Posts – Page 16 – Planted In Rhode Island

Somethings Different.

Maybe it’s because Spring is finally here, or at least it seems like it’s here. I live in southern New England and we could get

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