The Most Expensive Cut Flowers in America

 When you want a colorful yard with beautiful flowers and are willing to spend the time developing them, you should investigate the where and why of your choices. There are various magazines that explain where the flowers come from and how to care for them. You could go online to find the same information, and that is as close as your fingertips.
  
As Valentine’s Day comes around year after year, it proves to be the best time to invest in the expensive cut flowers in America. The values of the flowers are rarely questioned and most are willing to shell out those hard-earned bucks. However remember when you pay for them from bank accounts that the intended receiver shares, draw out the money and pay cash for them. Just a word from the wise to the wise.
  
Why, though, are they so expensive? They import many from as far away as Hawaii for the Orchid; or the Orient for the Lily hybrids; or the Tulips from France. When they export the exotic flowers from across the globe, you can understand the price.
  
However consider the common rose. One of the most beautiful and demanding flowers around. The price can range from a mere $5 to over $45 per bunch. It all depends on the rose itself, and where it was produced. The East rose costs more than they do when purchased in California where they’re grown. That’s understandable as well.
  
Those blooms that only show up for short periods of time cost more than those growing for several months each year. If the plants are difficult to grow, the price goes up and up and up. The higher quality and the price continue to rise.
  
Then again, if you’re not really looking for a bouquet to send to your loved one, and you want those exotic flowers for your garden; do your homework. Make sure the plants will outlive the season, and will thrive in your yard. If it’s all about image, for instance try growing orchids in your hot house. They are difficult to grow, are not cheap, but their beauty outshines most other flowers.
  
The Hydrangea is a good example of a difficult plant to grow. Their flowers are in great demand and you’ll see them in fresh arrangements and dry as well. You can plant the bulb that produces the Hydrangea vine and they transplanted the popular flowers from Africa.

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Grass, Just Say Yes!

 It goes without saying that if you have a pretty lawn, your home has the advantage of curb appeal. A sloppy lawn with trash, bare patches, weeds, or even decorations like flamingos will end the curb appeal and prospective buyers may not enter your home assuming the worst on the inside.
  
In today’s green world grass could be a four-letter word, but that doesn’t mean you have to get rid of it entirely. Unless you have acres and acres of grass you won’t be competing with the local golf course as you attempt to care for your yard.
  
A neat well-arranged yard can have more than just a lawn. Try curbing and walk ways to cut down on water, plants that are indigenous to your area work well. Trees that provide shade on a hot summer day can be another advantage as you control erosion, cut down on pollution and even create oxygen.
  
However if you’re insistent that you have the most beautiful lawn in your neighborhood, there are a few things that you can do to help you attain that goal. First try to avoid weeds right from the beginning, and in the spring crabgrass will attack your lawn; and the fall you’ll see dandelions. Attack them with herbicide.

Always water early to conserve water. Don’t pick up the grass or rake your lawn because the grass clippings provide additional nutrients to your lawn. Don’t cut it too short, so the grass will grow deep roots creating a luxurious lawn. Never cut your grass in the same pattern. By going at it from a different direction you prevent the turf and soil from compacting and the wheels will not form tracks. Avoid over fertilizing because too much can cause problems.

The experts claim that Americans spend almost $40 billion a year on their grass even though grass has no other intrinsic value than its aesthetic beauty. We don’t eat it, or wear it, and we don’t export it or even smoke it. Yet most prospective homebuyers search out the homes with well planned out landscaping.

If all this seems too much to attempt, many go to professionals to help solve their problems. It is a fact that when the yards are designed and maintained by the experts, it will pay off in the long run.

You may think the so-called experts are a dime a dozen. However before you spend those hard-earned dollars doing it yourself, ask that neighbor whose yard looks like the pictures in the magazines. You won’t be sorry, and they don’t charge for free estimates.

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