Green Walls Living Walls

A green wall is a vertical garden that is pre-planted in panels and then attached to the facade of the building. Plants stay intact in their vertical positions because their root structures are anchored in 2-4 inches of soil kept within the panel. Sedums are the most common plant used in living wall applications, displaying beautiful succulent leaves and blossoms in spring and summer. You can also grow vegetables and native plants depending on your soil depth and climate.

Green Walls can be interior and exterior. In exterior green walls sedums turn a shade of maroon in the winter and then turn back to green the following spring. Indoor living walls use tropical plants that stay the same color the year around.

Advantages of having Green walls:

It reduces air pollution, deters graffiti, and also mitigates the stormwater runoff. They add to the interior/exterior decoration of your building and shows our commitment towards environment.

Green walls are biofilters. They absorb the dust and other polluting particles in the air and gives out fresh oxygen.As they absorb dust and other pollutants from the air, they reduce the green house gases and in turn helps in reducing the global warming. Also these green walls keep the buildings cool by retaining the moisture and it also retains the rain waters flowing through the walls.

Green Walls also protects your walls from heat and UV rays by giving a green cover to your walls. Also they give us a fresh and ever green feeling.

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Indoor plants

Not all plants may survive this shift from outdoors to indoors, but these tips ( the next post ) will help. Different people have different degrees of success with bringing inside various plants. Some will do exceptionally well, while others will long for the outdoors. Here are some of the plants that are usually fairly easy to transfer, back and forth, from indoors and outdoors:
1. Fern
2. Aloe
3. Hibiscus
4. Sago Palm
5. Cacti
6. Impatiens
7. Begonia
8. Bougianvillaea.

Green Words from a blogging Plant

A potted plant named ‘Midori-san’, meaning green in Japanese, is placed next to a computer showing the plant’s blog, at a café in kamakura, near Tokyo. Midori-san blogs every day with the help of a sensor attached to the plant, that measures the electric signals and a computer algorithm that translates the signal data into words, which are automatically posted on the plant’s blog.

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Chemicals from trees cools Earth

We all know that the trees cools the atmosphere by transpiration. But, researches has recently found that the trees release a chemical that cools the earth by thickening the clouds over them. These thickened clouds reflect the sunlight and keeps the earth cool. The scientists from U.K and Germany discovered this by looking at the chemicals called terpenes that are released from boreal forests. They have also predicted that the global warming will accelerate more than we thought because of deforestation. Protecting the existing trees and planting new trees could be the best ways to tackle this serious problem.

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Organic Gardening

I think everyone would have realized the importance of going for organic cultivation by now. It has many advantages over the conventional cultivation. It reduces the level of negative externalities. It can also improve the environment and increase the mineral content in the soil. Organic farming can also save a huge amount of money. Even gardening can be done organically to prevent some negative aspects such as loss of topsoil, toxic runoff, water pollution, soil contamination and poisoning, death of insects, birds, critters and beneficial soil organisms, pesticide, herbicide, fungicide residues on food and synthetic fertilizer residuals being built into plants.

Even I,myself switched to organic gardening recently and since I was new to this organic gardening, I was searching in net for some organic gardening tips. It was then I came to know about a site, www.saferbrand.com which contains everything about the organic farming and they also sell some products which brings the dying plants back to its healthy splendor. I was very much worried about the garden insects and it was then I came to know about this product Safer Brand The Japanese Beetle Year Round Control Kit which is a very good Grub Killer Insecticide and Repellent.

The safer brand has many products for pest control, garden care, house plant care, lawn care and garden decors. You can also buy these products online at a cheaper rate.

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Use Planters

By the time December arrives, many people seem to believe that the gardening year is at an end? Not so! Although many gardens distinctly lack colour because most of the deciduous plant stock has shed leaf by this stage and the herbaceous perennials have gone to ground for the dormant season. But gardens need not look so gloomy and here are some simple tips to help put the colour back into the garden. Before you begin, some basic planning is required.

Plants - choose wisely, remember to select plants that look good or their best during the winter months. Choose plants with interesting foliage or better still select varieties which flower at this time of year, there are many to choose from including Skimmia, Coprosma, Hellebores, Mahonia, Cyclamens etc.

Size Matters - yes, select planters that provide adequate space for rootball to develop, avoid planting tall and large plants in shallow planters, or planting compact ground cover plants in large planters.

