Starting Houseplants from Tropical Fruit
Lemon tree seedlings. Photo: depositphotos By Larry Hodgson You can fill your house with beautiful foliage plants for next to nothingContinue Reading
Category: Houseplants
7 Houseplants for Beginners
By Larry Hodgson It’s your first experience with houseplants. So, you choose a flowering plant of extraordinary beauty and bringContinue Reading
How Long Can You Expect a Houseplant to Live?
Photo: depositphotos & favpng.jpg Misleading information from suppliers shortens the lives of our houseplants. By Larry Hodgson When you buyContinue Reading
Turn Your Fireplace into a Garden
You can easily turn an unused fireplace into a green space. By Larry Hodgson When we bought our house nearlyContinue Reading
Drunken Amaryllis Are Shorter
By Larry Hodgson Question: Every year I buy an amaryllis bulb for Christmas and put it in a vase of waterContinue Reading
The Florist’s Cyclamen: The Reluctant Houseplant
The florist’s cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum): pretty but capricious! Photo: depositphotos By Larry Hodgson Yes, the florist’s cyclamen is spectacular and widely available.Continue Reading
Penis Plant Blooms in Holland
By Larry Hodgson Yes, a very rare penis plant has just finished blooming at the Botanical Garden in Leiden (HortusContinue Reading
20 Fun Facts About The Amaryllis
By Larry Hodgson Amaryllis (Hippeastrum cvs) bulbs are in stores everywhere from mid-fall through early winter. Not only garden centers, butContinue Reading
The Panda Plant: The November 2021 Houseplant of the Month
By Larry Hodgson The panda plant is a classic succulent houseplant and has been available for decades. Certainly, it wasContinue Reading
When a Red Ball Cactus Loses Its Top
By Larry Hodgson Question: When I received this cactus, it had only a central stem with another colorful cactus on top.Continue Reading