsberg gardens in chilly Norway. The former editor-in-chief of Norsk Hagetidend, Norway’s largest gardening magazine, now writes about and grows plants. He also photographs and broadcasts about them. He lives on a property about 30 minutes north of Oslo with his partner Kenneth and three cats, Big Cat, Little…

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Here's a lovely, well-chosen border I saw recently in #Bellingham, WA: irises, spiraea, barberry, and kalmia. Have a sunny day, all!
Exercise is always good for you but exercising in nature supercharges your mood and body.
Gratitude is not only the key to happiness, it may be the key to peaceful interaction as well.
I’m sharing my pride and joy (and backbreaker) with the public today. Please send sunshine my way, thank you. #gardening
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