There are only a few good Summer-time pot plant subjects, and the fancy-leaved caladium is neither the last nor the least. Caladiums: Hybrid Tuberous Plants The caladiums are a glorious, colorful tribe of hybrid tuberous plants belonging to that great group of aroids known to gardeners as “elephants-ears.” Indeed, many plant lovers in the lower … Read more
Highlight a coffee table, a fireplace mantel, a piano with a single pot plant, or adorn a bay window with a collection of them. Bring an early spring to the indoor garden with the fragrance of spring-flowering bulbs. Add sparkle to your kitchen with a few geraniums, begonias, miniature roses, or herbs. Then, dramatize an … Read more
An award-winning double gloxinia was grown originally from seed flowered in about 11 months. It was transplanted first into a two-inch and later into a 4-inch plastic pot. It was allowed to flower once and from that point was grown for about 3 months for tuber development. Any flower buds that developed during this period … Read more
Boston’s first House Plant Show is now past and gone, but it will be long before those who attended it will forget the magnificent array of unusual plants exhibited there. House Plants In Horticultural Hall The 6,000-odd people who thronged Horticultural Hall on September 5 and 6 are proof enough of the widespread interest in … Read more
Choice winter fare from your greenhouse is the semi-tuberous begonia hybrids with glossy, round, scallop-edged leaves and bountiful blossoms, single or double, in all shades of red, pink, and white. Everybody knows and loves them — they’re one of our most popular winter gift plants, particularly the “Christmas begonia.” Many want to know exactly what … Read more
While I like all ferns—they remind me of cool, shady woodland dells—I think my favorites are the two strange ferns – the showy hart’s-tongue and the staghorn. Hart’s-Tongue Fern Hart’s-tongue (Phyllitis scolopendriurn) is found frequently in Europe, and it is a favorite wherever grown. The name comes from the shape of the fronds, which are … Read more
If you are looking for suitable plants for your window or garden, consider your search ended and heed my advice. The kalanchoids are the plants for you! Probably you are wondering, what are kalanchoids? Stonecrop Family Simply it is a collective word applied to a subfamily under Crassulaceae, which commonly you know as the stonecrop … Read more
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 doing it, and more people are finding out how easy it can be done daily. Growing orchids in the home are one of the most … Read more
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 covers—such as plastic refrigerator dishes or casseroles; for uncovered containers, like empty cottage cheese cartons, provide plastic covers or a piece of glass. Growing Small … Read more
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 of one of these essentials is always the limiting factor to best plant growth. The window gardener will soon discover the one affecting their plant … Read more