Growing Orchids Are For Everyone
Eight years have passed since we first found out that anyone can grow orchids. It was my wife’s birthday, and I wanted to get her something special, so I stopped
Houseplants
A Shrimp Plant For Your Window
This Mexican plant, Beloperone guttata, is easy to grow in a sunny window or greenhouse. Its common name comes from the long shrimp-like bracts of red-brown, which overlap like shingles.
The Backyard Greenhouse: A Place Of Refuge In October For Spring Bloom
Now that you find outdoor gardening cool and uncomfortable, you can doubly appreciate your own backyard greenhouse. It’s a good place to take refuge on windy days, and even rain
African Violets – Rooting Leaves in Water
Now here are two practical methods developed for leaf propagating by home gardeners. Cover a water-filled glass tumbler with wax paper with a rubber band. Pierce the paper in three
Growing Pleomele: How To Care For Dracaena Reflexa
If you’re like many people, you may not have a green thumb. But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the beauty of plants in your home! One plant that is
Growing Polka Dot Plant: How To Care For Hypoestes Phyllostachya
If you like to have green plants around but don’t have a lot of time to take care of them, then Hypoestes phyllostachya might be a good plant for you.
African Violets – From Leaf to Plant
Saintpaulias are responsive plants to grow. Indeed, their popularity is partially due to the ease of extending a collection or increasing the number of plants of some appealing variety. Through
Are Orchids Easy, Remarkable, Tough, And Hardy?
I had always believed that orchids were exceedingly difficult to grow – tender, delicate, and temperamental – and so expensive as to be entirely out of reach of the average
Hints For Growing Better African Violets
Give your African violets that little extra care to keep them at their peak throughout the winter. Plants From Attic To Basement When your care for African violets fills every
Growing Dumb Cane: How To Care For Dieffenbachia
If you’re like many people, you may not have heard of dieffenbachia before. But, this popular houseplant is easy to care for and has various benefits. Some of the common