For avid gardeners, using plant lights is an excellent way to keep plants growing through harsh seasons, increase yield or get an early start on spring planting. However, all the choices of plant lights can leave a beginning plant light grower a little confused. It's best to get as much information as possible on plant lighting before trying it. more »

Using a plant light can be done in an apartment, an indoor garden or even a basement to get the plants the warmth and light needed to grow. Select the plant and get started with advice from an expert gardener in this free video on using the proper plant light. more »

Growing plants indoors can be a fun, interesting and challenging hobby. Finding out the best way to get your plants to grow can be a pain though, and discovering places in your house or apartment with suitable light for growing plants can feel impossible. Using indoor plant lights can make growing plants indoors possible. There is a variety of plant lights available for different growing needs. more »

Plant lights are indispensable for starting early seedlings for your garden while the winter still rages outside. They can boost the indoor light from a sunny window, allowing tropical plants --- even citrus fruit trees --- to grow and produce all year long. They can ensure that your African violets will bloom and make an indoor fruit, vegetable and herb garden that grows right in your kitchen possible. more »

Light green is the shade of healthy earth, and plants in hues of gentle green lend a sense of calm and cool to your garden or home. Allow light green plants to create a feel of simple freshness that will offer welcome contrast to traditional vivid flowers and foliage. more »

Plants require the full spectrum of color provided by sunlight to grow properly. This can be done indoors with the use of correct lighting. Incandescent and fluorescent bulbs each provide different colors of the light spectrum. more »

Do-it-yourself plant lights meet several needs for enthusiastic gardeners. While commercial lighting comes in a variety of shapes, sizes and capacities, creating your own grow lights allows you to direct light exactly where needed, including places you might not normally grow plants. Whether you are maintaining indoor houseplants, maintaining a winter herb garden or giving seedlings a jump-start on spring, consider using new kinds of grow lights to tailor indoor gardening to your needs. more »

A flower garden can offer a romantic and fragrant feast for the senses, a renewable source for fresh bouquets, or simple color to brighten a patio or deck. The key is understanding what annuals and perennials are, knowing your planting seasons, and matching a plant's light and water requirements to what your garden offers. more »

Light has a variety of effects on plant growth. Without the sun, plants would not be able to survive, and such light is pivotal to a number of crucial processes that a plant undergoes on a regular basis in order to sustain life. There are four main processes to consider. One is well-known and also crucial to human life, and the other three are less discussed in elementary science texts, but are no less important to the life of plants. These four processes crucial to plant life are photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis, photoperiodism and phototropism. more »