Adventures In Growing Orchids In Sunny Windows
You can grow orchids in your home. You need only a sunny window and a few minutes a week. You may doubt this—most people do at first—but thousands are already
Houseplants
Growing House Plants From Seed
Raid the chicken for inexpensive equipment—and grow a fabulous variety of house plants at almost no cost and even less trouble from seeds! For sowing the seeds, use containers with
Keys To Keeping Your House Plants Happy
For healthy growth, all plants require heat, light, humidity, proper soil conditions, food, and water in varying amounts, according to the type and the year’s season. The absence or overabundance
Portrait Gallery Of Small Plants Clan
Within the 300-odd botanical families in the whole, wide world of seed-bearing or flowering plants, a modest number of “sub-families” (genera) are delightfully and curiously exclusive. Some of these small
Gesneriads Really Bloom Indoors!
All across our country Gesneriads are making big news. You know the best-known member of the gesneriad family – it’s the runaway best-seller African violet, properly termed the saintpaulia. The
Six Green Thumbs
My affirmative answer to the question, “Do you like to grow things?” has completely changed our family routine. It began about two years ago when we moved into a home
Oncidiums Easiest Of The Window Sill Orchids
If you could wake in the morning to see flower sprays like shimmering golden butterflies dancing in your window, would you? If you could pause during the day to be
Fun for Five and a Little Profit with a Greenhouse
Lots of people want a greenhouse, for one reason or another. Once the idea enters the mind, the home scene is not complete without the desired greenhouse. That is the
Happy Hours, Under Glass
Some 40 years ago, when the material was difficult to obtain, I wanted a greenhouse. By scrounging around, my husband and I finally built one. It is 18′ by 30′
New Color In Your Violet Collection
Have you seen the exciting and fashionable green and gold-edged African violets? Did you ever visualize that such interesting color combinations might be produced by the American hybridized? African violet