Double Pot your Houseplants
Here is a basic houseplant tip that many people either don’t seem to know… or have forgotten. Don’t plant houseplants inContinue Reading
Author: Larry Hodgson
Garden writer and blogger, author of 65 gardening books, lecturer and communicator, the Laidback Gardener, Larry Hodgson, passed away in October 2022. Known for his great generosity, his thoroughness and his sense of humor, he reached several generations of amateur and professional gardeners over his 40-year career.
Thanks to his son, Mathieu Hodgson, and a team of contributors, laidbackgardener.blog will continue its mission of demystifying gardening and making it more accessible to all.
A Little Houseplant Fertilizer Goes a Long Way
With houseplants, a little fertilizer goes a long way. After all, unless you’re growing yours in a greenhouse or underContinue Reading
Not All Spring Bulbs Are Suited for Naturalizing
I am a big fan of naturalizing bulbs and have been doing it for years, ever since I was aContinue Reading
Scale Insects on Houseplants: A Nasty Surprise!
You find a strange growth on one of your houseplants, a sort of small brown bump. In fact, not justContinue Reading
Overwintering A Banana Plant Indoors
Bananas (Musa spp. and Ensete spp.) are spectacular plants for the summer garden, with their thick “trunk” and their hugeContinue Reading
How to Divide an Amaryllis
With time, most amaryllis bulbs produce offsets (secondary bulbs) that you can remove and pot up individually. Some varieties naturallyContinue Reading
Spring-Flowering Bulbs: So Easy to Plant!
Tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, crocus and other spring-flowering bulbs: garden centers sell them by the shovelful each fall. And their cultureContinue Reading
Plant in Almost Any Season
Beginning gardeners often worry about when to plant the plants they buy, yet the answer is simple: pretty much anyContinue Reading
No Night Light for Short-Day Plants
The vast majority of plants we grow in our homes are more or less indifferent to daylength (they are day-neutral)Continue Reading
Flush Plant Roots Before You Fly
You’re traveling far from home and you see a plant you just can’t resist. A perennial you simply can’tContinue Reading