When I moved to this home, I was extremely happy that it faced east. Not only do I love azaleas, boxwood, Japanese maples, and rhododendrons which prefer the east exposure, my favorite indoor plants prefer an eastern exposure as well. Would it have been a deal breaker...
The holiday season is in full swing, and though we may not be attending parties and get-togethers, we can still buy plants for our families and friends for the holidays. You can have them delivered to their homes or why not buy some for yourself? They will make you...
This has been a hard week. Maybe you do or don’t know but I lost my mom a few months ago and, unfortunately, my mother-in-law isn’t’ well (not Covid related) and these first holidays are going to be hard. This week I would usually be making pies and...
Everything we’ve heard and read has led us to believe fall is hard for our houseplants as the days get shorter, and it certainly can be. The amount of time they receive light and are actively photosynthesizing is greatly reduced and some of our houseplants...
I was recently given a beautiful white flowering African violet. I love it! As you can see, it is planted in a clay pot. Let’s discuss clay pots, soluble salts, and what they can do to your plants, especially African violets. Clay pots-are they always the best...
Have you ever wondered how your houseplants got their names? Carl Linnaeus (1807-1778) was known as the father of taxonomy and developed the system for naming and classifying organisms. It is still in use today, but we all have seen examples of plant names being...
