Avocado - Sprouting
Avocados are plentiful in the grocery now. It is fun to sprout the seed for a bit of kitchen greenery. Since the seed is so more...

Cast Iron Plant- Info
Q: I'm looking for more information on cast iron plants. My new home has some close to the house. It looks great and also hi more...

Christmas Cactus - Care
The striking red, pink or white flowers of the Christmas Cactus make it an obvious candidate for holiday houseplant blooms ea more...

Christmas cactus - Good Description
This excellent article tells all you need to know about these holliday favorites.

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Christmas Cactus - HUGE!
My mom told me that you talked about Christmas cactus on the radio recently. She asked if I could take a picture of our fami more...

Clivia
When I answered a question about clivia on my radio show, a listener had mush to say on the subject. Read Mary’s comments bel more...

Ferns – Bringing Indoors
Most fern baskets must be divided each year. Otherwise, the root mass simply holds too much water and root rot begins. It is more...

Ficus
Q: I just moved my ficus to a bigger pot and all the leaves have fallen off except four. Is there anything I should do? I ha more...

Ficus – Bringing Indoors
The Ficus benjamina is famous for making tremendous growth while outdoors in the heat of a Georgia summer. But it is more...

Geraniums – Bringing Indoors
Those fiery red blooms look pretty ragged in late fall so this is a fine time to think about keeping them for the winter. The more...

Holiday Plants - Care
If the holidays are just around the corner, your office and home are probably awash with holiday plants. Red, pink and yellow more...

Houseplants - Cleaning and Propagating
Last week I covered pruning and providing moisture for houseplants. I also detailed how to care for a holiday poinsettia. Thi more...

Houseplants - Do They Clean Indoor Air
An Internet search for Web sites containing “houseplant air pollution” yields more than seven hundred entries. Most of them o more...

Houseplants - General Care
Outdoor gardeners sometimes feel a little lost during the winter. We wander outside, picking at the occasional sprig of chick more...

Houseplants - Light Levels Needed
Plants need strong light in order to grow well indoors. The level of light that you find comfortable in your home is not near more...

Night-Blooming Cereus - ID
Two plants are called night-blooming cereus:

One is a night blooming, fragrant epiphytic cactus, classified as Hylo more...

Orchid - General Care
One of the most popular booths at the Southeastern Flower Show is the one that sells orchids to show-goers. The aisles are cr more...

Orchids - Best Growing Tips
Orchids have a reputation as being finicky. Far from being picky and delicate, though, they simply have different needs from more...

Paperwhite Narcissus - Keeping Short - Science Project
Tired of floppy paperwhites?? Acording to Beth Jarvis from the University of Minnesota, if you're bummed because your paperwh more...

Poinsettia - Care
If the poinsettia plant came in a foil wrapper, check for water at the bottom before you add more moisture to the plant. Poin more...

Poinsettia - Choosing
Examine the tiny yellow-green flowers at the ends of the poinsettia branches. If more than one or two are open, the poinsetti more...

Science vs Pseudo-science
One of the most ill-informed decisions of my life was to major in chemistry in college. Sure, I had excelled in the subject i more...