I didn’t like Syngonium; the muted colors, the chaotic vining, the frilly leaves. Then I saw this one at a local nursery and that all
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I was given the mother of this spider plant, Chlorophytum comosum, in the early 1980s. Despite three changes of residence and periodic bouts of neglect

When I first got this Dischidia ruscifolia I potted him up in trusty, store bought potting soil. For the record, don’t do that, he didn’t

This fellow had been on my wish list for a while; since I first saw it in a YouTube video. I think Scindapsus treubii ‘Moonlight’

A picture of this Scindapsus pictus ‘Exotica’ was the first plant picture I posted on Instagram when I started my account. She was also my

Since trying my hand at cacti, a potentially hazardous venture, I’ve been looking for a slightly larger specimen. The little four dollar guys from the

It’s been a while since I stumbled upon this Peperomia prostrata in a big box, where he had been lovingly and dangerously overwatered by the

It’s too bad that I don’t like Hoya carnosa ‘Chelsea’. It’s too bad that I didn’t like it the first time I saw it in

He’s not rare. He’s never trending on social media or mentioned when people talk about great variegation. He’s sometimes called Gold Dust Plant (which I

Starting point. I frequently get asked which brand of potting soil is best or which brand I use. My answer is that I mix my