What was Tulipmania?

1. Like our “dot Com bubble”, “Real Estate bubble” and our latest “Banking and “Stocks Exchange” bubbles, the “Tulip bubble “of 1637 in Holland ( Tulipmania ) was our first meltdown of our Western World investment...

Flowering Azaleas have arrived for our Boston cityscapes!

Pink azaleas have arrives for our Boston interior office- scapes. Azaleas are the harbinger of spring. These flowering evergreens are incorporated in Plantscape Designs weekly flowering programs.The more common causes of the complete death of an azalea are improper...

When do you use Mesoseiulus longipeson your interior office plants?

Mesoseiulus longipes1. These predators are similar to P. persimilis but can tolerate lower humidity (40% at 70 degrees F). Longipes are effective in temperatures up to 100 degrees F, although a comparable increase in humidity is required. Apply these predators in warm...

Why use cycads in your indoor office plant designs?

1. Cycads are seed plants characterized by a large crown of compound leaves and a stout trunk. They are evergreen, dioecious plants having large pinnately compound leaves. 2.They are frequently confused with and mistaken for palms or ferns, but are only distantly...

What is Botany and Art?

1. If tulips were so rare, how did everyone know so much about them? Centuries before the internet or television, all goods for sale were rendered in catalogs full of drawings or, in some cases, paintings. The tulips of the 17th-century Holland were immortalized in...