2017: Year of the Rose
Each year the National Garden Bureau, a non-profit organization promoting the pleasures of home gardening, selects one bulb, one annual,Continue Reading
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Forcing Branches For an Early Spring
Spring isn’t coming around fast enough for you? Well, you can make it happen much earlier by forcing branches fromContinue Reading
Late Winter, Early Spring: Time to Prune Your Houseplants
Don’t hesitate to prune houseplants that have gotten too tall, overgrown or lopsided or are taking up too much space:Continue Reading
North, South, East or West?
Today’s blog might seem a bit simplistic to some readers, but could be useful to others: how to determine whichContinue Reading
Some Like It Wet
Usually I tell houseplant owners to never leave their plants soaking too long in a saucer of water, but rather toContinue Reading
A long-standing horticultural mystery finally solved!
A 70-year old horticultural mystery was recently solved, one I’d thought a lot about over the years. You see, I’veContinue Reading
The Sweet Potato is Transgenic
The first transgenic organism was not produced by a megacorporation. It was created by Mother Nature a long time ago. ThisContinue Reading
Forget-me-not: a Love Story
For this Valentine’s Day, why not a charming medieval legend that unites love and a popular plant, the forget-me-not (MyosotisContinue Reading
Give Trimmed Leaves a More Natural Look
Many houseplant’s leaves die back bit by bit, starting at the tip, especially those that have long and narrow leaves,Continue Reading
Grow Your Own Ferns… From Spores!
Ferns certainly are very odd plants with a unique life cycle. Unlike most other plants we know, they bear neitherContinue Reading