The rose garden Queen

It is said that the origins of cultivated roses goes back to ancient gardening Imperial China. In Hindu mythology it is associated with the goddess of love and beautyAnd in the Classical Greece. He was also highly revered in the Pharaonic Egypt. There is a belief that Cleopatra had her pillows filled with petals of this flower.

The rose has gained a popularity that is hard to dispute any other flower. In fact, it is considered 'The queen of flowers'. In addition to its aroma, smooth and delicious, the roses have the attraction of its beautiful flowers and a stylish look that makes it the most widely cultivated plant in parks and gardens throughout the world.

Moderate conditions
Species large flowers are ideal for cultivation in the garden, and small on balconies and terraces. In return, the latter bloom continuously from May to November.

•In practice there are no environmental situations, excluding total shade, preventing the cultivation of the rose.
•Just received from the rosebush three to four hours of sun morning to flower regularly.
•It prefers average, neither too dry nor too much irrigation. If grown in pots, should watering every 3 or 4 days, and if it is in the garden, once a week.

Example of adaptation
The roses are best grown in temperate and grow more easily in conditions of cold and icy winters, mild springs, and sunny days in summer. Those located in a place with abundance of light, heat and humidity.

•The plant must not be downwind, nor in full sun.
•However, the versatility the rose makes to adapt to adverse conditions of temperature and varying amounts of sun and rain.
•There are few places in the world where they can be grown, such as sites of ongoing drought or intense and prolonged cold.

Very important: cutting
The primary reason for which is prune regularly rose plants is to avoid unnecessary ramifications which exclude the sap of the same and prevent develop properly and be born quality flowers.

•A plant with many branches gives flowers in abundance, but a mediocre appearance, and that wastes the sap in unnecessary branches feed.
•It is recommended that after pruning, is fertilize.
•There two types of pruning: The training, conducted in the first year and is the proper development of the plant and the plant, which takes place from the first year and eliminate those branches is diseased, broken or Pests.

Many types to choose
There are numerous types of roses. We grow them for mere ornamentation and give them a more functional purpose.

•There are already roses climbers very useful for covering walls or fences not very graceful.
•Also ground cover, Which slow the growth of weeds to keep out sunlight.
•There are roses to smell, very intense, penetrating and very pleasant.
The rose is the ornamental plant for excellence. No public or private garden lacking. It offers many possibilities of color, with many nuances, as well as smell. They are easy and great resistance, which combined with its extreme beauty makes it very popular among lovers of the garden.

It’s not always the size of the bouquet that counts! Top tips for men this Valentine’s

Valentine's Day fast approaching, however, many men still are not sure what they get for their beloved bride, but the answer is as simple as it has been for centuries.

Flowers are really simple but powerful gift out there. Even the most clueless man can get his message through a bouquet of beautiful flowers, with just about any flower. What most people forget is to florists in the profession of gifts, especially of giving flowers. There's really nothing to be afraid or anxious.

To add a bit of an explosion or drama to the gift giving process with flower delivery is the obvious solution. There is an element of mystery to hand it to work, and you can be sure it will be full of pleasure, when there is an audience of colleagues around to see how good you have it!

If you are a man who will not be wholly lost their masculinity by purchasing a bouquet of flowers, a potted plant simple reason that suits the decor of your home or group home environment can be as wonderful a gift . Especially, if ordered online and delivered on the day directly to your front door Valentine's Day!

According to research, single men are the group of men who are truly lost in the dark when it comes to flowers. But there are plenty of guys out there just hoping someone knows his true feelings on Valentine's Day. The solution for them is as simple as it is for married men. Choose a flower or a bouquet that reminds you of it and have it delivered. If the lady you are sending is not aware of their feelings, it is best to opt for something lower, a single stem or a small pink flowers small. Just try to choose something not too over the top to not scare her off.

Women are not that difficult to please as many people imagine, and not always the size of the bouquet that counts, is more thought and attention devoted to it. If the plant or flower bouquet that is sure to bring a smile to your face with this simple act of affection.

Care Tips for Phalaenopsis orchids

The phalaenopsis orchid is one of the most beautiful and admired worldwide.

Surely many of you have received this plant as gift on Valentine's Day or another date highlighted.

Although care is not difficult, as mistakenly think, showing you simple recommendations to enjoy this range for a long time without too much sacrifice.

Flowering

Under favorable conditions the phalaenopsis live between 3 and 7 years, flowering two or three times a year.

Its flowering is very durable, the rods can withstand up to thirty petals begin to wilt and not until he has flourished the last bud, which can be a two or three months beyond the onset of flowering.

Once all the flowers are wilted, it is recommended pruning, cutting the stem above the third or fourth bud, Hence another stem will begin to sprout.

