I love euphorbias and have been collecting them for years. The group includes the poinsettia Euphorbia pulcherrima (its name means the most beautiful euphorbia). I recently wrote about another couple of my favorites, the dead stick plant or Euphorbia platyclada and my...
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 tirucalli most commonly known as pencil cactus or if it has red tips, sticks on fire. She...
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...
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...