by Lisa Steinkopf | Dec 14, 2022 | BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Holiday Plants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Flowers
What is a cyathium on a flowering plant? Does every plant have one? The answer is no, but some specialized plants do have them. Let’s find out more about these interesting plant parts. crown of thorns with bracts and flowers What is a cyathium? A cyathium is a... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Apr 13, 2022 | BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Profile
I love euphorbias and have been collecting them for years. I want to talk about how to care for some unusual succulent euphorbias. The family includes the poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) (its name means the most beautiful euphorbia). I recently wrote about another... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Feb 12, 2020 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Help
Are you aware euphorbia plants have a secret that can be dangerous? It is euphorbia sap or latex. Often, people send me articles or interesting tidbits they read about houseplants. Today I was sent a Facebook post about a small child that ingested a piece of Euphorbia... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Nov 13, 2019 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Bromeliads, Cactus and Succulents, Conservatory, Houseplant Insects, orchids
Yesterday we had record-breaking snowfall in SE Michigan. Here in my town, we received almost 10″ of snow. This is one day of snow My mailbox was covered in snow. Snow covered witch hazel I like the snow. It covers the brown, ugly, landscape and best of... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Sep 22, 2017 | African violets, begonias, BLOG, Bromeliads, Cactus and Succulents, Conservatory, Foliage Houseplants, gesneriads, Houseplant Flowers, Tillandsias
Houseplants are back in style. I don’t think anyone disputes that. But the crowds I witnessed at two plant sales this past weekend make me believe that people are ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED with houseplants and I find it refreshing that I’m not the only one! (I...
