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Indoor plants of all kinds will brighten up any roomBy M. Krasniak, Freelance Writer/Editor There are many benefits to having plants in your office. Not only do they add something to any decor, but they also do a small part in removing impurities from the air. There are many different types of plants and not every kind will work in every office. It is important to know the environmental conditions of your office before you buy plants. Once you have this information you can start the search for the perfect office plant for your business.
You have a few different options when it comes to choosing and buying plants. Consider these ideas:
1. Choose a traditional houseplant to liven up your office.
2. Picking an exotic tropical plant can add color and carry on your decorating theme.
3. Delivered plants may cost more but save you time.
Bring the outside indoors with beautiful houseplants
Don't be fooled by the term houseplants. This label refers to any plant species that fares well indoors. Beautify your office with one or more of the countless number of plants available. They tend to be easy to care for and hardy. Be sure to choose the right plant for your office environment. For example, if the temperature is cold and dry, plants that require a warmer, more humid environment won't survive.
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This video on the VideoJug gives some helpful information on how to choose the right houseplant for your office. Hubpages gives some great tips on how to make plants work for your office decor.
Transport your office to someplace warm by displaying tropical plants
Tropical plants are those plants that come from warm, sunny and even exotic locations. Depending on the type of plant, some tropical plants don't do well in containers, therefore they will not work well in an office. Since these types of garden plants come in many colors, it is a good idea to get a plant whose flowers and foliage will match the look and style of your office.
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This page from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences website illustrates the tropical plants basics when it comes to container gardening. Caringforhouseplants.com gives you great tips on how to keep those tropical plants healthy once you bring them to the office.
Have the work done for you by purchasing plants for delivery
One great way to get some plants for your office is to have some delivered. Plants from mail order companies come in many shapes and sizes and often they come in mini gardens with coordinating plants that require the same conditions to survive. The people that work at these sellers can assist you in choosing the right plant for your office. A delivered plant is also a nice sentiment for many different occasions such as the holidays, birthdays or in sympathy.
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ArticlesBase.com has this informative article on the benefits of choosing an online plant delivery business. Use Locate A Florist to find a local business to deliver and maybe even maintain your office plants.
- If you don't think you want to invest the money to buy plants for your office, consider renting them. There are many companies that rent both live and artificial plants.
Retail and mail order Native plants palms, trees, perennials, shrubs
A supplier of flower seed out of Charlotte, Vermont, servicing commercial customers, garden centers, and home gardeners.
http://www.americanmeadows.com/
Company that specializes in tree seeds and garden seeds for species suitable for temperate and North American climates.
A Colorado company that supplies bulk wildflowers to the commercial landscape and wholesale seed industries. Also offers information on planting.
Organically grown culinary herbs, teas, and peppers as well as potpourri, vinegar, and peppercorns.
http://www.Avant-Gardening.com/
Texas based company that supplies native grasses, legumes, and forbs for private restoration, wildlife habitat, erosion control, and low maintenance turf areas.
Provider of garden, premium and specialty seeds. Also supplies lawn and wildflower seeds.
Bold Spring Nursery, renowned innovator and developer of the award-winning Athena® Elm and Greenback Magnolia, is a leading wholesaler of trees in the Southeast.
Production of Ladino Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover, and Sudangrass with an emphasis on genetic research, production, and marketing.
A California based, international supplier of a variety of seeds, from, tree to grasses to flowers.
Producer of 40 acres of florist quality Dahlias in New Jersey.
California based supplier of wildflowers to state highway departments, local and state governmental agencies, fish and game agencies, state and federal forest services.
Hundreds of common and not-so-common live plants, herbs, seeds, roots, and mushrooms.
http://www.companionplants.com/
Chinese Tree Peonies at Cricket Hill Garden. Information on history of, purchasing, growing and caring for the tree peony.
Crimson Sage Nursery is a small family operated nursery located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, specializing in plants that have historical uses as healing plants.
Dallas Bonsai Garden offers a complete line of Japanese Bonsai supplies with over 1,600 Offerings
New Zealand based company dealing exclusively in Delphinium seed and whole plants.
