by Lisa Steinkopf | Jun 8, 2022 | BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Help, Houseplant Insects
I can spot a houseplant problem “a mile away”. It’s true. Often people are perplexed by what is causing problems for their houseplants. I’d like to help identify the problems and the ways to solve them. Let’s start with insects that... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Apr 28, 2022 | African violets, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Ferns, gesneriads, Holiday Plants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Help, Houseplant Insects, orchids
Why isn’t your flowering houseplant sending out flowers? It can be frustrating. First, determine if your houseplant is a flowering plant. If you have a fern, your plant won’t be flowering…..ever. But, if you purchased a flowering plant and it... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Mar 9, 2021 | #TuesdayTidbits, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Help
There is nothing more exciting than the awakening of plants in the spring. Right now I have winter aconites blooming outside my front door and other plants peeking out of the ground, seeing if it is safe to venture out. Inside, the plants are doing the same, waking up... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Oct 30, 2019 | BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Help, Houseplant Insects
Is mealybug control possible? That is a great question. I wish they would fall off the face of the earth. They are so annoying! These pictures are of mealybugs that infested my cardboard plant, Zamia furfuracea. Mealybug on a leaf with the damage from it...
