The Two Plants of the Magi
You probably remember the story of the Magi, the wise men who brought the baby Jesus three gifts: gold, frankincenseContinue Reading
Category: Christmas
When Gift Wrap Kills!
You’ve found just the perfect plant to offer as a hostess gift. You take it to the checkout and theyContinue Reading
Golden Monterey Cypress: for Christmas and Beyond
In the period leading up to the holidays, almost every garden center sells little pots of a small upright, columnarContinue Reading
Getting Your Christmas Plants to Rebloom
There is nothing wrong with tossing a Christmas plant into the compost after it has finished flowering if you don’tContinue Reading
3 Simple Tips to Make Your Christmas Tree Last
If you’ll be putting up a cut Christmas tree in your home this Christmas, there are 3 main things youContinue Reading
Frosted Fern: A Christmas Mystery Plant
Among the plants sold during the Holiday season, the so-called “frosted fern” is certainly the most mysterious, because not onlyContinue Reading
Can You Root a Christmas Tree?
Can you get a Christmas tree to put out roots? Can you root a Christmas tree? The question wasContinue Reading
Christmas Plants Too Good to be True
Plant growers have long used different artifices to make Christmas plants more attractive and therefore saleable – ribbons, tinsel, colorfulContinue Reading
Whatever Happened to Mistletoe?
I have fond memories of mistletoe from my childhood… make that more my teenage years. Naïve parents would hang aContinue 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