Do You Really Need Leaf Shine Products?
Sometimes when you buy a houseplant, you’ll find its leaves are particularly shiny. Now, this can be innate—the leaves ofContinue Reading
Category: Houseplants
Do You Need to Let Cuttings Callus Over?
There seem to be two schools of thought about starting cuttings: some gardeners pot up their cuttings immediately. They cutContinue Reading
Sniff Houseplants Before You Buy!
These days, horticulture seems to have taken a huge step backward. Garden centers now currently sell plants in “designer pots*,”Continue Reading
Fast and Easy Repotting
When repotting a plant, normally you would take the time to carefully inspect the roots, trim off a few dead ones,Continue Reading
My First Kokedama
I recently attended a workshop on how to make kokedamas: a plant grown in a moss ball. This is theContinue Reading
A Spa Treatment for Houseplants
Indoor plants render great services to their owners. They decorate our homes, they purify the air we breathe, they reduceContinue Reading
Success With Hibiscus Cuttings
The Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) is a very popular houseplant and is also widely grown as an outdoor shrub inContinue Reading
How to Remove a Pot With Minimal Root Damage
The ideal time to repot your houseplants is when they start their growing season. That would be somewhere between late February and earlyContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Houseplants Need a Drainage Layer
Old myths die hard and one myth that refuses to die is that houseplants need a “drainage layer.” It usedContinue Reading
Time to Start Fertilizing Your Houseplants
Normally, in temperate regions where winter nights are very long and days very short, it’s best to stop fertilizing houseplantsContinue Reading