What is it that flips that switch in our brain? What is it that draws us to one plant and pushes us away from another?
Two of these guys were on my wish list, two of them I’d neither heard of nor seen before. When I did see them, however,
Sometimes when you bring a plant home, or it arrives in the mail, you expect that it will require some time to adapt to its
I was happy when my Dischidia ruscifolia (variegated) started sending out another new branch. I didn’t remember the other branches starting out so pale and
I don’t know where or how I first learned about Plants Wake You Up, but I’m glad I did. I’ve been working on expanding my
She’s happy now, happier than when I found her. Like many of my adventures, it started in a big box store. She was a bit
The cost of Hoyas is the topic of many discussions. Everyone bemoans the skyrocketing prices, yet the only solution is the one nobody likes: if
Sometimes you see a plant and you just think “Oh, I need that.” It’s not rational, and it’s really not necessary. But you suddenly realize
Whenever I saw them in person, I never understood the appeal. They always looked sad, and yellow, and dried out. I was intrigued by the
Just the other day I thought, “I don’t remember the other new leaves looking like that. Maybe it got too dry during the heat.” But