How do drainage material and perched water table affect your plant? That’s a great question. You may be asking what perched water table is and I am going to attempt to explain it the best I can. I do know that drainage material in the bottom of a pot, whether it...
Your phalaenopsis orchid has bloomed and the flowers have faded. Now what? When and where should you cut the bloom stem off your moth orchid? That is a question I get asked often and to be honest, there is more than one answer. Let’s talk about the different...
I have been enjoying the lovely aroma of the blooms of my Hoya pubicalyx ‘Splash’ every night as I shut the sliding door in my sunroom. Read here how I started this plant. I also have one in the living room and it smells wonderful as I wend my way to bed....
I can spot a houseplant problem “a mile away”. It’s true. Often people are perplexed by what is causing problems for their houseplants. I’d like to help identify the problems and the ways to solve them. Let’s start with insects that...
Other than green, my favorite color is orange. I love orange flowers, but did you know there is a houseplant with vibrant orange foliage? No, I’m not talking about the croton plant. Yes, it can have vibrant orange foliage, but I’m talking about a plant...
Oh, no! What are those tiny opaque dots on the back of my Cissus amazonica? Does it have bugs?! First Reaction My first reaction was bugs of course, until I looked closer. I was immediately angry, thinking this newer plant had bugs from the greenhouse. You may think...
