As I was watering this week, I realized I have a large number of antique bird planters. The top one below is from my Grandma Eldred and she had an opuntia growing in it on her south kitchen windowsill for as long as I can remember. I inherited it and immediately...
I have been out and about getting ready for the holidays, as I am sure you have been. If the store has a floral section I always stop to see what holiday plants are for sale. There are so many poinsettias, kalanchoe, frosty ferns, cyclamen, and of course, amaryllis....
How many of you have bought one of these adorable moon cactus? I think they are so cute. I remember when my daughter was younger, she had a bright pink one. They are cute, weird, and irresistible, right? So why are they sitting on top of a green stem? They are grafted...
Houseplants underwater? Well, technically they are aquatic plants, but I AM growing them in the house in glass containers so they are “houseplants”, right? Here are some plants that I’m growing underwater in decorative glass containers and they very...
Many years ago, mom gave me this parrot plant hanger and it belonged to her mother, my grandma Charlotte “Lottie” Baldwin. I don’t remember how, but its tail was broken off. I had kids, it swings…who knows. I kept the pieces in my closet,...
I talk a lot about my great grandma’s fern and how special it is to me. Last year when we moved my mom from her home to my brother’s home, she was having health problems. At that time, I took her fern home with me. The plant stand that came with it, is...
