Houseplants

Why Not Start Now To Grow Orchids In Your Home

Growing orchids in the home is a rewarding hobby for an increasing number of home gardeners. Beginners, familiar only with the florist’s orchid, the cattleya, are amazed to learn how

Gloxinias For Every Window

True gloxinias, charming plants for window gardens, the home greenhouse, or protected shady spots outdoors in the summer, may start from tubers, young plants, leaf cuttings, or seeds.  During the

Terrariums For Indoor Pleasure

A terrarium is a lovely green world under glass—a diminutive wood where the eye can wander freely and the imagination roam free.  Here stands a hill, a meadow, a canyon

Grow Gloxinias The Year Round

For years, I’d tried to interest my husband in my indoor gardening activities. Windows full of blooming African violets failed to impress him. Huge, flaring amaryllis drew a passing glance.

Grow Desert Plant From Seeds

If you are a house plant enthusiast interested in the infinite variety and simple austerity of succulents, you are fortunate, indeed.  These sturdy individuals are made-to-order for gardeners with a

Brighten Your Window With Gloxinias

If you want color on your windowsill, try growing gloxinias. No other house plants can provide the interesting variations and color range of the new gloxinia hybrids, and no other

Cool House Orchids

You don’t need high temperatures to grow orchids. There is a common belief among those who have never grown orchids that they require an excessively hot greenhouse, imitating conditions of

Try These Easy Echeverias

Perhaps no other class of house plant needs so little care or, plainly speaking, endures so much neglect as the big family called succulents.  Some of this family’s most dependable