Ask the Expert: Bromeliad care/literature?

I have a customer who would like some information and literature on how to care for her new Bromeliad plant. Do you have some printable information I could send her or do you have a suggestion of a website that may be helpful?

Ask the Expert: Please help me save my lucky bamboo! I’ve had it over three years and its grown from two inches tall to over 14″ tall, but now the bottom leaves are turning yellow. First it was just one, but now its the bottom four on each stalk. I changed the water (it stunk!), switched to water I’ve let sit over 24 hours, moved it away from cool air and any possibility of direct sunlight, but it is getting worse! The pot is only 2″x2″, but I’m afraid to stress it out with a pot change. How can I save it!??? Thank you!

Ask the Expert: How did the “Poinsettia’s are poison” myth happen

Are Poinsettias’ poison?

Ask the Expert: how to get amaryllis to bloom again

how to get amaryllis to bloom again

Ask the Expert: What sort of pot do I use for my Peace Lily?

I have a large beautiful Peace Lily which recently came from the florist in a too small basket. There is very little soil around the roots. I have been told that this plant grows better in a plastic pot. Is this true?

November is the Thanksgiving holiday month for the United States. This year the United States will celebrate Thanksgiving on November 22nd. The Canadian Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated in October. What is Thanksgiving?

Ask people what Thanksgiving means to them and you’ll get a wide variety of answers like:

• Thanksgiving Turkey
• The Thanksgiving Parade
• A Day of Football
• A Day Off
• Time With Family
• Thanksgiving Food – pumpkin pie, stuffing, five-cup salad, sweet potatoes and fruit baskets
• Thanksgiving Decorations – flower centerpiece, Horn of Plenty cornucopia, gourds

Some people even mention the history of Thanksgiving and how the pilgrims gave thanks for their harvest.

I’ve been thinking about what Thanksgiving means to me. Turkey, pie, flowers for the Thanksgiving table, football, and family – Yes, all of those things remind me of Thanksgiving. But, what does Thanksgiving mean to me?

Last week, I read an editorial in Real Simple about a man who every morning wrote down 5 things he was thankful for. This editorial gave me an idea. To find out what Thanksgiving means to me, I would first need to know what I was thankful for.

Every day since November 1^st, I’ve written down five things I’m thankful for that day.

Here are a few of the things I’ve been thankful for:

• My husband because he made pancakes this morning.
• My gerberas are still blooming.
• My shoulder doesn’t hurt.
• My Mom and Dad.
• The orchid stems my husband brought me.
• The laughter shared with friends.
• The perky pansies on my front porch.
• My dogs chasing leaves instead of digging up my tulip bulbs.

These are just a few of the things I have been thankful for the past few days. Friends, family and flowers – those are the things I am thankful for every day. So what does Thanksgiving mean to me? Remember! It means remember to at least one day a year to be thankful for friends, family, flowers or whatever. Every day we should be thankful for many things in life. If not every day then at least every Thanksgiving.

What will you be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday?