A Greenhouse Bridges The Gap
What true gardener hasn’t experienced a kind of sad, “gone” feeling every fall when he has had to put his garden to bed for the winter”? And it’s no wonder
Houseplants
Meet Ivy: The Crowning Glory of Houseplants
This is a gala era for house plant lovers. At no time in the last 50 years have house plants been as popular as they are now. Everyone seems to
Keeping it Clean: Greenhouse Care Habits
With all the modern aids for growing plants under glass, there is little excuse for failure in the winter garden, especially if good housekeeping principles are applied. For the owner
Foliage Plants: The Secret To Timeless Beauty
Packed in the Victorian days in England, plants from the American tropics enjoyed extensive popularity. Some were used indoors as houseplants, but most of them were grown in conservatories or
Indoor Gardening: Top Tools for Happy Houseplants
This is the final report in a series of articles on better tools for better gardening. Quite often, when we think of garden tools and equipment, our mind immediately goes
Achimenes, Old Time Favorite… Booming Into Popularity
The lovely and colorful Achimenes, profiting from the current wave of popularity of the Saintpaulias, sister genus of the valuable and interesting Gesneriaceae, is fast taking a warm and roomy
An Inexpensive “Greenhouse”… Use Your Cellar Doorway
Every fall, before the frost came, KJ Blanche Scarlett Phelps, Jenkintown, Pa., used to spend days digging up and carrying into the house her begonias, echeverias, geraniums, and other plants
Gloxinias Are Easy To Grow Velvety Brilliance
Although the bulbs of this summer-flowering plant are usually not shipped until January to April, there is such a demand for named varieties that it is well to get orders
Anyone Can Grow These House Plants
The origin of the belief that some homes are not suited to houseplant culture is difficult to explain. Consider the case of the aspidistra. This old-fashioned foliage plant has been
The Beauty In The Leaf: Exploring The Crinkle Leaf Plant
The crinkle leaf plant, Adromischus cristatus, has bright, shiny, green foliage, very much crinkled at the edges. We use it as a foliage plant on a narrow window sill, where