10 Hoyas That Are Easy to Find and Easy to Love!
With their gorgeous, fragrant flowers, one might assume that hoyas are difficult to grow. However, nothing could be further fromContinue Reading
Category: Houseplants
Five Stars for the Blue Star Fern
Ferns are wonderful houseplants. They are lush and relatively easy to care for once you know how. They bring aContinue Reading
Marantas. Oh dear!
If you’re a laidback gardener like me, there are certain houseplants that will never cross your threshold. They’re too temperamental,Continue Reading
Christmas Cactus, Easter Cactus or Orchid Cactus?
When you come across one of these strange plants with flattened green stems divided into segments and bearing beautiful flowers,Continue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Butternut, Pineapple, and Zanzibar Gem
To plant to plant a butternut tree or not? I received a butternut tree (Juglans cinerea) as a gift andContinue Reading
Mothers-In-Law That We Love to Have Over!
If there’s one plant that needs no introduction, it’s the snake plant (Sansevieria sp., now classified in the genus Dracaena).Continue Reading
The ‘Fairy Castle’ Cactus: My Kind of Fairy Tale Castle!
Growing cacti hasn’t always been easy for me. For many years, I deliberately avoided them because I couldn’t keep themContinue Reading
Aeschynanthus: My New Favorite Easy-Care Plant!
Those who are starting to get to know me can attest to one undeniable truth: I change my favorite plantContinue Reading
Pelargonium and a (Not So) Scientific Experiment
As I wrote in my article on growing scented-leaved pelargoniums, I had a lot of fun trying to list allContinue Reading
Grandma’s Plants
A few weeks ago, I found a houseplant in the trash in front of a house in my neighborhood. IContinue Reading