A critical moment for the plant is when the buds are swollen, about to open. We should not stress the plant is these days with changes in location, temperature or humidity. Any such changes may lead to the premature fall of the buttons, without ever blooming.

Temperature and Humidity

A phalaenopsis orchids do not like extreme temperatures or drafts. On the contrary, is very comfortable in sites with abundant light and moisture.

Under normal circumstances be sufficient to water them once a week in winter, increasing the frequency in spring and summer. The key is to avoid reaching dry land, without always having it flooded.

The water irrigation will be better the more natural. If tap water is too chalky can collect rainwater or use a neutral mineral water. If we get very chlorinated water can let it stand several hours and then water. You must be at room temperature.

It should be watered without wetting the leaves and the center of the plant. Do not leave standing water in the center of the leaves or roots continually swamped, recognizable by a deep green color. Nor is it desirable to leave water in the dish.

We should have Caution with the heating during the winter months. The orchid may find a more dry, which could hurt. Our recommendation is to place the pot on a plate with water and pebbles so that the base of the container does not get wet. You can spray occasionally. Another way to facilitate the proper moisture content could be put several plants together, so they will make the right microclimate.

Substrate and pot

The phalaenopsis is green chlorophyll in their roots, use them to perform photosynthesis. It is therefore sold in transparentes machetes and TranslucideTo facilitate the light reaching them. Do not transplantéis classics opaque ceramic pots, or the cubráis with embellecodores not permit the passage of light.

These orchids are well adjusted to their pots, even if they seem small. While a transplant could come to them every two or three years, in spring. We can remove the dried roots carefully, paying attention to the aerial roots remain so, do not cover them.

We will always use a special substrate for them, usually based on peat and pine bark, leaving a good drainage.

Abono

The substrate used is usually very poor in nutrients, so it's good for the plants provide nutrients through a special liquid fertilizer for orchids. But do not you pass to the doses, can burn the roots.

Always paid on the substrate and watered.

Its most common disease


High humidity, low temperature and poor ventilation are the ideal conditions for the growth of bacteria Pseudomonas cattleyae, Which attacks almost every orchid in the Phalaenopsis but is fatal in a few days. Produce rots the leaves known as "Brown spot (brown spot) and the infection appears as translucent and watery spots on the leaves.

It is a highly contagious disease among orchids, so it is desirable to isolate from other plants as a first step.

The most effective is to cut with a sharp blade portion of infected leaf and place the plant in a well ventilated, while avoiding watering during a week or until it is seen that the progression of the rot has stopped.

Had dead roots (they are recognized as they tend to be "deflated" and be brown) must be cut using scissors that we will have gone through the flame of a candle in order to sterilize them to prevent virus transmission.

Messages of love for Valentine's Day

Love is a flower of spring between two people
which takes place in summer and winter does not wither.
(Turkish proverb)

Like the music and lyrics of a song, a beautiful bouquet of flowers enriches their message together with beautiful words on a card. But it is not always easy to find. Here we leave some suggestions, if you seek inspiration.

• Love does not count the years, but rather, that the years count.
• In a kiss, all I know nothing.
• The first kiss is not given with the mouth but with his eyes.
• You know it's the nicest thing to sleep? ... Knowing that you can dream .... And the nicest thing to wake up? ... You're not a dream, but you are real ...
• Happiness is a 9-letter word, mine are summarized in 2 ... YOU
• It may not be the richest person in the world but, by your side I feel the luckiest.
• When you look at the stars remember me that each of them is a kiss for you.
• Like you want me to forget, if I try to forget, I forget and start forgetting to remind you.
• Sometimes I wonder why life is so beautiful, now I know, because you're in it.
• I would be so sweet illusion that crazy! to walk about your skin and melt in your mouth.
• I threw a coin into the river and a desire I asked ... I was scared ... I felt cold because ... when I looked in the river were you with my love mí.Haré never forget and remember my name in your stay and if it is true that Love eventually dies ... I will wait time
• By 1 kiss from your mouth 2 would give you hugs sighs 3 showing 4 times your joy and in the 5th symphony 6 yearning dreams 7 times would give him an 8 letters I love you because 9 times and 10 times alive you die.
• I dreamed that you loved me, I dreamed that you loved me and I fell in bed for dreaming nonsense.
• If every time I think you go out a star in the sky would not be no stars to shine.

Several of these messages circulate on the Internet as SMS, appointments being really, like these others that we liked

• There is nothing more interesting than the conversation of two lovers in a profound silence. (Achille Tournier)
• The blade, when he loves, becomes a flower, the flower, when he loves, becomes a fruit. (Rabindranath Tagore)
• Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even where it climbs the ruins. (Gerard Flobert)
Finally, we leave here thinking read some time ago can not remember where

• Love and knowledge are unique in one respect: the more you grow share