Scale Insects on Houseplants: A Nasty Surprise!
You find a strange growth on one of your houseplants, a sort of small brown bump. In fact, not justContinue Reading
Category: Houseplants
Overwintering A Banana Plant Indoors
Bananas (Musa spp. and Ensete spp.) are spectacular plants for the summer garden, with their thick “trunk” and their hugeContinue Reading
How to Divide an Amaryllis
With time, most amaryllis bulbs produce offsets (secondary bulbs) that you can remove and pot up individually. Some varieties naturallyContinue 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
Flush Plant Roots Before You Fly
You’re traveling far from home and you see a plant you just can’t resist. A perennial you simply can’tContinue Reading
Don’t give poinsettias the cold treatment
When fall officially starts, it’s time to start preparing your poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) for its Christmas bloom. Its flowering is stimulated byContinue Reading
Brugmansia or Datura?
Some say datura, others say brugmansia. What is the real name of those beautiful “angel’s trumpets” so often seen inContinue Reading
Time To Bring Your Houseplants Back In
Okay, it may still seem hot and summery outdoors, but for how long? Early September is the ideal time toContinue Reading
Give Your Houseplants a Summer Vacation Outdoors
If possible, put your houseplants outdoors for the summer. Even in the best of cases, our homes never quite equalContinue Reading
An Annual Palm?
You’ll be seeing it everywhere again this summer: people’s backyards, sidewalk cafés, and, especially, box stores. It’s a potted palmContinue Reading