Houseplant shopping. A fun excursion on any day. Is there a plant you’ve been wanting? When you find it and it is offered in multiple sizes, which one do you choose? The 4″ pot or the 10″ pot? It is so tempting to buy the largest plant you can afford...
Last week I wrote about bottom watering plants. That works well as long as you don’t allow your plants to stand in the water too long. Why? What happens to your plant if it stands in water too long? Suffocation and root rot. Drainage hole or cachepot Let’s...
Has your office moved to your home during the pandemic? I know many people are working from home now, so let’s talk about making your office homey and comfortable with a few houseplants. What are some of the best houseplants for your home office? Why Office...
Do you have a plant that is hitting the ceiling? Or the bottom leaves have fallen off and the plant has become leggy? Or maybe you just want to make more of the same plant. If you have a plant such as a fiddle leaf fig, rubber tree, or some other woody tree, air...
Fiddle leaf fig with a Dracaena at Kingwood Center in Ohio When I volunteer with the kids at Belle Isle in the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, I always point out that common names of plants are quite often given to the plants because of what they resemble. The...
