Repetitive use of green indoor plant design in Boston's buildings.

Repetitive use of Bamboo Palms in this downtown Boston office building both softens and adds a clean simple design to this buildings entrance.

Prior to this design this building's lobby emitted a cold unfriendly stark feel to incoming customers and employees.
The architect called PDI in to solve this problem, using live green tropical plants.

The repetitive use of six same Bamboos make this design simple but effective.

A more friendly welcoming ambiance greets all visitors.
At Plantscape Designs Inc we are always looking to solve a clients indoor office plant design problems which eventually become a positive opportunity for all parties involved.

Why use Hawaiian orchids in your interior office landscape?

1. There are over 700 species of Oncidium Alliance Orchids coming from Central and South America and thousands of hybrids around today. They have become very popular and make excellent cut flowers and potted plants. These long lasting flowering programs are affordable for your Boston office plantscapes.

2. Today's breeding has created plants that can bloom throughout the year with hundreds of flowers. Along with the classic "Dancing Lady" shaped flowers, today's breeders have created many new intergeneric hybrids that have larger flowers with a wider range of colors. Nearly all of today's hybrids thrive in the typical home environment with sufficient light and modest care. Here we offer a few of the newer hybrids. All are of the highest quality and very easy to grow and flower.

We at Plantscape Designs Inc like to change up now and then our colorful phalaenopsis orchid monthly programs with exciting Hawaiian varieties. Here we have an intergeneric oncydium red variety. PDI also has cataleyas, millitonias, dendrobiums, etc..

Where to use Schefflera Amate in your Boston cityscapes.

‘Amate’ is named after California nurseryman Archie Amate. The selected plant was placed into tissue culture where it has been produced in the lab for the past 20 years.

What makes ‘Amate’ different?Why do we at PDI use it in your interior landscape?

Here’s a quick list of the traits ‘Amate’ has over the regular Scheff.

1. Leaves which are:

Darker green

Broader

Longer

Thicker

Glossy

2. One of the best traits is ‘Amate’s resistance to mites. This doesn’t mean that the plant will not get mites … just much more resistant. It’s possible that the mites cannot penetrate the thick glossy leaves.

3. These indoor office plants are also grown a little differently. Three or four individual plants are planted in pots rather then 15-20 seedlings. This allows each plant to develop a larger more complete root system to support the plant for the long haul.

4. The growth of ‘Amate’ is very upright, symmetrical and uniform. Office Plants ranging in size from 8 – 14 inch keep many of their lower leaves providing a more "bush" like appearance. Larger plants will have more of a "tree-like" appearance. ‘Amate’ also holds leaves very well, even under low light interior conditions.

5. The plant doesn’t stretch like the regular Schefflera. You can place ‘Amate’ in areas which get morning sun, a northern exposure or even fluorescent lighting and still keep the plant looking good.

6. ‘Amate’ is not difficult to care for, but doesn’t like to have its feet kept wet. When watering make sure the soil is thoroughly watered and the excess is allowed to drain off. It’s best to keep the plant on the dry side as wet soil can cause root rot.

At Plantscape Designs Inc we position Schefflera Amates in your medium to high light environments within your indoor office plant design.