Seeds of 89 varieties of unusual medicinal plants from our bioregion and their analogs (genetically similar relatives) from China.
An Ohio based brokerage company to the horticultural industry that develops, sources and supplies seeds, vegetative cuttings and young plants to greenhouse growers nationwide.
Provider of seed for annuals, biennials, perennials, glasshouse production, tunnel production and F1 hybrids (on customers' stock seed).
Gaboriau Biotechnologies Professional Flower Seeds
Provider of ornemental flower and plant seeds for professional growers, nurserymen, city parks and gardens. Site available in several languages.
Sales of eastern gamagrass seed, a forage grass native, perennial, warm-season bunchgrass, based in Falls City, NE.
Wholesale distributor of annual and perennial flower, herbs, and vegetable seeds and plants. Distributing exclusively in Canada and the United States.
Supplies crop protection products and expertise for specialty agriculture - trees, vines, vegetables, turf, and ornamentals; tree markets are apples, pears, stonefruit, and nuts; vegetable markets include cole crops, lettuce, and specialty vegetables; cu
Seeds and erosion control materials for land reclamation, landscaping, erosion control, rangeland, forage, wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, and turf, including over 500 native and adapted varieties.
Product listing includes herbaceous perennials, shrubs & vines, ornamental grasses, Hostas, herbs, and seasonal & flowering plants.
http://www.green-leaf-ent.com/
Providing a network of for growers in the wholesale nursery industry.
Grow flowers and plants that they sell. Buying direct from the flower grower provides for lower price. Hawaii.
Hanging baskets, Plants & Mail Order Flower Seeds
Wild flower, vegetable and herb seeds mail order, secure fast online ordering, wild flower mixtures and species from native british plants.
http://www.flower-seeds.co.uk/
Horticulture business supplying wildflower seeds, with information on growing, and an online store.
Features flower, vegetable, herb, perennial seeds, garden accessories and planting instructions for commercial growers and home gardeners.
Catalog online of many hydrangea varieties for serious collectors and discriminating home gardeners.
http://www.hydrangeasplus.com/
Sales of bulk seeds from online catalogs and order forms, shipping international.
Supply grass seed, mixed or blended, packaged, tagged and shipped to your location - golf courses to erosion control sites to forage crops, to your specifications, based in Washington state and Oregon.
A science and technology research firm in production and marketing of plants, cut flowers, potted flowers of tree peony and herbaceous peony. China.
Manufacturer and wholesale distributor of horticultural accessories, including plant supports and garden structures.
Provide seed for planting new lawns, overseeding existing lawns and maintaining lawns; also includes information on the right seed for your region, and caring for your lawn.
Wildflower farm, specializing in wildlife such as ponds, wildlife hedges and meadows.
Produces a full line of plant care products especially made for African Violets, including self-watering devices, fertilizer and potting soil. Nashville, Tennessee.
Sales of seeds and exotic plants, wholesale and retail, specializing in Passiflora, Datura Sanguinia seeds, based in Costa Mesa, California.
http://members.aol.com/pasiflora1/
Specialize in native plants and trees for Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Provide gardeners with seeds, including a 168 page catalog that contains, bulbs, plants, tools, and a distinguished selection of gardening books as well as 800 varieties of vegetable, flower, and herb seeds, sales by phone and email, located in New Glouce
Mail order suppler of 95%+ pure wildflower and native prairie grasses seeds, and plants for ecological gardening and natural landscaping, includes growing guide and consulting services; email and phone orders, based in Westfield, Wisconsin.
http://www.prairienursery.com/
An international marketing cooperative comprised of some of the world's best propagators.
Offers a large variety of seeds including unusual and exotic seeds from around the world, viewed in online catalog; site uses Plantlink, developed by PlantAmerica, to locate all web sites related to a particular plant name, based in Plymouth, Minnesota.
800 varieties of culinary, medicinal and aromatic herbs; plants, seeds, dried herbs, books, videos, software, seminars, workshops, conferences; for home gardeners and commercial growers. Shipped worldwide.
