Buying a plant can sometimes make you feel as if you’re rolling the dice. You finally find a plant you thought you wanted, you grow
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,
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