Form & Colour - applies not just to the plants, size and shape also applies to planters. There is such an array of planters from which to choose. Try clustering planters in groups, in Cottage gardens, a range of sizes can look particularly attractive, whereas in a more architectural formal garden, using one size can reinforce the desired effect.

Planting for impact

Here are some suggestions for interesting combinations:
• Cordyline (tenax) underplanted with the vibrant almost neon like yellow striped Acorus ogon
• For a more architectural look, try planting a specimen plant such as a Half Standard (ie Lollipop form) several varieties to choose from including Bay Laurel, Holly, Camelia etc and underplant with Buxus Sempervirens (common Box) or Euonymous Gaiety. Underplanting should be clipped to reflect the formal look.
• For a more seasonal look, try Skimmia japonica Rubella, with its rich green tapered leaves and masses of flowers/berries. Underplant with the green and yellow striped Carex Evergold.
• For smaller containers but masses of vibrant colour, try the vibrant red tinged foliage of Hebe Heartbreaker as feature plant and mix with the striking black grass like leaf of Ophiopogon Nigrescens.
• For sheltered areas, Nandina Domestica with its varied foliage colours of green, yellow and red with its masses of red berries can look stunning when combined with the striking bright yellow foliage of Acorus ogon.
• The silver spiked leaves of Astelia Silver Spears provide some seasonal glitter when underplanted with the light green variagated foliage of the dwarf Skimmia Merlot complete with its red berries.
• A striking opulent colour effect can be achieved with a specimen of Phormium Yellow wave mixed with the rich vivid purple colour of Heuchera Palace Purple.
• One of my favourite combinations is to use a specimen half standard olive tree, underplant with Acorus ogon and cyclamens. And for a mesmerizing effect during hours of darkness to place an uplighter in the planter and white light streaking through the silver blue green hues of the olive tree produces an unforgettable Christmas effect.

Many other combinations are possible even with the inclusion of seasonal bulbs and seasonal flowers including cyclamens, hyacinths, winter pansies etc. With some simple planning, striking colour combinations can be achieved and all designed to give a much needed lift to the otherwise drab appearance of winter gardens. Select containers with interesting profiles and colour which will extend the contrast with preferred planting colour schemes.

Finally do not forget to water and apply some feed to the planters to avoid any drying out. It may not be sunny but it is surprising how gentle winds can dry out planters.

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Facts about Rain Forests

More than half of the animals and plants on Earth are found in rainforests. In fact, scientists believe that deep within the jungles and canopies exist many plants and animals which have not yet been discovered by humans.

The rainforests are also called the Pharmacy of the Earth because many of the plants which grow here have medicinal properties.

Over half the rainforests of Earth have already been destroyed by humans.

Experts say that every year around 50,000 species of plants and animals from rainforests are becoming extinct.

The cacao tree, from which the cocoa beans for making chocolate grow, is found in the rain forests.

The rubber used for making tyres comes from the rainforests.

The rafflesia plant, which is the largest flower in the world, smells of a rotting meat to attract flies for pollination.

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Bring the outdoors Indoors!

Consider the location Prior to your plants indoors, you will need to ensure you have a suitable place to put them. Most plants that are transferred indoors require full sun and they often need additional humidity. This is due to the fact that the air inside our homes is often drier than the air outside.



Help them adjust Placing in your plants in a shadier portion of your yard, prior to moving them indoors, will assist in their being better able to adjust to the change in lighting and environment that they are about to experience. It’s a good idea to keep the plants in this shady area for a couple of weeks, so that they can adjust themselves to the weather conditions.



Part with pests Before bringing the plants indoors, ensure that you don’t bring their pest pals indoors with them. Treat them to remove aphids and other creepy crawlies.

Plan the potting Ideally, the pot you choose for your plant should have drainage holes in the bottom and a basin at the bottom, inorder to store excess water, rather than letting it drip on your floor.

Cutting back when you bring the plant indoors, be sure to cut them slightly, this will not only help to control the size of your plants, but will also encourage new growth.


Watering Plants that are brought indoors do not require fertilizer during their stay. Instead, water them deeply but infrequently.

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Chennai goes greener

The arterial roads of chennai are undergoing a makeover, with granite slabs replacing loose kerbs as medians. Saplings are being planted to give dividers a green cover. This beautification drive is an attempt to make chennai compete with the best cities in the world. The most common plants to be grown on the medians are clerodendron, tabernaemontana and ixora chinensis.