1. Simple indoor office plant design within Cambridge, MA. business lobbies accents the the furniture and art work of these entrances.2. Both employees and clients can feel the spaciousness of this open modern contemporary design by using fewer topiary sculptured...

1. The Lady Palm is one of the more expensive tropical plants and it takes many years to reach a 6-foot height, but the wait and expense is well worth it in your Boston plants office environment.2. The elegant, dark green fronds with the serrated tips are born on...

Using pepperomia plants as ground cover for your indoor downtown office building lobbies can add destinctive color creative interior landscape design.The very popular peperomia plant is a great choice to add color to any room or office. Whether you have one peperomia...

1. It was a university botanist – or bloemist, as the Dutch would say – who hit upon the notion of breeding more and more exotic-looking varieties, and thus (unknowingly) set in motion the series of events which would forever link his homeland to tulips. 2. Carolus...

Floriade 2012 in Holland is a once in a decade experience that every member of our botanical industry should at least once attend.Floriade is an international exhibition of flowers and gardening held every 10 years in the Netherlands.As shone above new buildings as...

The "torch" cultivar of the Bromeliad family can add color to your interior office plant design in Burlington, MA.Bromeliads last long as flowering plants go and are less expensive than most greenhouse grown potted flowers."Torch" can be used on your front reception...

Plantscape Designs Inc has learned and is currently applying new designs and new cultivars of indoor office plants and indoor interior flowering programs displayed at the 2012 Floriade in the Netherlands this past fall!This new varieties of Amaryllis is exciting and...

Exterior new ideas and designs for your outside office gardens for Woburn, MA office workplaces are new and exciting. Anything from gold ball cactus and drifts of orange red hot pokers, purple echinacea to blue phlox. Your interior Woburn , MA office plants can be...

1. Long lasting lipstick colored "Athenia"bromeliads grown from our greenhouses to your office plant interiors. 2. Spring comes early every year for Plantscape Designs Inc. and for our Boston office plant customers.3 .Bromeliads are a varied group of organisms,...

A new design concept using Pachira aquatica (money tree) and river rock is illustrated here in this photo taken on site within one of our Lexington, MA clients sunlit lobbies. Visit PDIPLANTSBlog.com for more info.1. The Pachira Tree itself requires high light...

How PDi cares for your indoor Calanthea office plants.1. Light: Light shade or dappled light for your indoor Boston office plants. Do not expose to direct, noon sun as it will fade the leaf colors, in winter or summer monthes.2. Water: High humidity. Keep...

Phytoseiulus persimilis, orange critters, feeding on an immature two spotted spider.Plantscape Designs Inc uses biological controlls on your indoor office plants.This predacious mite was accidentally introduced into Germany from Chili in 1958 (Dosse, 1958). From...

Combating thrips with biological controls:Predator: Neoseiulus cucumeris or Amblyseius cucumeris This is a tan-orange predatory mite. Adult females consume up to 10 thrips per day and have a 30 day life span. They can survive on pollen and spider mites in the absence...

Today Kentia palms are considered expensive. During their first introduction to Europe they were a luxury only for the elite aristocracy. PDI designs with these office indoor plants in Boston.Once introduced into Europe, the Kentia Palm was immediately recognized as...

Repetitive use of Bamboo Palms in this downtown Boston office building both softens and adds a clean simple design to this buildings entrance.Prior to this design this building's lobby emitted a cold unfriendly stark feel to incoming customers and employees.The...

1. There are over 700 species of Oncidium Alliance Orchids coming from Central and South America and thousands of hybrids around today. They have become very popular and make excellent cut flowers and potted plants. These long lasting flowering programs are affordable...

‘Amate’ is named after California nurseryman Archie Amate. The selected plant was placed into tissue culture where it has been produced in the lab for the past 20 years.What makes ‘Amate’ different?Why do we at PDI use it in your interior landscape?Here’s a quick list...

Flapjacks are succulents, which can make a different kind of a botanical statement in your office work place. Some interesting facts follow:1. Scientific name: Kalanchoe thyrsiflora2. Family: Crassulaceae3. Common names: Flapjack plant, desert cabbage, paddle plant4....

1. Mutualism, is a relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association.2. In this illustration to the left, the cellular block like structure of a typical office plant root that you may have in your interiorscape office plants has...

Orchidaceae, is one of the largest families of flowering orchids. Twenty thousand species can be found here. PDI Plants uses these indoor office plants in you Burlington offices.At Plantscape Designs Inc , we always encourage the use of flowering Florida or Hawaiian...

1. Metallica is very different than most palms. The leaves are stiff and have a very simple undivided leaf. In deep shade the leaves become dark green and almost black with a metallic sheen. Hence the name Metallica.2. More growers are beginning to produce this slow...

1. Liriope spicata is a species of low, herbaceous flowering plants from East Asia. Common names include creeping lilyturf and monkey grass. This perennial has grass-like evergreen foliage and is commonly used in landscaping in temperate climates as groundcover....

Why rent local office plants and Holiday scenes for your Boston, Ma cityscapes?Because renting Boston office plants and office Holiday scenes can make festive your employee moral during the long dark cold winter season.Living plants and trees energizes your staff and...

NUTRITIONPlants, like animals, require certain essential minerals for proper growth. In order to maintain an attractive interior garden with high-quality, long lived plants, you must understand and give careful attention to plant nutrition.A well managed fertilizer...

Drifts are an exterior garden design technique that people use to make a botanical statement within their gardens. When repeating a single species over and over again a beautiful simple and cleaner design results as shown in the above interior design configurations....

This is an article reproduced, in part, to share and illustrate the importance of live green interior office plants in your Boston office work place.THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011 © 2011, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights ReservedA Superhero...

Plantscape Designs Inc Has created a much needed interior office plant care book entitled ,"101 Plantcare Tips for Your Interior Plantscape". Now, new with colored photos and even more interesting articles concerning the caring of your inetrior office plants.Table of...

All plants require different amounts of light to photosynthesize (manufacture food) and grow. Quantity and quality of light available indoors is significantly less than light in nature. Window size, distance from the window (to the side or under), the presence of...

Incorrect watering is a common factor in plant failure. Roots suffocate in soggy compacted soil. Plants die if they do not get enough water. When a plant needs water, water it thoroughly until water comes out the bottom of the pot (if in a drained container). Make...

Be aware of tired indoor office plants in you offices.The interior office plants shown here within this blog are examples of tired poorly cared for indoor office plants. These office plants were taken out of one of our competitors clients office. PDI acquired these...