10 Tips on Caring for a New Houseplant
Bringing new plants home is always a joy! Photo: getgreenbewell.com By Larry Hodgson You’ve just arrived from the garden centerContinue Reading
Category: Buying plants
Negotiating a Deal in Garden Centers
It can be surprisingly easy to haggle the price down in garden centers. Ill.: dlpng.com.png When you buy a largeContinue Reading
Bonus Plants
Sometimes plants hitch a ride with others, so keep your eyes open! Ill.: www.pikpng.com & www.vhv.rs, montage: laidbackgardener.blog I don’t know aboutContinue Reading
Can We Buy Plants Safely During the Coronavirus Outbreak?
Ill.: www.picgifs.com & www.vecteezy.com Question: During this period of COVID-19 confinement, are plants sold in supermarkets and hardware stores at riskContinue Reading
How to Find That Special Plant on the Internet
The question I’m most often asked on this blog is “What garden center in my area carries…” followed by theContinue Reading
10 Resolutions for Laidback Gardeners
Learn to switch from being an overworked garden (left) to being a laidback one (right). Source: Claire Tourigny, from theContinue Reading
How to Choose the Best Bedding Plants
When you’re shopping for bedding plants for your gardens and pots, do you know what to look for? Of course,Continue Reading
Quarantine Your New Houseplants
When you bring a new houseplant into your home, it’s always wise to put it in isolation at first soContinue Reading
Get Thee to a Garden Center!
Is the unseasonably warm weather in many areas this year making you think of spring? Well, don’t just think aboutContinue Reading