New interiorscape design ideas from our PDI design staff.Instead of just using leafy tropical plants in our restaurant locations, our PDI staff has decided to simplify the look of these indoor planters.We arrange such plants by using one or two species of plants in a...

Why use fiddle leaf ficus trees in your office work place?Fiddle leaf ficus trees add a different texture to your indoor office plant grouping.You can use these mediun light loving plants in your windows or well lighted inteior officescapes.Because fiddle leaf ficus...

Coffee grounds have long been used as fertilizer for plants. They can be added to existing or new garden beds. The grounds will run off and keep out ants, garden snails and slugs from your gardening beds.How grounds benefit plantsCoffee grounds provide plants with...

Succulent foliage has a different texture then your common softer tropical plant foliage.Echeveria, like hens and chickens, are hardy semi-desert water-storing foliage plants.Plantscape Designs Inc. is currently using succulents such as echeveria in our Boston...

What is a new minimalistic office plant design for your office workplace? Less plants , nicer plants, use plants with character, plants that are different.The containers your office plants are in should be contemporary, sleek, colorful and make a statement about you...

The movement of water vapor passing through your office plant leaves is called transpiration. This flow of water vapor goes threw the leafs' small pores, called stomates.In most office plants the stomates are open during part of the day and close at night. In certain...

First, vertical is the "in" design look for modern contemporary offices today. Vertical takes up less office space in smaller workplaces.Second, sleeker, trimmer linear design has a different eye appeal then past 80', 90's and early 2000's jungle look.Third,...

Our plantscapes of N.E. clients within the sourounding Boston, MA and Rte 128 area are incubators for green plant growth.Growth is certainly one of the most striking phenomena observable in any plant ecosystem or just in your office plants alone!Meristems is the cell...

Why does Plantscape Designs Inc. use "Bio Pots" with its monthly orchid programs?PDI uses "Bio Pots"with its monthly orchid programs because they look sleek, modern and are biodegradable."Bio Pots" are made with renewable bamboo fibers and are biodegradable . Once...

Why use terra cotta or plastic grow pots with your indoor office plants?The difference between terra cotta and plastic grow pots for your indoor office green plants is the rate of evaporation of water from either of your terra cotta or plastic pots.If your office...

The leaf , exposed to the open air, exchanges not only gases with this air but also heat by molecular collisions on its surface.The carbon dioxide taken up in photosynthesis and released by respiration, the oxygen moving in a opposite direction out of the leaves;...

Why go vertical with your indoor office plants and containers? First, vertical is the "in" design look for modern contemporary offices today. Vertical takes up less office space in smaller workplaces.Second, sleeker, trimmer linear design has a different eye appeal...

Are your indoor office plants hardi cacti or tropical cacti?There is a big difference between the two if you want to water them correctly.Hardi cacti like the opuntia species humifusa (-45 degrees F) is native to the eastern United States; its pads ( upper photo) are...

What are Crassulas? Crassulas are succulents. There are numerous species and cultivars of Crassulas. The two main forms are jadelike and stacked. Crassulas are semi arid plants , not cacti but close to it.The plant to left is a representive of stacked species and he...

Why use river rocks in your interior landscape designs, because river rocks give your indoor office plants a more contemporary finished look. Gray dried spanish moss or wood chips gives your office foliage a natural softer look design . River rocks are certainly more...

As the days grow longer and your interior office plants produce new growth, they can become unruly and miss shaped. This is the perfect time for Plantscape Designs of N.E. to prune and shape your plants. In the spring giving them a heavy pruning, they have a summer of...

When we think of adding a colorful accent to our indoor office plants we often think about cut flowers or a flowering potted plant. Actually there is another option. Tropical foliage plants that have beautiful colored leaves. If your office has the right conditions,...

Spring is getting closer and no doubt our attention starts to look to the outdoors. We can brighten your entrance with beautiful seasonal arrangements. Whether it's a pot of pansies and pussy willows in the spring or a summer splash of color of coleus, celosia and...

Just in! Four foot to five foot mass appeals with and with out character lines. Great for those narrow spaces within your office work place wether it be downtown Boston MA or Burlington and Bedford MA office locations. These new botanicals are designed for low light...

Although such symptoms like the ones above may be serious and easily detected, hundreds of things can go wrong. The root systems of your office plants, infectious diseases or inadequate plant care from your current provider may be the cause of your "sad" looking...

Many office plant interiors need inexpensive interior landscaping because of todays restricted budgets. Plantscape Designs Inc. can solve this problem with a minimalist design solution using cacti, succulents, aloes and flowering kalanchoes in your planters. Using...

Plantscape Designs Inc. has just been awarded a green plant service contract for a Woburn Rte 128 fitness center. Why, because tropical plants help clean the air in their facility, lowering the Co2 levels increasing the 02 levels within the fitness center. Green...

For the last 40 years the vertical straight up Tri Dracena Marginatas have dominated the office work places of Downtown Boston, Cambridge, Waltham and the Route 128 business communities. No more. This new arrival has differing growth lines and character that the older...

Well, I'm not talking the "PC" kind, but the diverse plant genus, Ficus. This genus of plant has an almost unlimited range of sizes, forms and textures which make it an excellent choice for the office. From the ubiquitous Ficus benjamina (pictured here), in the...

The split leaf philodendron is a common foliage plant that has some points of interest. These plants can provide a beautiful accent to your office space whether your have low to medium light conditions or wonderful natural light. Botanically named, Monstera deliciosa,...