Study OKs Watering Orchids with Ice Cubes
I was wrong and (some of) you were right! For years, I’ve been telling home gardeners not to water theirContinue Reading
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Grow Your Own Living Sticky Trap!
Yellow sticky traps have been around for over a century (flypaper was patented in 1910) and gardeners know them well.Continue Reading
Rainbow Tomatoes: Yet Another Gardening Ripoff!
A reader sent me the photo above … after she had ordered the seed, unfortunately. She wanted to knowContinue Reading
How to Remember Botanical Names
Novice gardeners are often terrified of botanical names. Given their Latin and Greek origins, learning them often seems daunting. So why not justContinue Reading
Time to Give Your Bulbs a Once-Over
Many gardeners store tender bulbs indoors over the winter: gladiolus, cannas, callas, potatoes, tuberous begonias, etc. At the present time, they’reContinue Reading
The African Violet Changes Its Name
The African violet, one of the world’s most popular houseplants, has a new botanical name. (To further understand why botanicalContinue Reading
How to Get your Amaryllis to Rebloom
Most garden bloggers will probably start writing about getting your amaryllis (Hippeastrum) to rebloom in September, as it starts toContinue Reading
15 Not-So-Easy Houseplants
In preparing yesterday’s article, 15 Easy Houseplants for Beginners, I, of course, took a look at other websites to seeContinue Reading
15 Easy Houseplants for Beginners
Why do novice gardeners always seem to start with the most complicated houseplants? Gardenias, bonsais, carnivorous plants, living stones and,Continue Reading
What is a Cultivar?
The novice gardener regularly encounters the word “cultivar” without necessarily understanding its meaning. Yet it’s so simple. A cultivar isContinue Reading