Woody Plants in Floral Arrangements

It is hard for a woody plant to take in water when in a floral arrangement.

If you smash the bottom of the stem, it will help the flower stay fresh longer.

I have used this on roses and gardenias and it seems to help.

Tiny Tidbit for Today - Watering Plants

Keep water in plastic containers

to water your house plants.  

No more white residue 

on your plant's dirt...

..it settled in the plastic container. 

TINY TIDBIT FOR TODAY - Pruning Plants

February
Time to cut ornamental grasses to the ground and prune Crape Myrtles (not too severely). 

Always prune roses on the 22nd, George Washington's birthday.