Easy-To-Grow Little Orchid

Easy to grow Orchid

My appetite had been piqued! The cattleya plant I bought for five dollars the year before had given me two handsome orchids with a minimum of care while sitting on

5 Favorite African-Violet Varieties Why

African Violet Varieties

Here are the favorite African violet varieties: 1st AWARD: Joe Schultz Most men bitten by the African violet hug favor robust-type plants like Du Ponts, Supremes, and Amazons. I, too,

Plants For Your Greenhouse

Greenhouse Plants

Flowers every day of the year? Yes, it’s possible in a home greenhouse, whether you are a beginner or an advanced specialist. All that is necessary is to select those

The Curious Ceropegia

Curious Ceropegia

The ceropegia are an interesting family of plants from Africa and, to a lesser extent, Asia and Malaya. Their name is from the Greek words meaning wax and fountain.  It

Greenhouse Gardening All-year Hobby

Greenhouse Gardening

With summer waning and the long winter months looming ahead, you’re no doubt anxious to start the seed collected from catalogs over the summer.  For fortunate gardeners like myself, a

Favorites Among African Violets

Favorite African Violets

If you can grow an African violet successfully without getting the urge to start a collection, you ought to be psychoanalyzed. You’re different!” We are normal people. start with one

Orchid Hunting In Maine

Orchid Hunting

Orchid hunting is usually synonymous with steaming jungles, not a Maine forest. But like their tropical cousins, some of our own native orchids have to be hunted down in their

Your Vegetable Storage Problems

Storage Problems

After spending most of the summer fighting bugs and insects and praying for rain to grow vegetables that are fit to eat, some of our gardeners like to store surplus

Dainty Dancing Oncidium Lady Orchids

Flowering Oncidium Orchid

Among the cultivated orchids the dancing ladies or dancing dolls are probably the daintiest and loveliest. Belonging to the genus Oncidium, they have long, graceful sprays of bright golden yellow

Can You Grow Spider Plants In Water?

Spider Plant in Water

Few houseplants are more iconic than Chlorophytum comosum (kloh-roh-FY-tum kom-OH-sum), better known as the spider plant. This plant is known for its white flowers, arched foliage, and almost spider-like appearance,