Posts – Page 15 – Planted In Rhode Island

Once Again

Once again. So, my first Hoya mirabilis ‘Clone B’ arrived in a jumbled mess of wet dirt and soggy newspaper. The seller apparently thought it

You’d think by now I would have learned to not decide on a hoya before I’ve grown that hoya. But then I don’t always listen

I thought it was a stupid name the first time I heard it, and with a ‘k’ no less, so I blithely ignored what has

My grandmother grew African violets, lots of African violets. One of the big bay windows in that old house was full of them, all different

I don’t have much of a fungus gnat problem. But if you have plants, chances are you’ve got some of those annoying demon insects from

Among the plants on my ever-changing wish list, a few hoyas had been there for a while. In March I decided to do something about

For a long time, they were my one-leaf wonders. Each one of the cuttings arrived with some roots and a single leaf. Hoya rigidifolia, H

It wasn’t ever on my wish list, but I decided that I was going to get one if I ever found one. Which I clearly

I know that the first day of spring was a few days ago. But what the calendar says and what is going on outside are

One by one they join the club, the who’s in bloom club. Sometime in the middle of February the first of the Phalaenopsis orchids start