Help! My Hibiscus is Losing its Leaves!
You just brought your hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) indoors from its summer outside and now its leaves are turning yellow andContinue Reading
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You just brought your hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) indoors from its summer outside and now its leaves are turning yellow andContinue Reading
Horticultural myths die hard. Here’s one I thought was long dead… until someone asked me about it just the otherContinue Reading
Here is a basic houseplant tip that many people either don’t seem to know… or have forgotten. Don’t plant houseplants inContinue Reading
You find a strange growth on one of your houseplants, a sort of small brown bump. In fact, not justContinue Reading
Bananas (Musa spp. and Ensete spp.) are spectacular plants for the summer garden, with their thick “trunk” and their hugeContinue Reading
With time, most amaryllis bulbs produce offsets (secondary bulbs) that you can remove and pot up individually. Some varieties naturallyContinue Reading
The vast majority of plants we grow in our homes are more or less indifferent to daylength (they are day-neutral)Continue Reading
You’re traveling far from home and you see a plant you just can’t resist. A perennial you simply can’tContinue Reading
When fall officially starts, it’s time to start preparing your poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) for its Christmas bloom. Its flowering is stimulated byContinue Reading
Some say datura, others say brugmansia. What is the real name of those beautiful “angel’s trumpets” so often seen inContinue Reading
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