We’re planning to grow more cabbage this year so we can make sauerkraut. It’s New Year’s Eve and the celebratory feast of the new year required sauerkraut and pork in my family of origin. Can’t start the new year without it!
Read more →After the winter holidays you can keep your poinsettia as a houseplant all year long. Bring it into bloom again next winter by giving it 14 hours of total darkness every night for ten weeks in autumn.
Read more →Many cacti and succulents make great houseplants with attractive sculptural form. Most want full sun and a fast draining potting medium. This little barrel cactus grows slowly and is very low maintenance.
Read more →Begonias make interesting houseplants for their foliage alone, though some also have very beautiful flowers. This one is the iron cross begonia, grown for its attractive leaves.
Read more →A merry Christmas bouquet of beautiful orchids. Many orchids are easy houseplants. Most are very tough though they have an undeserved reputation for being finicky.
Read more →Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera, is an easy houseplant that flowers profusely during the winter holidays. Growers bring them into flower by giving them 14 hour nights for a couple of weeks.
Read more →Corn plant, Dracaena, is a wonderful large houseplant that can also be dressed up for the holidays for an unusual Christmas tree.
Read more →Boston ferns make excellent houseplants, especially in hanging baskets where their long fronds dangle gracefully down on all sides of the pot. Also attractive on pedestals or small tables, these ferns are low maintenance and easy to grow.
Read more →Breaking News: We are pleased to announce the release of What’s Wrong With My Houseplant? from Timber Press, late January, 2016. Click photo for more…
Read more →Speaking Engagements 2016: We’re speaking at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show this year on Friday, February 19, at 5:45 pm in the Ranier Room. Click photo for more…
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