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...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Nov 9, 2016 | BLOG, Bromeliads, Conservatory, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Profile, Public Gardens
For a couple of years now I have attended the Southeast Michigan Bromeliad Society show and sale at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The color and diversity of these plants is not to be believed! I love them all, but am always drawn to the neoregelias...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Sep 17, 2016 | BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Conservatory, Public Gardens, Tillandsias
The best part of attending a plant society show and sale is the unusual plants that can be found. There may be plenty of not-so-unusual plants, but there are always the plants you won’t find anywhere else. Plant society members are collectors and have propagated...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Sep 13, 2015 | BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Conservatory
Today, I went to Matthaei Botanical Gardens to help (not buy, of course) with the Michigan Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale. This is an annual sale and the Southeast Michigan Bromeliad Society has a sale at the same time. I had never attended before, as I was always...