Did you know that a plant on the second floor may need different care than one on the first floor? This blog post is hard to write because I’m so mad at myself. I had (stress HAD) a beautiful Blechnum ‘Silver Lady’ fern. Here is a picture of it newly...
We are going to talk about safely moving your houseplants outdoors for the summer. I won’t lie. I don’t take many outside because it would take too long as I have so many. But, I do overwinter a few tropicals and I take those back outside. Let’s talk...
Why isn’t your flowering houseplant sending out flowers? It can be frustrating. First, determine if your houseplant is a flowering plant. If you have a fern, your plant won’t be flowering…..ever. But, if you purchased a flowering plant and it...
Are you a new plant parent? Have you fallen in love with plants and have started a collection. Yet, your plants are struggling and you aren’t sure why. Plants should make you happy and if instead, they are inducing anxiety, that isn’t good for you or the...
I love euphorbias and have been collecting them for years. Of course, the group includes the Euphorbia pulcherrima (the most beautiful euphorbia which its name means) or poinsettia. I recently wrote about another couple of my favorites, the dead stick plant...
Have you ever wondered what would happen to your plants if something happened to you and were unable to care for them? I guess I hadn’t really thought about it, but I’m having surgery in a few weeks and it makes one think. So I’ve been rearranging...