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Traditional Christmas or wild imaginative holidays?
Whatever your choices and tendencies this year, come and find the wildest ideas
at Exotica!
Evergreens, ornaments and garlands of all kinds are available for every taste.
This season, discover Lucie. She is passionate about Christmas and prepares a festive
menu for her family every year. This year, however, Lucie is resolutely determined
to do things differently, add a touch of novelty to the festivities, and be creative
and fresh. You'll find all her ideas for decorating, cooking, gifts and more on
her blog:www.mydifferentchristmas.com
Don't forget to check out our selection of arrangements, objects and books to share your love of nature, or simply express your love.
Christmas Shop
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Father Christmas is making sure this Christmas 2010 is a
memorable feast.
Traditional or futuristic decorations? Real or artificial tree? Whatever you decide
on you'll find amongst the wide range of ornaments, classical, or resolutely innovative,
offered by Exotica in all its branches.
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Festive flowers of Christmas !
Even if "flowers are perishable" in the words of the eternal Jacques Brel, who does
not dream of receiving flowers every day and especially at this time of year?
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Breathe, it's good for you.
Green plants are your best ally in your war against pollutants.
Paint, glue, varnish ... harmful emanations have numerous sources and it is impossible
to eradicate them. It is however possible to filter them with plants!
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Flowers, flowers and more flowers!
Plants are generally cultivated to embellish our gardens,
terraces and balconies. It is however possible to extend the use of some varieties
by composing dried flowers bouquets. Not only will they live in your interiors but
depending on the species some of them will continue to be fragrant year round as
well as conserve their shape and color.
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Under the spell of jasmine
Winter Jasmin or Jasminum nudiflorum is a perfectly rustic
plant which has no problems surviving winter, and whose small yellow corollas begin
to appear as of December, especially in urban gardens.
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A star, the lemon tree!
Lemon trees are beautiful both inside your house and outside in your winter garden.
Certain species have magnificent foliage and beautiful white flowers that stem from
little pink buds and are rather fragrant. In moderate climates lemon trees can be
kept inside throughout winter for protection then placed outside come spring up
until autumn. As with all plants, their growth is a direct consequence of exposure
to light and temperature and most species will stop growing at less than 13 degrees.
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Pergolas are a climbing plants' fantasy!
They offer a refuge of greenery, cover a terrace, shelter a corner meal, support
idleness and, by a judicious play of shade and light, filter the rays of the sun.
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Chrysanthemum against grayness.
At a time of the year when all the other flowers fade out, Chrysanthemum shines
with a thousand splendid suns, its colorful flowers giving it the necessary edge
to stand out. The Chrysanthemum is a hardy perennial. In Japan it is a sacred flower
(being decorated with the order of the Chrysanthemum is a supreme reward). A Chinese
proverb goes: "If you wish to be happy cultivate Chrysanthemums".
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Useful plants.
No other plants can stimulate our senses as much as sweet herbs
In the garden or in the kitchen their essences awaken our papillae. Altogether,
a small patch of fine herbs is a garden of sensations. Mixed together or associated
to other plants, cultivate them in pots, in rubbles. Origano, thyme... the choice
entirely depends on the available space and its exposure to sunlight.
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If you're not good with plants fatty plants (also called
succulent) are what you need: clean lines, evergreen foliage," thirstless". Particularly
robust, these plants do well during periods of shortage, just a few drops of water,
very little fertilizer, repoting every other year and the deed is done.
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Exotica offer a wide selection of pots for every taste.
Terra cotta, earthenware, ceramics, wood, plastic, fiber, flower stand. plenty to
choose from!
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A potted garden, leave it to your imagination!
Patios, balconies and terraces' hard surfaces make it hard to grow much of anything,
but if you know what to look for you can achieve a garden as rich and fragrant as
any traditional garden. The trick is to go for potted plants.
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