by Lisa Steinkopf | Feb 19, 2018 | BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Insects
Today we will continue our pest invasion series and we will be talking about spider mites which actually are not insects. As you know, if you live in the midwest, the heaters are on full blast and have been since last fall. Our skin is dry, our hair is crazy because... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jan 9, 2018 | BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Insects
In this, the second installation of the insect invasion series, we are going to talk about scale. We talked about aphids in the first installation. The second plant I saw a few weeks ago was located at a library; a large Schefflera arboricola that I noticed right... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Aug 25, 2017 | BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Insects
In the last two weeks, I have been in two locations that have plants that are infested with insects, one much worse than the other. The first place, an antique shop on the west side of the state, has an amazing hoya. I was told about it before I went there and was...
