How To Garden In The Basement With Fluorescent Lights
It is a fact that several plants will bloom with no light except that ordinary fluorescent lights. I tried the experiment last winter despite much advice against it. Everyone I
Houseplants
Can You Grow Orchids In An Apartment? Insanity Some Say
When we tell our friends that we grow orchids, they look at us with pity, as if to say, “It’s only temporary insanity – they’ll get over it.” We are
Billbergia Pyramidalis Flaming Torch Pineapple Cousin
BILLBERGIA PYRAMIDALIS, an attractive and interesting member of the pineapple family, comes to us from Brazil. It is well known in Florida and California and it should be better known
Episcia A Trailer From The Tropics
An attractive house plant that may often be found, unnamed, in 5- and 10-cent stores is the tropical vine Episcia fulgida. It may also be obtained from growers of foliage
Are There Any Potted Fruits For Indoor Gardens?
During the last decade, the interest in window gardening has risen to such a point that many indoor gardeners have become specialists in various house plants. Ponderosa Lemon The fruiting
What Sansevierias Are Good For The Home?
Interior decorators and architects in search of bold plants to harmonize with modern designs have found that large Monsteras, cut-leaf Philodendrons, and glossy Rubber Plants are ideal for their purposes.
Norfolk Island Pine – The Living-Room Tree
Without a little Norfolk Island Pine, it has been said no houseplant collection is complete. It is decorative, unadorned, all year round, and even makes a good-looking Christmas tree dressed
Succulents: The Camels Of The Plant World
To the connoisseur of beautiful plants, succulents rank as a large group of easily grown floral gems with marvelous color in foliage and flower — brilliant, often so subtle that
What House Plants Are Worth Knowing: Kinds For Every Exposure
Flower lovers need not be discouraged if they do not have sunny windows, for a surprising number of plants thrive in a northern exposure, and some even bloom beautifully. African
Try The Bromeliads Indoors And Old New Plant
For many generations, the Bromeliaceae, or “air plants” as they are better known, have been treasured members of greenhouse anti-conservatory collections. It is only in the recent years of pot