OK, smell might be the wrong word. Scent, maybe, perhaps fragrance? Some combination of hyacinth and a flower shop. But once you have smelled it,
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The first time I saw Epipremnum pinnatum ‘Cebu Blue’ was in someone’s online video, and I wanted it. Something about the shape, texture, and color

A number of folks reached out to ask about how I treated my hoyas for flat mites, and this is the result. I’ll start by

So the day after I post the video about the Aglaonema, I’m in a big box store shopping for s-hooks. I’m working on another set

For all the drama and trauma that are sometimes part and parcel of my collection, there are a few plants that never give me trouble.

Mites ain’t right. All the hoya people are talking about flat mites, like I need one more plant thing to think about. Adam “knotdude” and

This is an update of a rescue. Days before I left for a vacation, I recognized a leaf on the markdown shelf of a big

It wasn’t love, and it wasn’t desire, maybe the word was “covet”. When I first saw it for sale online, I coveted the plant. It

That’s a Stark warning. Get the pun? Well here in New England we’ve already had a couple of frost and freeze warnings, so the time

Both of these plants are Hoya carnosa ‘Krimson Queen’. Both of them came in the same pot, planted as one “plant”. They were one of