C8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday January 19, 2000 Homes & Gardens An O akville B eaver Feature To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 FA CTO R Y A U T H O R IZ E D Houseplants improve indoor air quality The quiet period between Christmas and March Break is upon us. The flu and respiratory ailments are affecting more people, possibly due to the warm weath er and the lower quality of indoor air. One way to improve the air is to grow some house plants. The leaves will filter, clean and moisten the air. Select plants with large leaves that grow in medium or low light levels, put up with variable watering, and grow slowly. The cast iron plant or aspidistra elatior is a famous plant that survives in cool areas with little sun. Their height and spread is about five-feet. They may be massed together or with other dark area plants. There is a variety `Variegata' which has white centre stripes. Philodendron is another large leaf easily grown plant. It will grow into a six-feet arched plant with one-foot long leaves off a central stem. `Burgundy' is a vari ety with wine-red leaves. A plant with a spread of three-feet is `White sails' or spathiphylium. It likes a warm shady room. The white flowers show from May to August. A very ele gant plant for the foyer. Rubber plant is a large leaved plant that is easy to grow. It is from the fig or ficus family as is Benjamina or Weeping Fig. The latter is used in enclosed malls. Dracina or the Com Flower is anoth er large plant with long arching slender leaves often with a white edging or cen tre stripe. These will take shady areas and are easy care plants. Christmas cactus is another easy plant that will grow in semi-shade and likes a south-facing window in the win ter. It flowers near Christmas or Easter depending on the day length of the vari ety. Most indoor plants may be purchased in various sizes from small three-inch pots to large specimens in 8" - 10" con tainers. Plants need a relative humidity about 60%. Set the pots on trays of moist stones to raise local level. K-r* W 4 January 5-31 British Empire - Victoria set JOHN SIMKINS In Your Garden Stokes' catalogue includes a section on accessories. Three different kits for making stepping stones are for sale. The first is for making stained glass steps set in concrete. `Welcome,' `Sunflower,' and `Hummingbird' are the panels for `Stained Glass Slipper' stone kits. McFayden has a 32-page vegetable and flower seed catalogue including dahlias, gladiolus, lilies and sub-zero climbing rose bushes, hardy Kiwi, pas sion fruit and tayberry bushes. There are seven pages of perennial plants mostly new varieties such as scabiosa `Pink Mist' and `Blue Butterfly,' the perennial plant of 2000, and the great container daylily `Black Eyed Stella.' An interest ing catalogue form Brandon, Manitoba. All orders get a free package of blue poppy seeds. The Dominion Seed House seed cat alogue and Plants and Bulbs catalogue offers seed offerings including five of the All American Selections, cosmos, `Cosmos Orange,' vinca `Stardust Orchid,' pinks `Melody Pink,' sunflower `Soraya,' Mexican Sunflower and `Fiesta del sol.' They have four new impatiens, coral, lavender butterfly, bright lilac and violet. Mimulus `Mystic Cream' with red spots is interesting as the monkey flower grows in pots set on stands in the pond or barrel water garden. The new colour will really dress up a pond. Until now, mimula were pale yellow. Two sunflow ers are introduced. `King Kong,' 16 in. high monster with good seed yield and `Monet' a mixture of pastel colours. As they are without pollen, the flowers last three weeks. Dominion Seed House has 30 other new annuals plus 14 new perennials. There are 12 new vegetables including a new sugar snap pea and a pale yellow pepper. Stokes Seed, Phone 1-800-396-9238; email stokes@stokesseeds.com. McFayden Seed Co., 30-9th Street, Brandon, Manitoba; phone 1-800-2057111. Dominion Seed House, P.O. Box 2500, Georgetown ON L7G 5L6; phone 1-800-784-3037; internet site www.dominion-seed-house.com. ·B ro y h iir home furnishings Home Office Cabinet Maison Lenoir · Double Pedestal set fliisonwnoe-Emertainnieiit Walt I Maison Lenoir - Sleigh Bed set Fontana-farm Kitchen ,Curio t DesliArm oire - -- I Suttor Street - Victorian Bedroom set Toscana - Alabaster Bed set Continental Ta Winter Pine Chesapeake · Queen Anne set Traditional, Transitional, Contemporary Styles for Bedroom · Occasional · Dining Room · Upholstery · Home Office Choose fro m 14 Collections on display "Every 30 Seconds Someone Choose;# Broyhll Seed Catalogues The year 2000 Stokes Seed, McFayden and Dominion Seed House catalogues are available. The Stokes cat alogue is a must for any person growing vegetables, herbs, and flowers from seeds. It contains explicit instructions for growing each family from seed. 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