Rock Spray Nursery, established in 1980, specializes in growing and selling plants known as HEATH and HEATHER.
Sells seeds for alpine plants from around the world - cultivated seed and collected in the wild; including germination information, online catalog and email ordering form.
Wholesale distributor of flower and vegetable seed, based in Morgan Hill, California.
Online store selling wildflower mixtures for sun and shade, plus fresh seed collections for flowers, salsa, herbs bulk wildflower seed section; sales to homeowners, landscapers, premium users, major stores.
http://www.gardenbazaar.com/directory/cz_1E0.html
Providing seeds of native grasses for both public and private use.
Offers a variety of certified organic, open pollinated seeds free online catalog of vegetables, herbs, flowers, based in Eugene, Oregon.
Offer a wide selection of plants and seeds for sale. Plus many links dealing with plants. Apple Valley Minnesota.
Provider of seed for a variety of grasses including prairie grass and wildflowers.
Seeds for wildflower, native grasses; specifications and sales for landscapes architects, gardeners, hydroseeders, turf restoration, erosion control, forage, marsh, wetlands, prairie, grasslands, and speciality seeds; based in Portland, Oregon.
Providing varieties of seeds and seed packaging and shipping, offering an online catalog.
http://www.territorial-seed.com/
The Prairie Is My Garden, Seed Company
Specializes in providing native wildflower and prairie grass seed, available in four different mixes - Dry Site, Mesic Site, Wet Site, Bird and Butterfly; sales in online shop and retail centers in Minnesota & Wisconsin.
http://www.theprairieismygarden.com/
Wholesale distributor of seed and seed-related products.
Providing a variety of grasses and ground covers, including turf-type buffalograss, based in Mead, Nebraska.
http://www.toddvalleyfarms.com/
Sales of seed for Kentucky Bluegrass, tall fescue, perennial ryegrass, specialty grasses, and others, targeting professional clientele worldwide, based in Tangent, Oregon.
Family-owned operation researching and developing grass seed, selling certified seed for any climate or condition, based in Hubbard, Oregon.
Mail order sales of flower, fruit and vegetable varieties, based in the United Kingdom.
http://www.unwins-seeds.co.uk/
Gardening supplies and garden seeds, offering online catalog and online ordering; located in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Wayside Gardens is a catalog dedicated to bringing discerning gardeners the finest and rarest of plants from throughout the world. Hodges, South Carolina.
http://www.waysidegardens.com/
Wildflower seed and seed mixes, buy direct from the grower, offer seed catalog and reference guide, shop online, based in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Tips & Advice to help you make your decision on Plants
In order to make offices more relaxing and enjoyable for employees, many companies choose to add a little bit of nature to the interior by having plants. These can add to the décor of your office environment, remove impurities and make the air better for your employees, and can allow for people to feel happier with a touch of nature around them. There are many so many different types to choose from, so you want to keep all of your options in mind to make sure you pick the best varieties for your office, as each type of plant has different needs. For example, you won't want to pick a plant that needs to be watered a couple of times a day if nobody is in the office over the weekend. You ... more
In order to make offices more relaxing and enjoyable for employees, many companies choose to add a little bit of nature to the interior by having plants. These can add to the décor of your office environment, remove impurities and make the air better for your employees, and can allow for people to feel happier with a touch of nature around them. There are many so many different types to choose from, so you want to keep all of your options in mind to make sure you pick the best varieties for your office, as each type of plant has different needs. For example, you won't want to pick a plant that needs to be watered a couple of times a day if nobody is in the office over the weekend. You also don't want to pick a plant that cannot tolerate the environment of your office.
When choosing what plant varieties you want in your workspace, consider whether you want them to be delivered in order to save time. However, getting each plant delivered can cost a bit more. You also want to consider how the plant will work with your existing office décor, or if you are looking to brighten up the theme, consider adding a colorful plant that will make your company's interior more cheerful. You could also choose simple house plants that are not too overpowering and offer a more simple look.
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